Publication - Research and analysis

National Care Service - social work: contextual paper

Published: 30 September 2022
Directorate: Social Care and National Care Service Development, +1 more … Children and Families Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Health and social care
ISBN: 9781804359822

Describes the current status of social work in Scotland. It is part of a collection of papers, setting out key information about social care and related areas in Scotland linked to the development of the National Care Service.

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Footnotes

1 International Federation of Social Work (2014) Global Definition of Social Work – International Federation of Social Workers (ifsw.org)

2 Scottish Executive (2006) Changing Lives: Report of the 21st Century Social Work Review

3 Scottish Government (2010) Role of the Registered Social Worker in Statutory Interventions

4 Social Work Law in Scotland, Guthrie, T, (2018), Bloomsbury Publishing

5 Social Work Scotland (2018) SWS-editorial-1.pdf (socialworkscotland.org)

6 Scottish Executive (2006) Changing Lives: Report of the 21st Century Social Work Review

7 Ellis, K. (2014) ‘Professional discretion and adult social work: Exploring its nature and

scope on the front line of personalisation’, British Journal of Social Work

8 UK Government (1990) National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990

9 The 2020 and 2021 figures include temporary registrants who were accommodated under COVID-19 measures

10 Scottish Social Services Council (2022) Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2021 Workforce Data (sssc.uk.com). To note WTE is using local authority measure, not 37.5 hour measure.

11 Fieldwork services are where frontline social workers practice

12 Iriss (2019) Rural social work in Scotland | Iriss

13 Social Work Scotland (2108) August-2018-50th-Anniversary-report-FINAL.pdf (socialworkscotland.org)

14 Scottish Government (2022) Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA): national guidance - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15 Scottish Social Services Council (2022) Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2021 Workforce Data (sssc.uk.com)

16 Scottish Government (2013) Reshaping Care For Older People - Update Paper

17 Scottish Social Services Council (2022) Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2021 Workforce Data (sssc.uk.com)

18 To become a Mental Health Officer a social worker must be qualified for at least two years and have attained a sufficient level of experience and proficiency within any area of social work to apply for the Post Graduate course of study

20 Scottish Government (2010) Memorandum of Procedure on Restricted Patients - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

21 Scottish Government (2016) The Chief Social Work Officer Role - The role of the Chief Social Work Officer - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).

22 Research in Practice (2020) Poverty aware practice with children and families | Research in Practice

23 Scottish Government (2016) The Chief Social Work Officer Role - The role of the Chief Social Work Officer - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).