Social Care Work Force (Development)

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at 3:56 pm on 18 April 2002.

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Photo of Scott Barrie Scott Barrie Labour 3:56, 18 April 2002

Would Irene McGugan agree that, in social work training—pre and post-qualification—the core skills and values of social work are often more important than knowledge of the differences that are built into the various specialisms? I always thought that one of the great things about social work in Scotland was the fact that we did probation work as part of our qualification as opposed to the situation south of the border, where probation was always seen as a separate entity.