A FORMER Calderdale Council social services chief has denied indecently assaulting boys in the 1960s and 1970s. Rod Ryall, 67, is accused of 10 offences, each involving one of three boys, all under 16.
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The first disclosures have been made to parents and carers in Tayside about registered sex offenders who have access to their children.
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THE Scottish National Party have revealed their candidate who will contest the Livingston seat at the general election. Lis Bardell is a retired former project manager for Scottish children’s charity Aberlour.
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A STATE-of-the-art care home earmarked for land at Alloa Park has been given the go-ahead by council planners.
HAMMERSMITH and Fulham Council has been forced to find an extra £1.3million to bolster child protection in the borough, after a surge in social work cases in the wake of the death of Baby P.
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People with learning disabilities in West Yorkshire are being encouraged to attend an event which will showcase the services available to them.
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A new survey which will look at access to social care for adults with autism spectrum disorders in England is being carried out by the Department of Social Work and Social Care at the University of Sussex.
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UNISON, the UK’s leading public sector union, today warned that violence and abuse against social workers and people working in social care, has reached ‘chronic’ levels*, with attacks and abuse becoming a regular occurrence. The union has launched a ten-point blueprint aimed at combating the abuse and attacks.
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AN Essex County Council boss is leading criticism of a Government plan to offer free support to help residents live at home.
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MILTON Grange, a new mental health service for older people, has been officially opened. The dedicated East Sussex County Council unit opened after a £1.6million refurbishment of the old Milton Court Resource Centre and offers short-term respite care and day services.
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