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Veterans’ charity under fire again in new probe
SCOTLAND’s leading veterans’ charity has been criticised by inspectors for the second time in four months.
£30k wrecking spree at care home for dementia sufferers
THIEVES went on a £30,000 wrecking spree at the site of a new care home for dementia sufferers. The gang ripped out all 31 radiators at a former council social work building awaiting a makeover.
Dumfries & Galloway social work management under fire
THE RUNNING of the Dumfries & Galloway council’s social work services is still a concern – five years after it was slated by regulators.
New IRISS report on decision-making, risk and practice wisdom
IRISS has published a report entitled, Decision-making, risk and practice wisdom in qualified social workers in Scotland: the role of evidence in decision making around risk in social work, which presents the results of a small qualitative study undertaken between February and March 2011.
Highland company recognised for excellence
Highland Home Carers has been recognised at the annual Scottish Council for Development and Industry Highlands and Islands Business Excellence Awards for its approach to people development.
Glasgow City Council spends £80,000 on award ceremonies
Local authority spent £79,529 in 2010/11, the second highest out of all the councils which responded to FOI request across the UK.
Social work chief points to failings at Elsie Inglis home
COUNCIL chiefs have said the absence of an external manager in the company which ran the crisis-hit Elsie Inglis nursing home appears to have played a “significant” part in the problems.
New report on the evidence base for the delivery of adult services
Alison Petch, Director at IRISS, has authored a report commissioned by the Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW) entitled, An evidence base for the delivery of adult services.
Fife care homes: plan back to square one after council fails to find private partner
The future of Fife Council’s care homes has been thrown back into uncertainty after the local authority failed to find a suitable provider to take on the service.
