Highland Council is recruiting social workers from Canada and Australia to fill a widening skills gap.
The council said it had to employ more staff because of increasing demands, especially in the children and family care services.
Fife Council is delivering social work services which improve the lives of many people who receive them, but needs to do more, according to Scotland’s social work inspectors.
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Addict parents may have to undergo drug tests to establish whether they are fit to look after their own children, it emerged yesterday.
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Ministers will today ask people from across the UK what kind of pension system they want in the future, in the largest consultation event of its kind that the country has ever seen.
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More older people are to be helped to live independently in their own homes for longer, thanks to a £18.5m government project.
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A new purpose built Immigration Removal Centre is planned at Gatwick Airport as part of the Government’s drive to deliver a firm but fair immigration and asylum system, the Home Office announced today.
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30 pc reduction in admissions could mean people don’t spend unnecessary time in hospital and save over £400m a year for other services.
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On Monday 3 April 2006 10 for 11.00 am, Capacitybuilders is to be launched at the International Convention Centre Birmingham on Monday 3 April by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, Paul Goggins MP.
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On the 31st March 2006 at Croke Park, The Medical Council is hosting a consultative forum on Competence Assurance Structures.
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Who would want to be a social care worker in light of today’s survey on the level of violence they encounter in the workplace?
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