COUNSELLING chiefs who help alcoholic Buddies stay on the wagon have been praised by inspectors.

A THUG who attacked a child had his community service halted early – after social workers sent him to help a charity for vulnerable children.

A Holyrood committee will investigate whether children in care who are in the family home would be better off if they were looked after elsewhere.

A youth charity with a four in five success rate in getting young people into work has received £750,000 of European Union funding.

PEOPLE accessing mental health services across Dumbarton and the Vale can now benefit from a new guide.

The Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) has announced a new education programme to support the continued professional development of social workers in Scotland.

An inquiry into the economic and social impact of the ageing population has been launched by a Holyrood committee.

IRISS have launched their new ‘Social Assets in Action’ project in East Dunbartonshire.

An awards scheme that brings young people from different backgrounds together to work for the benefit of their communities is to receive £600,000 of government funding.

A BOOZY care worker who turned up drunk at a children’s home has dodged the sack. Martin Phillips punched and slapped one child, put another in a headlock and sat on a staff member.