Tots centre faces crisis over training regulations
Worried staff at a pre-school centre for special needs children in Moray last night claimed new qualification requirements could put a huge strain on their facility.
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Older people to take control of £21m social services budget
PLANS are being drawn up by the city council to give older and disabled people direct control over a £21m social services budget.
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Galley Common £1m care home creates 30 jobs
A £1M care home project in Galley Common will create 30 local jobs.Staff will be needed to work in the centre, which is designed to provide independent, but supported, living accommodation for eight adults with learning difficulties.
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Perthshire Care home makes bid for expansion
A PERTHSHIRE residential home has revealed ambitious expansion plans in a bid to ensure it meets national care standards.
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Disabled dad rewarded £5,000 from Dumfries & Galloway Council
A DISABLED dad who waited nearly five years for a housing revamp is to be awarded £5,000 in compensation from the council.
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County seminar focuses on new ways of tackling domestic abuse
DOMESTIC abuse and itseffects topped the agenda at a Lanarkshire conference. The event saw over 250 representatives from North and South Lanarkshire councils, Strathclyde Police, NHS Lanarkshire and the Scottish Prison Service, voluntary organisations and other partners come together to share knowledge and to look at the multi-agency approach to the issues of domestic abuse in the local community.
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Adult protection committees in Grampian seek convener
A convener is being sought to oversee three newly formed Adult Protection Committees in Grampian and provide a consistent approach to the care and support of adults at risk of harm in the north-east of Scotland.
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£6m home care deal for East Lothian
Three agencies have been appointed to provide home care services to East Lothian residents. Allied Healthcare, Housecall and Goose Green Homecare were chosen after submitting detailed cost and service breakdowns as part of a council review of all general care packages.
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Care home is saved in dramatic U-turn
Relatives of pensioners in a Co Down residential home have told of their relief after the lifeline facility was saved. Skeagh House in Dromore was one of two homes earmarked for closure as part of a shake-up of services by the Southern Health and Social Services Trust.
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Child protection service in West Sussex is stretched to the limit
Improvements are being made in West Sussex County Council’s child protection service – which had been strongly criticised by the Ombudsman – but there is ‘still a long way to go’, a County Hall meeting was told.
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