RESOURCES

 

This page provides links to valuable resources developed by the Scottish Social Networks Forum.

 

 

Scottish Social Networks Training Pack

 

The Scottish Social Networks Training Pack, is designed for organisations working with vulnerable and socially excluded people.

 

The training, which is being distributed throughout Scotland, has been developed by professionals in the social care field. It will be used to train frontline staff and volunteers to encourage their clients to develop positive social networks and help them move away from dependency on services.

 

Specifically, it will equip staff with analytical skills and practical methods to help clients:

• Analyse their individual social networks
• Strengthen and extend their informal social networks
• Access further support if needed

 

The Training Pack has been developed for Scottish Social Networks by The Rock Trust, in collaboration with partners from Scottish Mentoring Network, Befriending Network (Scotland) Ltd, Family Mediation Scotland, SAMH, Scottish Council Single Homeless and Edinburgh City Council. The training pack has been funded by The Scottish Government.

 

It will be used by a broad range of organisations working with a variety of client groups including the elderly, young people, ethnic minorities, homeless and disabled. It is especially important when working to improve mental health and wellbeing.

 

A link is given below to a PDF version of the Scottish Social Networks Training Pack. A separate link is given to a power point version of the Training Pack overhead projector slides and handouts.

 

• Scottish Social Networks Training Pack (235 KB)
• Overhead projector slides and handouts (143 KB)
• Scottish Social Networks Training Pack Leaflet (174 KB)

 

A link to a PDF of the Training Pack leaflet is also given above. This leaflet can be used to order your hard copy of the training pack.

 

 

 

Toolkit

 

A link below is given to a PDF version of the Scottish Social Networks Toolkit which aims to answer the question; “what makes a successful social networks project happen?” The Toolkit is designed to make it easier for local authorities, voluntary organisations and others to develop successful mentoring, befriending and mediation projects which will help prevent homelessness.

 

• Successful Project Development Toolkit (2.16 MB)

 

Please note the large size of this document if you wish to download it.

 

If you would like a hard copy of the Toolkit, please contact us at info@scottishsocialnetworks.org

 

For current updates to the Toolkit please see -

www.scottishsocialnetworks.org/updates

 

Guides, Linked Strategies and Research

 

Please click on the link below to view our research page which details useful research papers, guides and strategies. Most, but not all of these are also listed in the Toolkit, however we are constantly adding to the lists as we become aware of relevant materials.

 

If you have suggestions for other useful resources that you think should also be listed, please contact us at info@scottishsocialnetworks.org

 

• Research