AS the Catholic Church reels from a week of accusations regarding child abuse and secret payments to victims, Newtownstewart parish priest Fr Stephen Kearney believes it may not be the last of the “bad news.”
Read More
FRESH demands were made yesterday for an independent inquiry following allegations over the running of a child protection department.
Read More
Child asylum seekers are being forced to undertake “oppressive and unlawful” interviews when they arrive in the UK before being offered basic welfare like rest and food, according to a damning report.
Read More
A nursery manager force fed babies in her care until they were sick, before making them eat their own vomit, a court heard today.
Read More
JEAN Donnelly had been a stay-at-home mum-of-four for 28 years when she decided to take the plunge and get a job. But with the recession and little work experience to her name, the Ferguslie Park woman was struggling.
Read More
The way social work services are delivered at Tayside’s two open prisons could be replicated in prisons across the country, Perth and Kinross councillors will hear tomorrow.
Read More
According to the Scottish Government, tens of thousands more people will receive alcohol brief interventions this year, helping them address their drinking before it causes lasting health damage.
Read More
The Scottish Government today announced that the requirement to gain the level 9 Childhood Practice award for all managers of day care of children services will be 1 December 2011. The Childhood Practice award has now been added to the list of qualifications the SSSC accepts for registration for this group.
Read More
Labour is likely to backtrack on plans to implement a so-called death tax to pay for long term care saying it will not introduce any definitive final reform in the next parliament.
Read More
A SHAMED care worker jailed for theft is the son of a former council boss who quit over a children’s home abuse scandal, the Sunday Sun can reveal.
Read More
