Archive News

• New Personal Assistants Project April 2013
• Putting the dignity (and radicalism) back into social care: Report on UNISON UK Social Care and Home Care Seminar Feb 2013
• 22 Mar 2011: UNISON launches safety guide for social workers: The new guide – Keeping Safe in the Workplace – aims to help social workers recognise when they are becoming overloaded at work and to seek support from their employers, trade union or professional association when needed. With contributions from John Stevenson, Branch President, the guide and further information is at http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/socialwork/index.html
• June 2010: Raising voices against social care cuts : Contribution to Holyrood conference on social care
• 1 Feb 09: UNISON slams press reports on adoption case
• 26 Jan 09: UNISON Scotland 8-point plan to deliver safer ways to protect children (pdf) - print out and put on your notice board
• 25 Aug 08: UNISON slams cuts in Edinburgh's childrens services
  • Briefing for councillors (Word doc)
  • Detailed response (Word doc)
  • SOCIAL WORK EXTERNAL AUDIT - UNISON Response 2004
• 29 July: Members call for 'unsafe' Social Work cuts to be exposed and warn action inevitable if staff and clients not protected
• 28 July 08: Edinburgh Children's Social Work risks meltdown warns UNISON
• SWIA Inspection Edinburgh April 2008 - Initial UNISON Response: Resources are the key to decent services
• Asylum Seeker children and families: Update on developments January 2008
• Edinburgh child protection report: UNISON welcomes praise for work of frontline staff and calls for national debate on the crisis in resources for vulnerable children
• Asylum removals breach Scottish law
• Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children Response
• Independent Asylum Review Evidence
• Direct Payments in Scotland: A Joint Position Statement agreed between UNISON Scotland and key Scottish disabled people's organisations, setting out our position on direct payments in Scotland (pdf). - Plus click here for Press release
• 27 Sept 07 Child Protection Inspection: UNISON welcomes praise for work of frontline staff and calls for national debate on the crisis in resources for vulnerable children
• Who Delivers Scottish Public Services? One-day conference, 11th June 2007, Glasgow
• March 07: Draft Children's Services (Scotland) Bill Response
• 1 Feb 07: Midlothian social work staff problems raised over a year ago
• Nov 06: Professional Supervision in Social Work - UNISON Scotland position
• 19 Oct 06: UNISON and BASW publish social work guidelines to advise on dealing with asylum seeker children - press release
• "Child's Welfare Paramount?" Asylum guidance booklet
• General Secretary's speech to ADSW 10 May 2006
• 19 Oct 05: Branch adopts paper on Professional Supervision in Social Work
• 6 Sept 05: SUBMISSION TO THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL EXECUTIVE MEETING: SENIOR MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF CHILD PROTECTION
• 26 Jan: Edinburgh's new Children & Families Department must tackle resource crisis and learn from others' mistakes, says UNISON
• 21 Jan 05: Edinburgh Social Work cash crisis again: Care packages stopped and £100,000 child protection pleges vanishes
• 8 Jan 05: New Children & Families Department Update Briefing for members
• Oct 04: UNISONNews Social Work Reorganisation Special
• 19 Aug: Council congratulates staff and backs audit recommendations
• SOCIAL WORK EXTERNAL AUDIT - UNISON Response
• New issue of The Way Forward for Scotland's Social Work (UNISON Scotland site)
• Meeting for all social work staff excluded from new salary gradings - 13 August 2004, 12.30-2.00pm, Social Work HQ, Leith Walk - Issues for discussion: collective grievance, equal pay claims, management's position, withdrawal of goodwill.
• Cut re:offending-not local services - campaign against 'correctional' agency - urgent action plan and leaflet (UNISONScotland site)
• Note of SW Stewards Meeting 10 May 04
• 29 April: Labour wins vote with Tory support - now they're looking at a not-for-profit trust and want to consult School Boards on child protection! - Plus full UNISON Submission
• 'Black Thursday' demo against death of intergarted Social Work department - 09.30-10.30 City Chambers Quad - back your deputation to the Council Meeting.
• 28 April: Despite hearing deputation from John Stevenson and Kirsten Hey (UNISON Edinburgh) and Mick McGahey (UNISON Lothian Primary Care (Health)) and a very long debate, we understand the Council's Labour Group voted to support reorganisation plans. Full Council makes final decision 10am Thursday 29 April. See also Branch Secretary opinion piece in Evening News 27/4/04
• 31 Mar: UNISON Evidence to Scottish Parliament on Child Protection (UNISON Scotland site)
• 24 Mar: Child protection risk must be recognised - Social Work Conference (UNISON Scotland press release) - Plus Full text of presentation by John Stevenson, Edinburgh UNISON
• UNISON Subission to full Council 18 March re Social Work initiatives
• UNISON Statement on Edinburgh Social Work Staffing Inquiry
• Submission on Edinburgh Child Protection Audit
• Updated Comments and Report - O'Brien Inquiry
• FUTURE MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL WORK SERVICES IN EDINBURGH - UNISON's PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION Children & Families
• MSPs Briefing - Social Work Review Debate (UNISON Scotland site)
• UNISON calls for 'critical debate' on O'Brien Inquiry
• No season of goodwill with 'intolerable pressures' on Edinburgh's social workers - UNISON alerts council to unallocated work
• Social Work Update - 8 December 2003 to be read in conjunction with interim comments
• 16 Oct: Submission to City of Edinburgh Council on O'Brien Inquiry
• 10 Oct: Initial Statement in response to O'Brien Inquiry
• Community Services Scrutiny Panel 'The care and education of vulnerable girls and young women' UNISON Branch Response November 2001
• Childrens Services Crisis - Grievance Submission Dec 2001
• 1999 Edinburgh Inquiry Briefing
• Evidence to Edinburgh Inquiry
• Craigmillar Childrens Project Submission to Social Work Committee 31 May 2000
• Craigmillar Childrens Project, Submission to City of Edinburgh Council Social Work Committee on 14 March 2000