Promoting Workforce Learning

This research report is the product of the Skills for Business Network in Scotland funded by European Structural Funds (ESF) to explore, highlight and promote the benefits of workplace learning in Scotland. The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) as part of Skills for Care and Development (the sector skills council for social services) commissioned this research which was undertaken in two organisations, one local authority and one voluntary. It is a qualitative study that draws on social service workers’ experience of learning in their workplace. The workers concerned were undertaking a range of learning which included induction and SVQs in Care and in Health and Social Care. These valuable insights provide the basis of a DVD produced by the Skills for Business Network which will further bring these real experiences to life.