West News

Keep up with the latest news in the West, on workforce learning and development, from the Learning Network West and our partners.

Refer to the National News page for news of national relevance, and to the news pages of other regional network's for news in their area.

Learning Network West E-Bulletins:

August 2010 (pdf), July 2010 (pdf), June 2010 (pdf), May 2010 (pdf), April 2010 (pdf) March 2010 (pdf), February 2010(pdf), For the the latest e-bulletins from other Learning Networks visit the National News page


Leadership in Scotland's Social Services (Wed 8 Sep 2010)

The Scottish Social Services Council has commissioned work to explore leadership (read more)


Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (Tue 7 Sep 2010)

Check out blog entry from Caty McColgan (read more)


STOP PRESS (Thu 2 Sep 2010)

Catch up with what's happening across the West (read more)


Are you a residential child care worker, supervisor or manager? (Wed 1 Sep 2010)

Are you registered with the SSSC with a condition that you gain a qualification? (read more)


Community Facilitators' Network, Kinharvie, Glasgow (Mon 30 Aug 2010)

Kinharvie are now recurting people working with communities in Glasgow (read more)


SSSC - Wanted Registration and Conduct Committee Members (Fri 27 Aug 2010)

Do you have jugdement and analytical skills? (read more)


Web Portal (Thu 26 Aug 2010)

PDAPL has dveveloped an online portal (read more)


Blog (Thu 19 Aug 2010)

Why not check out a new blog entry! (read more)


Social Work Placement in Private Care Homes (Mon 14 Jun 2010)

This report was produced by Moira Dunworth on behalf of the Learning Network West (read more)


VSSSWU News

Fri 10th Sep 2010

Care about rights?

Tue 7th Sep 2010

Leadership News

Tue 7th Sep 2010

Reshaping Care for Older People

Mon 6th Sep 2010

Qualifications for registration: residential childcare

Fri 3rd Sep 2010

Working with people with Learning Disabilities in health and social care?

Fri 3rd Sep 2010

IRISS Forum 2010: challenging times, creative solutions

Mon 30th Aug 2010

Complete your VSDF application by Friday (3rd Sept)


IRISS News

Tue 7th Sep 2010

Webwatch September 2010: Attitudes to Poverty

Mon 6th Sep 2010

Jobs @ IRISS

Wed 1st Sep 2010

SSSC workshops on planning the care curriculum for the delivery of qualifications for SSSC registration

Thu 5th Aug 2010

Webwatch August 2010: Workforce Solutions

Thu 15th Jul 2010

IRISS Forum 2010: Challenging times, creative solutions

Fri 9th Jul 2010

Equal, connected and contributing. Audio now available

Mon 5th Jul 2010

Webwatch July 2010: Social Bookmarking

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