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PROCEE OCEEDINGS DINGS AT GENERAL ERAL ME MEETIN INGS GS

27. No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless a quorum is present; 10 members out of the total full membership present in person shall be a quorum. 28. The President shall (if present) preside as President of the meeting; if the President is not present the Vice President shall (if present) preside as President of the meeting. 30. A resolution put to the vote of a meeting shall be decided on a show of hands.

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Sta Standing Commi nding Committee Update ttee Updates

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The Justice Standing Committee has continued to be involved in advising, responding to consultations, giving evidence to the Parliament and influencing the national debate. Pu Purpose

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• The unique voice for the leadership of Justice Social Work in Scotland.
• Supports practice which is led effectively and creatively to contribute to achieving fairer, safer and more

inclusive communities in Scotland.

• Promotes partnership between justice social work and communities, local government departments, the

3rd sector, ministers, academics and other professional bodies; and

• Works collaboratively towards improving the lives of the people we work with and, as a result, outcomes

for communities as a whole.

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• Committee has met on eight occasions during this reporting period with no meetings having to be cancelled.
• Focused on continuing to build new relationships with relevant partners; has retained a strong interface with

the Scottish Government, Community Justice Scotland, The Parole Board for Scotland, COSLA, SOLACE and academics.

• Chairs have attended a significant amount of meetings, seminars and conferences on behalf of the

Committee; other Committee members and CSWOs have provided extensive support too; it is a priority for the Committee to raise awareness of our work and ensure appropriate social work representation at relevant meetings.

• The Committee is greatly enhanced by consistent representation from across Scotland; we’re very grateful for

the contributions and considerable assistance from a range of individuals.

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• Our agenda has been somewhat dictated by the demand of some high risk areas:
• Visor
• Service Level Agreement with Scottish Prison Service
• Criminal Justice Inspections
• Expert Review of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for Young People in Custody
• Building the relationship with Community Justice Scotland
• Co-chairs now standing down; encourage all to engage and support the Committee’s work in the year

ahead.

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Achievements

• High level of attendance/wide membership
• Active sub-groups and networks
• Child protection
• Corporate Parenting/vibrant networks
• Early Help
• Securing Child Protection Disability Network
• Substantial input to large no. national groups/policy development
• Professional responses to large no. national consultations

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Challenges

• Communications
• Breadth of agenda
• Independent Care Review
• Child Protection Improvement

Programme

• Secure Care Strategic Board
• Mental Health Task Force
• Child Poverty
• Legislative and practice change
• Ongoing impact of 2014

Act

• Age of Criminal

Responsibility

• Joint Investigative

Interviews

• Review of Care Allowances

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Going Forward

• Communications with membership
• Sharing out our work across the membership
• Continuing to engage with such a broad agenda and how we do

this

• Identifying short list of priorities

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Significant Achievements

• Shaping of Carers Act (specifically in relation to the waiving of charges)
• Engagement around the Safe Staffing legislation (developing a position statement on behalf of the

Committee’s)

• Developing collective response to ‘Appropriate Adult’ proposals
• Contribution to Adult Social Care Reform programme (extensive discussion about vision/priorities/pitfalls
• f implementation)
• Establishing the Committee’s sense of direction with the creation of a workplan / manifesto

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Challenges

• Engaging with colleagues from the islands

Focus in the year ahead

• Workforce resilience/pressure on staff
• Trying to encourage/facilitate attendance of colleagues from the islands

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Me Member mbership ship

Category of Membership Criteria (to be a member) Benefits / Offer Executive Member  Qualified and registered social worker.  Employed by an organisation in Scotland which is subject to statutory duties to deliver social work services.  Currently holds a management post with responsibility for social work staff.  Enable the work of SWS, and realisation of its mission.  Eligibility to become Office Bearer (President, Standing Committee Chairs, Treasurer)  Eligibility to join all SWS Committees, groups and electronic distribution lists (excluding CSWO network).  Voting Rights at AGM and EGMs; set direction for SWS.  Free or discounted access to SWS events (including 15% discount at SWS conference)  Regular information bulletins  Represent SWS nationally and internationally Standard Member  Holds a social work qualification OR adjacent professional qualification (e.g. nursing, CLD, OT)  For Social Work qualified: Employed, Self-Employed, Retired, Student.  For adjacent professional qualification: Employed by

