Social work - Practice Learning Support Grant: equality impact assessment
Equality impact assessment relating to the introduction of the Practice Learning Support Grant for eligible social work students with practice learning placements in-year. It assesses the impact of the proposed grant for groups with protected characteristics.
Pressures on students
Consistent sector feedback, post-pandemic, reported an unsustainable level of attrition on social work qualifying programmes. Additionally, poor mental wellbeing of students was linked to the financial impact of the cost of living crisis. Inadequate financial support during practice learning placements was identified as a particular problem, although not limited to travel costs[3],[4],[5].
Universities reported that the Interim Travel Grant 2023–2024 payment of nominal rate of £350 per student was insufficient to meet the costs of student placement travel for the eligible cohort.
Contact
Email: OCSWA@gov.scot
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