SPAEN and UNISONScotland interviewed a small number of people who use direct payments to employ personal assistants and a similar
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YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK – a guide for Personal Assistants and their Employers
A guide to your basic employment rights when employed as a Personal Assistant and your responsibilities if employing a Personal
Read moreTHE LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2008: SECOND CONSULTATION
UNISONScotland believes that many of the requirements in the consultation are consistent with good practice. There will be resource implications
Read moreCharter for care staff employed through ‘direct payments’
UNISON, Scotland’s public service union, announced on 1 May 2007 that it has agreed with a number of key Scottish disabled
Read moreAsylum: Child’s Welfare Paramount?
First published in 2006, this ground-breaking guidance was designed to provide a framework for ethical practice for UNISON and BASW
Read moreReport of the 21st Century Social Work Review Briefing No. 136
March 2006: In the Summer of 2004, the Scottish Parliament commissioned the 21st Century Social Work Review, following a debate
Read moreUNISON Glasgow homeless service workers to take all out strike action
Monday 30 March 2015 Seventy workers in Glasgow Council’s Homeless Service will walk out on Tuesday 31 March in a
Read moreUNISON welcomes decision in Edinburgh social work contempt of court case
Friday 27 March 2015 UNISON Scotland today welcomed the decision by the Court of Session that the conduct of social
Read moree-briefing: Health and social care integration regulations
The principles of health and care integration are set out in the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014. However, the
Read moreBriefing 55: Bargaining – Health and social care integration regulations – Set 2
KEY POINTS: These regulations (set 2) implement the Scottish Government’s plans for health and social care integration They prescribe which
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