People with experience of care are being encouraged to help Scotland’s social care watchdog, the Care Inspectorate, carry out its work. The Care Inspectorate inspects and regulates more than 14,000
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Children will get more access to nursery provision, free school meals and increased care support as part of a wide-ranging legislation approved by MSPs last night. The Children and Young
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A new Unison Scotland survey of workers who look after the elderly and vulnerable in their own homes, lays bare the challenges and problems they experience. The majority of home
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An Aberdeen private school and nursery has asked for more time to comply with a call for improvement made by inspectors. The Care Inspectorate issued an improvement notice to the
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Plans to appoint a named guardian for every child are almost certain to be subjected to legal challenge if they are approved at Holyrood, the Tories have claimed. The controversial
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Around 1,200 jobs and training placements are to be created thanks to £4 million of government funding. First Minister Alex Salmond will make the announcement when he opens the Scottish
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IRISS are hosting a workshop at the Social Services Expo on 18 March 2014, and are looking for older people and carers to help shape their sessions as a voice
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Alcohol-related deaths have fallen significantly in Scotland in contrast with the rest of the UK, figures show. The death rate for men dropped by 37% in the decade between 2002
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Seven people have been arrested during a police crackdown on the “cowardly” crime of domestic violence. A team of 12 extra officers helped local police as they carried out high-visibility
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A leading academic has been tasked with heading up a review of the childcare workforce as part of “ambitious” Scottish Government plans to transform early learning. Professor Iram Siraj is
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