Improving Social Work in Scotland

12th of March saw the publication of the Social Work Inspection Agency's overview of inspections in scotland from 2005-2009, Improving Social Work in Scotland. While inspections generally found social work services to be of good standard, reliable and improving, there are some areas of concern. In the area of supervision and management of violent offenders, inspectors found plans failing to focus on risk management and confusion among social work staff as to whether their role was to prevent reconviction or to protect the public from violent offenders. There were also concerns about the ability of services for older people and children to meet the growing demand for services. See also the Herald report, March 12.