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.

Care Appointments learns how the ‘active listening skills’ used by Samaritans can be employed to combat stress in the workplace…

Hugh Mackintosh, Director, Barnardo’s Scotland, gives Care Appointments a unique insight into the organisation’s work in staff development, user participation and making a difference…

{mosimage}Belinda Dewar, Scotland’s first ever Nurse Consultant for Older People, spoke with Care Appointments about the challenges of her new role and her vision for the future of the care home sector…