Care Appointments caught up with Professor Frank Clark, the new Convener of the Care Commission, who outlined his view of what a responsible regulator should be like…

Barbara Trainin Blank explores the challenges that the issue of racism presents for American social workers…

Theresa Douglas, explores the topic ‘Leadership and Learning: using yesterday to make tomorrow better’

BASW’s Ruth Stark tackles the issue of zero tolerance of violence against social work staff…

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…