Home care staff are having to be bussed in to some areas of North-East Fife due to a shortage of local workers. Despite the recession, Fife Council is struggling to

MORE THAN a quarter of children in Dundee are living in poverty, new figures have shown. • More than a quarter of children in Dundee living in child poverty, new

HEALTHCARE for children with heart defects should be merged with adult services to improve safety and address ongoing staffing concerns, according to Scotland’s medical watchdog. Health Improvement Scotland said Yorkhill

CALLS for a dedicated Victims Commissioner to be established have been rejected by Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. He insisted setting up such a post would duplicate the “excellent” work of

Angus Council has been slammed for cutting in half the number of hot meals it delivers through its meals-on-wheels service. Pensioners’ relatives have criticised the council’s decision to drastically cut

Aberdeen City Council’s Director for Social Care and Wellbeing, Fred McBride, has taken up a new post in the Republic of Ireland. Mr McBride is set to become Chief Operations

The Scottish Association of Social Work is seeking nominations for the 2013 Wilma MacDonald Award – SASW MHO of the Year, with the winner set to follow in the footsteps

A Tayside child care worker has been accused of brandishing a piece of wood at a teenager with learning difficulties. Scott Hamilton, who worked in Arbroath, faces a series of

THE public is being invited to visit an exhibition being staged as part of a massive conference in Glasgow this week. Around 1000 occupational therapists from around the UK will

Ruth Stark, the Manager of the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW – part of BASW) has been awarded a MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for her services