• rganisation in Scotland involved in direct delivery of

social work services.  Enable the work of SWS, and realisation of its mission.  Eligibility to Chair Sub-Groups  Eligibility to join all SWS Committees, groups and electronic distribution lists (excluding CSWO network)  Voting Rights at AGM and EGMs; set direction for SWS.  Free or discounted access to SWS events (including 15% discount at SWS conference)  Regular information bulletins  Represent SWS nationally Associate Member  Employed by an organisation involved in the delivery, improvement, scrutiny or regulation of social work services.  Employed by an organisation involved in the education, training and / or support of social workers.  Enable the work of SWS, and realisation of its mission.  Eligible to join SWS Sub-Groups (and associated distribution lists)  Attend AGMs and EGMs; no voting rights  Discounted access to some SWS events  Regular information bulletins Corporate Membership  Organisations involved in the delivery, improvement, scrutiny or regulation of social work services.  Organisations involved in the education, training and / or support of social workers.  Organisations developing or delivering services to social workers / social work.  Enable the work of SWS, and realisation of its mission.  [Depending on size and type of corporate member, a set number of] Executive Memberships, Memberships and Associate Memberships, to be allocated to staff (if individuals meet criteria)  Recognition of status and support on SWS website and promotional materials (incl. at conference)  Preferential sponsorship rates at SWS events.  Opportunities to develop jointly badged events, and circulate invitation to relevant SWS distribution lists.

Gover vernance nance

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mally dis issolv solve e the ‘Office Bearers’ meeting, and re re-fo form rm the Executive Committee as the ‘SWS Board’? This Board ard would uld consist of all the Office Bearers, plus several additional ‘independent’ appointments from amongst the membershi bership p (executive ecutive, member ber and d associa sociate) e). We would uld look

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“Workforce and Resources Committee”

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moting ing the e unique que co contribu tribution tion of soci cial al work

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• the impact of health and social care on children’s services
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Next xt St Step eps s (o (over ver 20 2019 19-20) 20)

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ed, and nd th then n ci circulat culated ed to all l members bers (po possibly sibly in n stages) ges) 4) 4) Cons nsulta ultation ion on n tho hose pr propo posals sals 5) 5) Whe here ne nece cessa ssary, Sp Speci cial al Re Resolut lutions ions dr draft fted ed to amend nd Ar Articles cles of As Associa

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tions. 6) 6) Implemen plementatio ation n of ch chang nges.

Ke Keynot ynote

Eme merita rita Professor

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Viviene Cree Emerita Professor of Social Work Studies The University of Edinburgh

 My contribution today is as a historian and

sociologist, qualified social worker, BASW member and recently-retired social work educator

 I have taught social work students about the

importance of their history for over 25 years & led The University of Edinburgh’s centenary year project – www.socialwork.ed.ac.uk/centenary

 There are always different ways of thinking about

every story. A historical perspective makes this very clear and helps us to see a way forward

 Take a few minutes to think of a time when you made a big

decision to do something – perhaps in your personal life, perhaps at work

 Reflecting back, how do you feel about it now – good, bad,

any regrets?

 Now introducing 3 stories from social work’s past, all of which

are focused around the idea of child protection …

 And just in case you think we would not make

this kind of mistake again today….

 Well-meaning but ill-conceived? ‘The road to hell is paved with good

intentions’…

• Yes, but is that enough? What else is going on here?

 As social workers, there is always a context

• social, cultural, political, perhaps also financial and time-bound

 And we are individuals, with our own personal beliefs, personalities,

biographies & backgrounds

• we do what we belie

ieve ve is ‘right’, not just what our professional guidelines and codes of ethics tell us we must do

 So this leads to another story …

 Take a few minutes to think of a time when you chose not to

do something – perhaps in your personal life, perhaps at work

 Reflecting back, how do you feel about it now – good, bad,

any regrets?

 My take-away message is that history tells us that, even when

• ur hands our tied and our scope for manoeuvre is severely

limited, we have choices

 We must give equal attention to the intended and unintended

consequences of what we do and don’t do in social work

 And in doing so, we need to be honest – with ourselves and

• thers - about what we can and cannot do

 Only then can we sleep at night!  Thank you.

 For more on social work history, an interactive, global timeline and UoE stories from

staff and alumni: www.socialwork.ed.ac.uk/centenary

 See also: Cree, V.E. (2018) ‘A history of social work in Scotland’, in Cree, V.E. and

Smith, M. (eds) (2018) Social Work in a Changing Scotland, London: Routledge, 9- 17.

 For more on child migrants: https://www.childmigrantstrust.com/  For more on unintended consequences: Billis, D. (1981) At risk of prevention,

Journal of Social Policy, 10(3): 367-379.

 For more on Maria’s story: Cree, V.E. et al. (2015) ‘Standing up to Complexity:

Researching Moral Panics in Social Work’, European Journal of Social Work, 19(3-4): 354-367

 For more on social work decisions:

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2017/08/03/social-workers-need-upfront- can-cant/

 For more on John’s story: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/behind-the-

lines/2018/jan/30/john-buultjens-bmx-rider-hollywood-et-cycling

Th Than ank k you you for for atte attending nding

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