Learning

Provides social workers – and those concerned with their learning and development – the opportunity to consider ideas from workplace learning theory. This is alongside research and evidence from the experiences of social workers to help shape effective workplace and organisational practices.

This learning resource is for people working in social services who are looking to develop their skills in finding and using evidence.

Explores how newly qualified social workers can be supported in their first year, with a focus on effective supervision.

Explores the evidence around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), their impact on educational outcomes and what interventions may be effective.

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.

Identifies evidence around social work placements and the differences and similarities between statutory and voluntary placements.