Newsletters

This page provides links to various recent newsletters that are produced by social care organisations in Scotland.
Click on the title of the publication to download a PDF file of the latest issue.

Topics: Social work | Housing | Learning disabilities | Local government | Mental health |

Social work

Rostrum - the voice of social work in Scotland
Rostrum is BASW's Quarterly Bulletin for Scotland. Back issues to be found at http://www.basw.co.uk/.
Regular features include: book reviews, diary dates and branch news.
No. 98, October 2009
In this issue:

• Make your vote count to shape BASW’s future.
• Child protection tsar will boost standards.
• Parliamentary business.
• The GIRFEC approach: James Cox describes how workers can get to grips with Getting it right for every child.
• Student Social Worker of the Year Stacey Thomson describes a trip to Disneyland Paris as part of her BASW Scotland Award.

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Changing Lives newsletter
A year on from the publication of Changing Lives, the report of the 21st Century Social Work Review, this newsletter provides information about progress made and the work for the year ahead.
The newsletter can be downloaded from the Social Work Scotland website - www.socialworkscotland.org.uk
Spring/Summar 2009 issue
In this newsletter:

• Working together to improve outcomes.
• Changing Lives: five change programmes, a single agenda.
• Local practitioner forums: an update.
• 'It’s a people business': the service development group identified the theme of ‘personalisation’ as the key focus for its work.
• User and carer forum update.

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SSSC News
Back issues and news releases available at Scottish Social Services Council website - www.sssc.uk.com
Issue No. 30; Autumn 2009
In this issue:

• Make sure you are on the SSSC register.
• ‘Your future’ event.
• Make a date to sign up.
• Training funds with ILA.
  

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Social Work Inspection Matters
The newsletter of the Social Work Inspection Agency. Back issues can be downloaded from the Social Work Inspection Agency website - www.swia.gov.uk.
Issue July 2009
In this issue:

• High risk offenders report is published.
• Consultation events will help shape the way inspection develops.
• Taking an overview of social work services.
• Sensitive and complex issues of deaths of looked after children.
• Strengthening international links.

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Housing

inHouse - newsletter of the Scottish Council for Single Homeless
SCSH publishes a monthly newsletter which is sent to all members. Back issues can be downloaded from the SCSH website - www.scsh.org.uk
Issue 204 October 2009
In this issue:

• Retaining social housing.
• Repossession protection.
• Concerns for homeless non-UK nationals in Northern Ireland.
• Want better housing for young people? Then have your say!

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Housing for older people newsletter (English version)
The ‘Housing for Older People’ newsletter aims to be a vehicle for [Black and Minority Ethnic] people to learn about the issues affecting them, and to give them the opportunity to express their views on a range of issues. Back issues can be downloaded from the Equality Scotland website - www.equalityscotland.com.
It is also available in Cantonese, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu.
Issue 18 July 2009
In this issue:

• Job Opportunities Project secures funding from Capital City.
• Older People Services Development Project
• Happy to Translate
• Awards Recognition
• 10th Anniversary Celebrations

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Learning disabilities

SCLD News
The newsletter of the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability. For more information visit the SCLD website - www.scld.org.uk.
Spring 2009
In this issue:

• Learning Disability Week.
• ‘What’s out there?’ project.
• Citizen Leadership update.
• NHS Training.
• Self-directed support.
• Speakeasy.

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Local government

COSLA Connections
COSLA’s monthly bulletin provides news and features not only from COSLA but from member councils and across the public sector. Back issues can be found at from the Cosla Website - www.cosla.gov.uk.
Issue 42 - December 2008
In this issue:

• Real life 'superheroes' inspire others to choose a career in local government.
• The big issue
• Tackling unemployment.

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Mental health

Well? magazine
Well? is the free bi-annual magazine on improving mental health and well-being in Scotland. It is available from the WellScotland website. WellScotland is part of the Scottish Executive's National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being. Back issues can be found in the publications section of the site - www.wellscotland.info
Issue 12; Spring/Summer 2008
In this issue:

• Towards a mentally flourishing Scotland.
• Local action in Lanarkshire.
• Maximising mental capital.
• Mental health improvement: observations then and now.
• Mental health improvement: key highlights.
• Evidence-based messages.
• Reducing inequalities: a ministerial task force.
• Is alcohol stressing you out?

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The Point: an alternative voice on mental health issues
A magazine produced by SAMH that aims to provide a fresh, challenging and sometimes downright controversial look at mental health issues in Scotland. Back issues can be downloaded from the SAMH website - www.samh.org.ukAutumn 2009: Issue 29
In this issues:

• Scottish Mental Health Awareness Week.
• Whose Evidence is it Anyway?
• Why I Like to Dig Tatties.
• Mental Health in the Western Isles.

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