Social work

Key Capabilities in Child Care Protection website

finger painting

Following the successful completion of the Key Capabilities in Child Care and Protection (2006) developed by the University of Dundee Centre for Child Care and Protection and SIESWE. The Child Care and Protection Training and Development Project aimed to track and enhance the process of embedding key capabilities across social work qualifying programmes by identifying and sharing innovative practice, and this project was concluded in 2008.

Published in
Online learning materials
on 9 Mar 2011

The throughcare map

Stages involved in the provision of a throughcare service to prisoners

HMP prison guard watching prisoner interview

This resource guides users through the various stages involved in the provision of a throughcare service to prisoners, from the point of sentence through to release and supervision within the community.

Published in
Online learning materials
on 1 Jan 2011

Ballikinrain care and education planning process

Laura-Jayne Callaghan (Residential Social Worker) in discussion with Edwina Grant (Independent Psychologist)

Laura-Jayne Callaghan (Residential Social Worker) in discussion with Edwina Grant (Independent Psychologist)

Laura-Jayne explains to Edwina an innovative care and education planning process for young people.

Filmed at Ballikinrain School, 13 April 2010.

Published in
Videos
on 18 May 2010

Service user and carers group

Group meeting

This film explains how the Service User and Carer Group at Dundee University was established. It explains how member's help to influence Social Work Education and the impact carer's and service user involvement has on student development.

Published in
Videos
on 25 Mar 2010

Care Leavers Reunited

Care leavers may feel isolated well into adulthood and some have difficulty talking about their childhood, even to close friends and family.

To help care leavers overcome these difficulties, the Care Leavers Association has recently invested £3,000 in the relaunch of Care Leavers Reunited.

Published in
Features
on 4 Jan 2010

Social Work Education Participation (SWEP)

What better way to gain an insight into the current needs of social services other than to ask the service users and carers themselves? The Social Work Education Participation (SWEP) website aims to achieve this by giving a voice to service users and carers -people who are often isolated - on their experiences of, and perspectives on, social care.

Published in
Features
on 1 Dec 2009

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