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Winning hearts and minds
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 14.9.04, 2004, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on how awareness raising sessions by the Scottish Social Services Council are helping the registration process in Scotland.
A lifetime's work
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 07.12.04, 2004, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on the Scottish Social Service Council's new strategy on continuing professional development, which means registered social workers will have to commit to maintaining and updating their skills.
Pressure cooker
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 20.10.94, 1994, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Opportunities for social workers in London are highlighted this week by the Community Care Careers Convention in Hammersmith. Examines the market and the challenges with examples from the boroughs of Hackney, Camden, Enfield, and Lewisham.
You say yes, I say no
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.9.94, 1994, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The latest annual workforce survey by the ADSS and LGMB shows that as a result of recession there is low staff mobility and posts are being held frozen. There seems to be a shortage of social workers, but there is also a fall in the number of vacancies. Investigates how this can be so.
Fighting back
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.1.93, 1993, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines the way in which Fife SWD has responded to the stress generated by the Fife inquiry and the publication of the report.
Unrelenting shortage
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Insight, 6.6.90, 1990, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Publishing
A brief look at the continuing recruitment problem Social Services Departments are facing.
Stepping forward
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 18.2.99, 1999, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses how the new Scottish parliament will be welcomed by social workers, provide it doesn't herald yet another round of reorganisations.
Leading lights
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.12.95, 1995, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This year's Community Care Awards ceremony celebrates the magazine's 21st birthday. Looks at the shortlisted contenders for two of the three categories, the Social Worker of the Year, nominated by colleagues and service users, and the Voluntary Sector Innovation awards.
Natural selection
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.11.93, 1993, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Interviews are no longer the sole technique for recruiting social services managers. Practical exercises, structured visits and psychometric testing are among strategies now used by SSDs to find the right person for the job.
Driven by success
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.1.99, 1999, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Sam Galbraith, has a reputation as a critic of social workers, but, as the author discovers, the Scottish Health Minister sees himself as a firm supporter of the profession and has a clear understanding of its value to the communities it serves.