Purpose: To provide a comprehensive and summary briefing on the legislation relevant to social work in Scotland.

Report on responses to the discussion paper, produced by the National Institute for Mental Health in England, which was intended as a catalyst for an exchange of information, experience and

This report looks at the difficulties service users face in being paid for their contribution to reviewing, planning and developing services and the difficulties payments cause with the benefits system.

The Future of Unpaid Care in Scotland: Headline Report and Recommendations The recommendations of a research project on the future of unpaid care in Scotland.

Purpose: To compare and contrast any differences and similarities in overall social services and service specific spending per head of population within the different nations of the United Kingdom, and

As the first stage of the person centred approaches and adult placement project, a synthesis of findings from selected literature about adult placement was commissioned by SCIE in August 2004.

This report demonstrates how the review process can be extended to a synthesis of qualitative studies using the example of older people’s views on hospital discharge.

Formal response to recommendations made in the Care 21 report: The Future of Unpaid Care in Scotland, identifying early priorities and outlining a ten year agenda to improve the lives

The evidence base underpinning social care practice is not as robust as that in other areas. In this report SCIE compares the research infrastructure supporting social care with that of

This resource guide provides information about how the legislation on direct payments can successfully be applied to achieve positive outcomes for service users. It covers what we know is working