This past week, The Herald featured a report by One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) which brings attention to how the social security system acts against family reunification.
While we entirely agree with many of the issues and recommendations highlighted in the report, we were dismayed by the framing in the Herald article which over-simplified the relationship between poverty and the difficult, yet vital, decisions about safety and risk that professionals must sometimes make with families.
Our latest points ponder looks at what the new Scottish National Social Work Agency needs to look like and how to achieve that in light of the Verity House Agreement.
The latest contribution to our Points to Ponder series examines the accountability arrangements for the proposed National Care Service and considers what they mean for social work.
Members have been contacting SASW (the Scottish Association of Social Work) and SWU (the Social Workers Union) with concerns that pay levels and working conditions for social workers are falling behind other public service professionals.