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Highland Council is recruiting social workers from Canada and Australia to fill a widening skills gap.
The council said it had to employ more staff because of increasing demands, especially in the children and family care services.

Fife Council is delivering social work services which improve the lives of many people who receive them, but needs to do more, according to Scotland’s social work inspectors.

Addict parents may have to undergo drug tests to establish whether they are fit to look after their own children, it emerged yesterday.