A personal account by Cynthia Harr, Ph.D.,Associate Professor of Social Work, Texas A & M University – Commerce…(reprinted with kind permission from Planet Social Work)

Care Appointments caught up with Alan Dickson, Chief Executive of Capability Scotland, to discuss how the organisation and the sector itself has developed over the last 60 years…

Bryan Richie, Director in Scotland of the Fostering Network, discusses the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill…

Janet Miller, Director, Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit, presents an examination of the changing context for the development of the voluntary sector social services workforce in Scotland…

Care Appointments learns how Sector Skills Agreements are closing the skills gap in social services…

The Scottish Social Services present an update on the registration of social service workers in Scotland…

Rachel Signer met up with Chilean social worker, Pamela Murua, to get a unique insight into her life and work…(reprinted with kind permission from Planet Social Work)

Shaben Begum, Director of the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance spoke to Care Appointments…

Neil Macleod from the Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit takes a whirlwind look at the challenges and costs involved in registering staff and assisting with their personal development…

Deputy Minister for Education and Young People, Robert Brown,  urges Care Appointments readers to grasp the opportunity of a lifetime that the implementation of ‘Changing Lives’ represents to strengthen and improve Scottish social work services.