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Performance inspection of social work services: Dumfries and Galloway Council 2006
- Author:
- SOCIAL WORK INSPECTION AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 82p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report gives an overview of social work services in Dumfries and Galloway and the areas where improvements are needed. The inspection was the first full performance inspection and took place between January and April 2006. The inspection team consisted of Social Work Inspection Agency inspectors, a lay inspector, a number of sessional inspectors and an associate inspector. Twenty-four recommendations are outlined.
Protecting children and young people: significant incident review: draft guidance for consultation
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 49p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Draft guidance on significant incident reviews developed by a working group commissioned by the Child Protection Reform Programme Steering Group is presented. Reviews of significant incidents are undertaken by agencies involved in child protection - whether singly or jointly. Many local areas and individual agencies have their own processes and procedures in place. However, across Scotland there is uncertainty and inconsistency in decision-making on when and what type of review to hold, the management or oversight of the process, the skills and expertise required to undertake the review, reporting requirements and implementation of findings. This guidance aims to provide more clarity and consistency on what should be done and how to best act on the lessons to be learned, both locally and across Scotland.
Changing lives: Scottish Executive response to the report of the 21st Century Social Work Review
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Changing Lives, the report of the 21 st Century Social Work Review, set out a compelling and challenging vision for the future direction of social work services. In the Executive's immediate response to the report, Ministers welcomed the findings of the review, accepted all 13 recommendations and gave a commitment to act upon them. This implementation plan sets out proposals to do that. The aspirations of Changing Lives represent major cultural change and will be achieved only by a concerted effort at national and local levels over an extended period. Implementation will therefore be both a collaborative process, with a strong emphasis on shared learning, and a progressive process, where plans for the next stage build upon the successes of the one before. A process which recognises that there is no one blueprint for future services that meets every need in every circumstance. This plan sets out the processes the Executive intends to put in place to support a five year change programme. It also sets out detailed milestones and funding proposals for the first two years of that programme.
Performance inspection: performance inspection of social work services: South Lanarkshire council 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report summarises the findings of the Social Work Inspection Agency's inspection of South Lanarkshire's social work services
Performance inspection: performance inspection of social work services: South Lanarkshire council 2006
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Social Work Inspection Agency
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This inspection of social work services in South Lanarkshire is the third of three pilot performance inspections. The Social Work Inspection Agency (SWIA) will undertake performance inspections of all Scotland’s local authority social work services. In 2005, it undertook three pilot inspections in Angus, Fife, and South Lanarkshire. SWIA will use the three pilot inspections to inform the roll out of full performance inspections across Scotland in 2006/08 - for example, using the findings to establish a standard of performance from which future evaluations can be made. This is the full report of the inspection's findings.
Staff of Scottish local authority social work services, 2002
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This bulletin forms part of a series of publications which provides information on the staffing of Scottish local authority social work departments.
Staff of Scottish Local Authority Social Work Services, 2003
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This bulletin forms part of a series of publications which provides information on the staffing of Scottish local authority social work departments.
Scottish community care statistics 2002
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 103p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Statistics on service provision in Scotland to older people, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health problems, disabled people, carers and other users. Provides figures on domiciliary care, day care , residential care, private nursing homes, hospitals and special needs housing for each user group.
Availability of services in rural Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report provides information on the geographic availability of 20 key services. For each service a map and summary data is provided using a drive time measure. This is the average time taken to drive by road from the service. Drive times, rather than distance by road, have been used to understand more fully the ease or difficulty with which rural communities can access key services. For some households, it may not be possible to drive to a particular service and a ferry may be required. The drive times are therefore minimum levels.
Growth and development: social work services for the 21st century; the report of the Chief Officer of Social Work Services for Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 285p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report provides an overview of developments in social work services across Scotland. There are two main challenges outlined: firstly there is the challenge in adapting the delivery and organisation of services to meet demand ; secondly there is the challenge of how to engage better with people, namely staff carers, users, volunteers and customers in order to maximise the people effect of social work services.