ABERDEEN City Council last night defended its community service team from criticism by politicians. Social work chiefs hit back after official figures showed criminals in the north-east take more than twice as long to complete community service orders compared to other parts of Scotland.
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I would like to see Trevor happily settled in supported accommodation before I die,” says Anne Harkes, of Cramond in Edinburgh.
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Scotland’s new adoption law has run into confusion and delays just months after it was supposed to come into effect.
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A couple who abducted their own baby from care have told how they have lost forever the chance to be full-time parents.
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Scottish Borders Council has pledged to do everything possible to ensure the welfare of residents in a care home at the centre of closure fears.
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A social worker has been removed from the social care register for frequently accessing pornography at work during his time employed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London.
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Highland Council chiefs have admitted they cannot afford to build five new care homes planned for the region.
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A decision by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to end ring-fencing of the AIDS Support Grant means an uncertain future for HIV social care services, the National Aids Trust (NAT) said today.
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Close to 200 children under the age of eight committed offences in Scotland in the past year, new figures have shown.
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Social Services directors are warning they will speak out strongly on behalf of people who need care if spending cuts prevent them getting support. The warning comes in a letter to the Care Minister sent at the same time as a briefing paper to all MPs and 400 peers setting out what the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services see as their four key priorities.
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