viiEducation, Children and Young People Committee, Official Report, 9 November 2022, Col 55
In her evidence to the Committee on 23 November 2022, the Minister for Children and Young People, recognised there were currently "difficulties with recruitment in adult social care services and, indeed children's services," whilst noting that "those difficulties are not unique to Scotland".viiiEducation, Children and Young People Committee, Official Report, 23 November 2022, Col 28
Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Officer with the Scottish Government echoed this point, stating that "across social work and social care, the issue of recruitment and retention needs a national solution," suggesting that "it has gone beyond local solutions" and that "there is an opportunity for the national social work agency in particular....in producing...