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8 February 2006 HUNDREDS of social work staff are to be hired in a drive to stop child abuse. The unqualified social work assistants - modelled on the classroom assistants who help teachers - will take over routine cases, freeing qualified staff to concentrate on their most vulnerable clients. The plan, outlined yesterday by education minister Peter Peacock, follows a string of abuse cases which shocked Scotland. Peacock said: "This is about releasing professionals' time and allowing them to concentrate on the jobs their professional skills require. "It will also release more time for more support for the most vulnerable in our society." Peacock promised extra cash for the plan. But he also admitted
Scotland's £2.4billion social work budget was "not
always being spent efficiently". Yesterday's announcement
was part of the Executive's response to a report called Changing
Lives on the future of social work.
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