Glasgow City Council reported in 2007 that there were between 350 and 400 allegations from 159 people complaining of emotional, physical or sexual abuse. Two staff were convicted of physical

Issues related to professional practice standards and research ethics were not well reported. When reported, adherence to practice standards included preintervention training, use of intervention protocols, supervision, and mechanisms for

This guidance has been produced to inform the approach that local authorities and their partners should take to minimise the impact of homelessness on a child in recognition that, while

The framework and guidance set out in this document are for the inspections of outcomes and services for safeguarding children and young people and outcomes and services for looked after

Adult social care is changing, to put the people who use services at the heart of their own care and support. This requires a different approach from the social care

The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 (‘the Act’) was introduced to protect individuals with incapacity and to provide support for their families and carers in managing and safeguarding the

Restart Resources is a social work agency founded in 2002 to provide qualified social workers and frontline social work resources for Childcare and Mental Health Services

The International Federation of Social Workers is concerned about the conditions of displaced individuals, the very existence of displacement and the political strategies and programmes, which may have caused it.

Indeed we have only the most general ideas of what we are trying to produce, what constitutes the essential skill of the social worker, and consequently still more varied ideas