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The Scottish Government welcomes the Setting the Bar for Social Work in Scotland report and will consider and discuss the findings with its partners to inform and develop future social work workforce policy.
Given that we have an ambition for growth of about £14 billion or £15 billion over the next 10 to 15 years, it is worth thinking about that development budget. The fund has been used well in recent years, and it has a level of flexibility.
It could be used to make changes to any aspect of the CAP, with significant effects on individuals who received CAP funding and on the policies delivered through the CAP.
To address those pressures, we plan to launch an adult social care recruitment campaign in January next year, and we have approved funding for the myjobscotland.gov.uk recruitment website to enable all organisations to advertise vacancies free of charge.
Income
As noted in the Financial Review, the majority of partner provider income is generated by fees paid by parents for non-funded ELC. As the expansion to 1,140 hours continues, the balance of funded and purchased ELC will change.
That is why there have been national transition training funds, for example, and why we have the flexibleworkforcedevelopmentfund and individual training accounts.