Publications

This page contains links to our current publications and to our publications archive.

• Latest publications

• Newsflashes

• E-bulletins

• Newsletters

• Information guides

• Briefings

• Summary documents

• Articles

• Publications archive

Latest publications

Get a copy of our most recent publications.

Understanding Qualifications Pathways- June 2009 (pdf)

Funding Guide Update - June 2009 (pdf)

A Gathering Storm? Procurement, re-tendreing and the voluntary sector social service workforce (pdf)

Choosing an SVQ provider - March 2009 (pdf)

Student placement policy - June 2008 (pdf)

Newsflashes

The Workforce Unit also produces occasional updates on key issues. You can access the most recent ones here.

Newsflash 105 - Voluntary Sector Development Fund Application 2009

Newsflash 104 - Registration of Managers of Care at Home Services with SSSC

Newsflash 103 - Workforce Unit makes the news!

Newsflash 102 - Volunteers Wanted! - Social care tendering questionnaire

Newsflash 101 - TUPE Uncovered

Newsflash 100 - Report Launch

Newsflash 99 - Workforce Development Network Events - May

Newsflash 98 - Adult Care Homes - Quick Questionnaire

Newsflash 97 - Required Registration with the SSSC

Newsflash 96 - Practice Learning Qualifications Stage 3

Newsflash 95 - Information and Communications Officer job advert

Newsflash 94 - Workforce Development Network March event reminder

Newsflash 93 - social services knowledge management strategy update

Newsflash 92 - final database update

Newsflash 91 - Workforce Development Network March event

Newsflash 90 - more SSKS information workshops

Newsflash 89 - SSKS information workshops

Newsflash 88 - CPD event reminder (Aberdeen and Inverness)

Newsflash 87 - Tayforth Learning Network Workforce Planning Project research

Newsflash 86 - December Network event reminder

Newsflash 85 - Workforce Development Network December event

Newsflash 84 - database update reminder

Newsflash 83 - new funding guide and learning uncovered events

Newsflash 82 - Scottish Government consultations - call for your views

Newsflash 81 - end dates for registration consultation events

Newsflash 80 - Social Enterprise Academy two-day learning event

Newsflash 79 - September Network events update

Newsflash 78 - funding update

Newsflash 77 - VAT changes

Newsflash 76 - Database update

Newsflash 75 - CPD workshop

E-bulletins

These are our regular monthly bulletins covering a range of voluntary sector social

service workforce issues.

E-bulletin 30 (July 2009)

E-bulletin 29 (June 2009)

E-bulletin 28 (May 2009)

E-bulletin 27 (April 2009)

E-bulletin 26 (March 2009)

E-bulletin 25 (February 2009)

E-bulletin 24 (January 2009)

E-bulletin 23 (December 2008)

E-bulletin 22 (November 2008)

E-bulletin 21 (October 2008)

E-bulletin 20 (September 2008)

E-bulletin 19 (August 2008)

E-bulletin 18 (July 2008)

E-bulletin 17 (June 2008)

E-bulletin 16 (May 2008)

E-bulletin 15 (March 2008)

Newsletters

Download copies of our themed newsletters.

Summer 2009 - focus on research and events

Spring 2009 - focus on re-tendering research and knowledge management

Winter 2008 - focus on developments in Europe and on migrant workers

Autumn 2008 - focus on learning for practice

Summer 2008 - focus on developments linked to the skills agenda.

Information guides

Copies of our guides to particular topics.

Mapping the Social Services Workforce Organisational Landscape

Workforce Planning Toolkit

Briefings

Our briefings on developments of interest to the voluntary sector social services workforce.

Workforce Unit Briefing 2: E-learning tools and resources (February 2008)

Workforce Unit Briefing 1: Core Minimum Dataset (October 2007)

Summary documents

Short summaries of strategy documents and reports.

Skills Development Scotland - summary of the first operating plan (2008)

'Skills for Scotland: A lifelong learning strategy' (2007)

Safer Recruitment through better recruitment: guidance in relation to staff working in social work and social care settings (2007)

The Scottish Labour Market 2006 (2006)

‘Changing Lives’ – the 21st Century Social Work Review (2006)

'Changing Lives' - Implementation Plan (2006)

Scotland’s Social Services Labour Market: 2nd Report of National Workforce Group (2006)

National Strategy for the Development of the Social Services Workforce, A Plan for Action 2005-2010 (2005)

Improving Front Line Services – A Framework for Supporting Front Line Staff (2005)

Articles

A selection of articles for magazines and journals by Workforce Unit staff.

Download 'Are recruitment difficulties in social care about to get worse?' (August 2008) (PDF)

Download 'Workforce Development Matters: Retaining the social service workforce you need and want' (November 2007) (PDF) here.

Download 'Workforce Development Matters: The FAQs of Registration' (October 2007) (PDF) here.

Download 'Workforce Development Matters: The Importance of Recruitment' (September 2007) (PDF) here.

Download 'Registration of the social care workforce - a UK agenda' (January 2007) (PDF) here.

Download 'Workforce Planning: building your workforce for the future' (January 2007) (PDF) here.

Download 'All change -An examination of the changing context for the development of the voluntary sector social services workforce in Scotland' (December 2006) (PDF) here

Publications archive

Copies of earlier publications can be accessed on the following pages.

Publications Archive 2005

Publications Archive 2006

Publications Archive 2007

Publications Archive 2008

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