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Local and National Information Requirements for Social Work in Scotland: Joint Statement
August 2000

Social Work Information Review Group

© SWIRG 2000

The Social Work Information Review Group (SWIRG) is a partnership between the Scottish Executive, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), the Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW), and the Accounts Commission/ Audit Scotland.

The authors of this document are: Anne Mollison (Angus Council Social Work Department) and Mike Brown (City of Edinburgh Council Social Work Department).

The text in this document may be reproduced free of charge in any format or media without requiring specific permission, provided that the source of the material is acknowledged, and the title of the document included, when being reproduced as part of another document or publication.

A copy of this document is being placed on the following websites:

www.cosla.gov.uk/r&i
www.scotland.gov.uk/publications/
www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/
www.swslg.org.uk

Addresses for Correspondence

Correspondence about the document can be sent to the Chair of the Social Work Information Review Group, or to the authors, at the addresses below:

Acknowledgements

The Social Work Information Review Group wishes to thank all local authorities, and all other agencies and individuals who responded to the consultation document issued in July 1999. Special thanks are also due to the local authorities supporting the voluntary levy of £1,000 per authority last year to fund the consultation process, or who have provided staff time to support the review.

In particular, SWIRG is indebted to the City of Edinburgh and Angus Councils for releasing the time of Mike Brown and Anne Mollison. We are also grateful to Dundee City and Fife Councils for seconding Richard Kennedy and Donald Ramsay to support the consultation process between September and December 1999. Dumfries & Galloway and Falkirk Councils also provided valuable staff input at earlier stages of the Review: respectively, from Tim Warren (now with SWSI) and Philip Morgan-Klein.

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