The threat of unemployment since the recession has led to a decline in men’s mental health, a study suggests.

A new DVD by CHILDREN 1ST featuring three kinship carers talking about their own experiences and explaining how the charity has supported them has been launched this month.

A new DVD by CHILDREN 1ST featuring three kinship carers talking about their own experiences and explaining how the charity has supported them has been launched this month.

Renfrewshire social worker Liz Snodgrass has become the first winner of the Scottish Association of Social Work’s Wilma Macdonald Mental Health Officer (MHO) of the Year Award for her work supporting “highly distressed and often risky people” in the community.

Renfrewshire social worker Liz Snodgrass has become the first winner of the Scottish Association of Social Work’s Wilma Macdonald Mental Health Officer (MHO) of the Year Award for her work supporting “highly distressed and often risky people” in the community.

A MIDLOTHIAN nursery has earned praise from care service inspectors. Forest Friends Nursery, near Roslin, received high marks from the Care Inspectorate, the independent regulator of social care and social work services across Scotland, following an inspection at the end of July.

Renfrewshire social worker Liz Snodgrass has become the first winner of the Scottish Association of Social Work’s Wilma Macdonald Mental Health Officer (MHO) of the Year Award for her work supporting “highly distressed and often risky people” in the community.

COMPLAINTS continue to flood into the Herald office over a ‘bungled’ home care shake-up. Council chiefs have been forced to shell out on private contractors to help their beleaguered service.

A 20-year-old nursery worker has been arrested and charged in connection with the possession of indecent images of children.