New Scottish Social Services Awards

Published in News on 15 Dec 2016

The Scottish Social Services Awards are now open for nominations and we encourage you to enter!

Including 10 new categories such as ‘silo buster’, ‘the untold story’ and ‘head above the parapet’, the awards have been designed to recognise innovation and excellent practice across the sector.

Launched by the Social Work Services Strategic Forum, a partnership set up to create and deliver a vision for high quality and effective social services, it will celebrate individuals, teams and organisations making a positive difference to peoples’ lives.

Shortlisted entrants will be required to create a 1-2 minute promotional film of their story using smart phones. Help and support will be provided.

Nominations are open until 28 February 2017. Find out more about the full list of categories and how to enter at: www.sssa.scot

Finalists will be invited to attend an afternoon tea awards ceremony at Crieff Hydro Hotel on 13 June 2017.

The Minister for Childcare and Early Year, Mark McDonald will open the awards which will be compered by Sally Magnusson. You can read what the Minister said about the launch of the awards on the website.

You can keep up to date with all the latest news by following us on Twitter @SSSAwards /  #SSSA17 – please follow and RT where you can.

Good luck with your submissions.