Social Work Services

Our Vision: 

• Independence, choice, and opportunities for all
  

• Protect and support our most vulnerable children, families and adults
  

• Continuously improve outcomes for all in relation to: learning; working; providing a healthy and safe environment

Our Aims:

• Ensure that every person has the opportunity to be a successful learner; confident individual; responsible citizen and an effective contributor
  
• Communities are empowered and we will work with them to promote high expectations and aspirations
• Celebrate diversity and reduce inequalities

Our Values:

• Put service users first and promote rights and responsibilities
  

• Embed trust, respect, wisdom, justice and integrity in all that we do
  

• Actively work in collaboration and cooperation with all who provide services to people in Glasgow 
   

Community Care provide services directly (e.g. residential services, day services, homelessness services, home care and specialist services); purchase services (e.g. nursing and residential homes, supported accommodation, day services, respite care); provide a service within health settings (e.g. hospital teams and other health based staff) and is involved in joint planning with the health board, the voluntary sector, council departments and other local authorities.

Criminal Justice is responsible for supervising attendance orders, community service orders, intensive probation, sex offenders programme, the Access Project, bail services and for managing social work services for the courts and in Barlinnie Prison.

Children & Families provide services directly to, and purchase services for, vulnerable children, young people and families, including residential, foster care, community and individual services: e.g. services to children in need ( including child protection), direct support to carers, supporting young people into training and employment, special needs and children's health (including health based social work services), management of throughcare/aftercare and some community based projects.

Social Work also has a wider remit to promote social welfare and to this end it provides welfare rights and community development services and works with a wide range of community projects and voluntary organisations.

Assessment for services is carried out through local social work offices or Hospital Teams therefore this should be the first point of contact.

Service Providers

The Council provides the above services via direct and purchased provision.  In 2007/08, approximately 60% or £378.8 million of the Council’s social work budget was spent on purchased services. 

The Council is obligated to ensure that the organisations/companies providing services to vulnerable people have been assessed and appropriate contractual arrangements are in place. 

The Council is committed to keeping Service Providers up to date with relevant information.