National Care Service - social work: contextual paper

Describes the current status of social work in Scotland. It is part of a collection of papers, setting out key information about social care and related areas in Scotland linked to the development of the National Care Service.

This document is part of a collection


Annex 1: NCS Evidence Papers

An initial collection of contextual evidence papers, setting out key sources of information about social care and related areas in Scotland, were published in June 2022. These are linked to the National Care Service Consultation proposals published in August 2021.

The collection consists of the following 6 papers on social care:

1. Health and demographic profile: evidence

2. People who Access Social Care and Unpaid Carers in Scotland

3. Social Care Support and Service Provision in Scotland

4. Experiences of Social Care and Caring in Scotland

5. The Adult Social Care Workforce in Scotland

6. Adult Social Care in Scotland - Equality Evidence Overview

And papers on:

7. Children’s Social Services: overview

8. Justice Social Work in Scotland

9. Learning and evidence from national social care systems in Nordic and Scandinavian countries

10. Integrated Care Studies: The SCFNuka (Alaska) and Canterbury (New Zealand) Models

Contact

Email: OCSWA@gov.scot

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