An independent inquiry has identified a host of failings in a council’s handling of a project to develop a residential child care unit.

A PRISON officer who for three months smuggled drugs and mobile phones into a Scottish prison has been jailed.

The Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) is hosting their AGM and Conference on Saturday 27 October at the Thistle Aberdeen Altens.

A Fife care worker has been struck off for misconduct. Members of a Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) sub-committee found Dean Reekie (45) guilty of two charges.

A NORTH Ayrshire Council worker is to trek to Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Residential care worker Paul Flood is taking part in the trek to raise funds for improved sanitation in remote schools.

A strategy which aims to improve the mental health and well-being of people in Scotland has begun.

A boy who stabbed his foster carer to death after he was grounded has been detained for seven years.

Following the sentencing of a 14 year old boy for killing his foster carer Dawn McKenzie; the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW) has described the case as “highly unusual”, and hopes that potential carers will not be deterred from fostering as a result.

More than half of the children on the Angus child protection register are in families with alcohol- or substance-abusing parents, according to the latest figures.

A YOUTH worker who planned a career in social work is facing jail after he was caught keeping a massive hoard of child pornography at his home.