‘It’s people, not bricks and mortar’
Charities have joined forces with children’s campaigners to call on the government to introduce a new duty on local authorities to help bring an end to the cycle of homelessness.
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THE stench of urine in a resident’s room at a Southampton care home overwhelmed inspectors on an unannounced visit, a court heard.
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Shamed Baby P boss Sharon Shoesmith today failed in her High Court bid to prove that she was unfairly sacked. Mr Justice Foskett said the Government was right to order her dismissal from her £133,000-a-year post at Haringey council after failings that contributed to one of
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Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has called for more emphasis to be placed on early intervention in the youth justice system.
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A taskforce has been created to try to break the cycle of crime among prisoners and ex-offenders in Aberdeen.
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Work will begin next week on the new £6 million Shetland Islands Council office complex at North Ness in Lerwick, due to be completed by March 2012.
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A judge has slammed the social services system in Manchesterl for ‘a startling lack of urgency’ in the days leading up to the death of a baby boy.
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The Joint Improvement Team (JIT) has recently published a number of publications on telecare services in Scotland. The JIT was established in late 2004 to work directly with local health and social care partnerships across Scotland.
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The Sector Skills Assessment for the social services sector in Scotland has been developed by the SSSC as part of Skills for Care and Development, the sector skills council for the social services sector.
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Families of those killed in the Rosepark Care Home fire yesterday watched CCTV footage of staff trying frantically to operate an alarm panel as flames ripped through the building.
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