About Us

• The Workforce Unit

• Unit staff

• Workforce Unit Executive Committee

• Executive Committee members

• Strategy and workplans

• Annual report

The Workforce Unit

Appoximately one quarter of staff in social services work in the voluntary sector and this proportion

is rising rapidly. The voluntary sector is the fastest growing sector for social service provision.

The Workforce Unit seeks to work with all social service providers in the voluntary sector in Scotland

to help achieve the Scottish Social Services Council's vision of a "Competent, confident workforce,

capable of delivering services in a changing environment and committed to developing a culture of learning."

The Unit has been established by Community Care Providers Scotland (CCPS) in collaboration

with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and is funded by the Scottish Government

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Unit staff

• Director: Judith Midgley
  judith.midgley@ccpscotland.org
• Development and Policy Officer: Caroline Sturgeon
  caroline.sturgeon@ccpscotland.org
• Information and Communications Officer: Marie Rose
  marie.rose@ccpscotland.org
• Administrator: Laura Weir. 
  
  Laura is currently on maternity leave and
  Linda Hamilton is the Unit Administrator at the moment.  The email address is still:
  vswu.admin@ccpscotland.org

Join our mailing list, and receive copies of our e-bulletins, newsflashes and newsletters.

Get more information about the Unit's Workforce Development Network or e-mail Laura Weir at vswu.admin@ccpscotland.org

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Workforce Unit Executive Committee

The Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit is accountable to an Executive Committee,

which is responsible for

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Executive Committee members

• Cathy Fallon (Loretto Housing Association) (Committee Chair)
• Celia Carson (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations)
• Jason Glass (Camphill Blair Drummond)
• Annie Gunner (Community Care Providers Scotland)
• Sandy Mathers (Aberdeen Voluntary Sector Training Network)
• Christine McGarvey (Assocation for Real Change)
• Donald MacKinnon (Key Housing)
• Billy Renfrew (Scottish Government)
• Niall Smith (Caithness Voluntary Group)
• Adrian Snowball (Independent consultant)
• Addie Stevenson (Aberlour Child Care Trust)
• Edith Wellwood (Scottish Social Services Council)

Strategy and workplans

The Unit has a three-year strategy setting out the context in which we work and the

outcomes we hope to achieve.  We also have annual workplans that set out how we

will work towards the delivery of these outcomes.

• 2008-2011 strategy

• 2008-2009 workplan

Annual report

The Unit's annual report for 2007/2008 is available to download.

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