This guide has looked at what SWIA has learned, from inspections across Scotland, about effective management of social work recording. Recording is a key tool in front line practice and

‘Chronologies have become one of the most talked about and least understood tools in modern social work practice.’ This guide seeks to unravel this paradox and to draw on practitioner

The national strategy for self-directed support in Scotland has been developed to help take forward the personalisation of health and social care services in Scotland. The increasing numbers of people

This statistical bulletin presents national level information on activity relating to community penalties in Scotland, derived from Local Authority Social Work management information systems. It provides information on various aspects

This rapid evidence assessment of the published research literature is part of the tackling demand for prostitution review, which aimed to assess what further action the government and other agencies

This document explores how data on disabled children is collected, managed and used at a local level. The report includes a number of effective practice recommendations, including for organisations delivering

The Review represented an opportunity to look at how services were meeting the education, health and social needs of children and young people at risk of, and experiencing, mental health

Learning in Custody: Report of the Offender Learning in Custody Workstream

In talking with parents of disabled children and children with special educational needs (SEN), we met some of the happiest parents in the country and some of the angriest. Many

This is the full government response to the final report of the independent Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services Review, setting out progress to date and plans for the future