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SCRA welcomes new Chair
Wednesday 12 May 2010
The Minister for Children and Early Years, Adam Ingram MSP, announced Carole Wilkinson’s appointment on 26 April and she took up the post on 1 May.
Welcoming Carole to SCRA, Netta Maciver, Principal Reporter/Chief Executive said:
“On 6 May, our new Chair Carole Wilkinson chaired her first meeting of the Board which was the last Board meeting for Sheriff Bowman and for the current deputy chair Anne McNeill. Carole moved smoothly into role and is keen to be out and about the organisation in the next few months.”
Carole Wilkinson recently retired from the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), where she had held the post of Chief Executive since its creation in 2001. At the SSSC she was responsible for introducing the registration and regulation of the social services workforce and setting the required qualifications.
This included raising the standards and expectations of staff in residential child care and early years services. Prior to taking up post at the SSSC, having held a number of senior posts in local authorities, where she was responsible for managing a range of children's services and overseeing child protection work, she became Director of Social Work in Falkirk.
She recently chaired the group set up by Scottish Government to examine residential child care, was a member of Barnardo's Scottish Committee for a number of years and in 2001 was elected President of the Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW).
Welcoming Carole to SCRA, Netta Maciver, Principal Reporter/Chief Executive said:
“On 6 May, our new Chair Carole Wilkinson chaired her first meeting of the Board which was the last Board meeting for Sheriff Bowman and for the current deputy chair Anne McNeill. Carole moved smoothly into role and is keen to be out and about the organisation in the next few months.”
Carole Wilkinson recently retired from the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), where she had held the post of Chief Executive since its creation in 2001. At the SSSC she was responsible for introducing the registration and regulation of the social services workforce and setting the required qualifications.
This included raising the standards and expectations of staff in residential child care and early years services. Prior to taking up post at the SSSC, having held a number of senior posts in local authorities, where she was responsible for managing a range of children's services and overseeing child protection work, she became Director of Social Work in Falkirk.
She recently chaired the group set up by Scottish Government to examine residential child care, was a member of Barnardo's Scottish Committee for a number of years and in 2001 was elected President of the Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW).
