Education

Great expectations: social work student perspectives on placements

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“I wanted that first placement to be something that I would be like ‘okay is social work the right career for me, is this the right job for me?"  - Reflection from an early career social worker on their third sector placement.

‘I learned a lot, but it wasn’t what I expected it to be’ is the message we’ve heard loudest from the students and recently workers we’ve been speaking with recently about their placement experiences.  

Voices and visions: collaborating for improved third sector social work student placements
Published on 18 Nov 2024

Covid-19, low incomes and poverty

ESSS Outline

ESSS Outline Covid-19 low incomes and poverty
Evidence summary that provides an overview of recent evidence relating to Covid-19 and how it affects those on low incomes and in poverty.
Published in
Outlines
on 14 Jul 2020

Distributed leadership in early years and childcare

ESSS Outline

Distributed leadership in early years and childcare
Explores distributed approaches to leadership in the context of childcare and early years settings. It provides some background to Scottish policy priorities and principles of leadership and distributed approaches.
Published in
Outlines
on 19 Dec 2017

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