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Category: Social Work Campaigns

National Care Service Reports Social Care Social Work Social Work Campaigns Social Work Publications

Care Management: Fit for Purpose?

24 September 2024 Susan Galloway

This report reveals a Care Management system that is on its knees, with decisions about care being driven by budgets,

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Social Work Social Work Campaigns Social Work Publications

What needs to change to support Social Work in Scotland?

31 July 2024 Susan Galloway

UNISON Scotland’s Social Work Issues Group has for some time recognised that the context within which professional social work is

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Social Work Social Work Campaigns

Radical Social Work Seminar : Co-Design

4 December 2023 Stephen Low

The latest of UNISON Scotland’s Social Work Issues Group lunchtime seminars is now online. It covered the thorny topic of

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Conference Press release Social Care Social Work Social Work Campaigns

UK’s largest union calls for scrapping of National Care Service Bill

15 June 2023 Stephen Low

The Scottish Government’s troubled National Care Service Bill faced a further blow today  (Wednesday) as UNISON, the UK’s biggest union

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Briefings Local Government National Care Service Social Work Social Work Campaigns Social Work Publications

Briefing 125 – Occupational Therapists and a National Social Work Agency

18 May 2023 Susan Galloway

This briefing is about the intended remit of the proposed National Social Work Agency. This remit includes workforce matters and

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Briefings Local Government National Care Service Social Work Social Work Campaigns Social Work Publications

Briefing 124 – A National Social Work Agency

18 May 2023 Susan Galloway

The Scottish Government proposes to create a National Social Work Agency. It would sit within government as part of a

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Social Work Social Work Campaigns Social Work Publications

Scotland’s National Care Service Bill – social work webinar

1 March 2023 Trisha Hamilton

The proposals by Scottish Government for a National Care Service are heading towards the Bill’s first reading in March. UNISON

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Briefings National Care Service Social Work Social Work Campaigns

Briefing 121 – National Care Service Bill: Verdict of Social Work Staff

8 February 2023 Susan Galloway

This briefing looks at the results of UNISON’s survey of social work members in which we asked for their views

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National Care Service Reports Social Work Social Work Campaigns

National Care Service Bill: the Verdict from Social Work Staff

8 February 2023 Susan Galloway

The National Care Service Bill proposes the biggest change to social work services in over 50 years. It transfers statutory

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Briefings Local Government National Care Service Pensions procurement Social Care Social Work Social Work Campaigns

Staff Pensions and the National Care Service

10 January 2023 Susan Galloway

The creation of a National Care Service could mean around 75,000 council employed social care and social work staff transferring

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