Service users & carers influencing social work education in Scotland
Scottish Voices is made up of groups and networks of people who use social work services or care for someone who does. All of the people in Scottish Voices work with the universities who teach social workers or with the new Learning Networks in Scotland. Group members are involved with these organisations because they want to make a difference to social work education at both local and national level.
By working with the universities, service users and carers can positively influence how social workers are trained which in turn should improve the way they do their job.
By working with the Learning Networks, service users and carers can begin to work more closely together and with professionals to help improve how all social services workers do their jobs.
Find out more about Scottish Voices by visiting this area of the Institute website which will be expanding over the next few weeks and months providing real opportunities for you to have your say and really begin to influence how and what staff in the social services sector learn.
For more information contact Stacey MacDonald.