Ian Watson, Knowledge and Information Manager at SIESWE, tells Care Appointments that the Learning Exchange – the pioneering interactive online library of digital learning resources designed especially for the social services – is now available to the whole of the social services workforce in Scotland.

The Learning Technology Team at SIESWE continue their examination of how modern technology can be harnessed to develop the social care workforce…

Mike Gibson, Head of Support for Learning Division, Scottish Executive Education Department, explains the background to the Additional Support for Learning Act…

SIESWE’s Learning Teachnology Team explain how technology can be used to augment your learning experience…

Ruth Stark, Professional Officer with BASW, insists that service users deserve a social care workforce whose ‘learning never stops’…

The SSSC report on the sector’s commitment to post-registration training and learning and continuing professional development…

Care Appointments reports on the Care Commission’s recent review of care services in Scotland…

A Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care paper on historic abuse in residential childcare, by Moyra Hawthorn…

Deputy Education Minister Robert Brown shares his views on the value and rewards of a career in social work…

Neil Macleod of the Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit illustrates highlights how registration of the social care workforce has become a UK agenda…