Extra support for unpaid carers
Scottish Government provides additional funding to support unpaid carers.
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on 20 Jan 2021
New evidence summaries from ESSS
The latest summaries from our Evidence Search and Summary Service.
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on 5 Nov 2020
Carers mental and physical health
ESSS Outline
Evidence summary that provides an overview of carers mental and physical health, with additional focus on finances and employment.
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on 29 Oct 2020
Participation: its impact on services and the people who use them
Insight 45
Examines the impact that participatory approaches have on health, wellbeing and efficiency outcomes; highlighting implications for practice.
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on 31 Jan 2019
Stories of service user involvement
Seven stories that illustrate and celebrate service user and carer involvement in social work teaching and learning.
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on 17 Oct 2018
User involvement in social work education
A series of stories that highlight challenges and future ambitions of service user and carer involvement.
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on 4 Jul 2018
Capturing social work impact
ESSS Outline
Looks at evidence around methods for capturing the impact of social work interventions.
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on 11 Jun 2018
Making connections
Report of Making Connections conference, focused on partnership working with service user and carers in social work education - by Kerry Musselbrook
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on 14 May 2018
Keeping it Real
The Keeping It Real conference at Stirling University on 26 April 2017 celebrated Service User and Carer Involvement in Professional Education and the difference it makes.
This was about showcasing good practice, sharing ideas and future ambitions, and discussing key challenges.
Sara Hitchens spoke eloquently (see attached presentation), reflecting back on the first national conference at Stirling University in 2013 (Real Lives: Real Difference) and the learning journey. She identified three essential ingredients for effective service user and carer involvement:
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on 5 Jul 2017
Seeking workshop contributions
You are invited to provide a workshop contribution to a national conference to share and promote best practice in service user and carer involvement in professional education.
The conference will be held on 26 April 2017 at the University of Stirling and bring together service users and carers, students, educators, professionals and policy-makers. It will be relevant to social work, health, education and other areas of professional education, at qualifying and post-qualifying levels.
Workshops should:
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on 2 Feb 2017