SCOTTISH Labour’s new leader Johann Lamont demanded a government inquiry into child protection as she insisted the issue was a “huge problem” following the death of a toddler murdered by his mother.

TWO nurses at a Scottish care home are to face allegations of dishonesty about the death of one of their patients.

MSPs are set to formally protest against changes to the UK benefits system, which some claim will see cuts in payments to the most vulnerable.

Scotland’s Chief Statistician today published Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2010-11. This provides statistics at a national level on activity relating to community penalties in Scotland.

The social service workforce in Scotland is growing at a consistent level according to the SSSC Workforce Data Report 2010 published this week.

The SSSC and the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) have launched an innovative new guidance kit to help disabled social work and teaching students to achieve their full potential. The guidance helps lecturers, tutors and others involved with students to provide vital learning support.

WELCOME funding has saved a struggling day care centre from going under. Four staff at Twechar Day Care Centre were left facing redundancy when it was recently revealed that financial difficulties could force the service to close.

A care worker who simulated sex with two teenagers while looking after an 11-year-old boy has been struck off the social work register.

The Scottish Association of Social Workers (SASW) has responded to Katherine Hainey’s life sentence for the murder of her son Declan, who was last seen alive when he was 15-months-old, by emphasising the wider social responsibility to ensure the safety of children and young people.

The Care Inspectorate have published a joint inspection report on the protection of children and young people in the Scottish Borders council area.