A FORMER senior councillor has called for formal training to be given to Borders social work staff after the revelation that, in the first eight months of this year, there were just under 100 recorded physical or violent incidents involving social work staff on duty.
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Nadine Dorries has lost her amendment on abortion by 118 votes to 368, following an intensely emotional debate in which she accused Lib Dems of blackmailing the prime minister.
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Leeds City Council has approved plans to close five of its care homes, saying it cannot afford to maintain them.
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A damning inspection of Peterborough’s safeguarding practices has prompted the director of children’s services to resign.
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Funding should be invested in retaining social workers rather than recruiting new entrants into the profession because of the high costs of training them, according to research.
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NEW operators are set to take control of two axe-threatened care homes. Castle View in Dumbarton East and Helensburgh’s Balvaird were both at risk of closing following the collapse of Southern Cross, which ran both properties.
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THE Building of Aberdeenshire Council’s first care village in Stonehaven was officially opened last week.
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OFFENDERS working on community projects as a means to pay back society for their crimes have a new base in Dumfries.
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More than 200 social work employees had their achievements recognised at the Scottish Borders Council Social Work Staff Awards.
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A mother whose four-year-old daughter takes up to 20 epileptic fits a day has expressed dismay at the lack of medical services for children with the condition in Londonderry.
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