A spending plan has been laid out for nearly £2m earmarked to support the development of social care programmes in Dumfries and Galloway.

Researchers have praised a scheme that results in former offenders returning to jails to work with inmates to prepare them for release.

Dumfries and Galloway Council’s social work department is on course to meet a savings target of nearly £3m this financial year.

Balhousie Care Group has revealed ambitious expansion plans as it announced it is moving to new headquarters in Perth.

Child protection services in the Perth and Kinross area are outstanding and are the best in Scotland, according to the latest Care Inspectorate report published today.

OWNERS of a residential school that houses vulnerable children have been warned they will face court action unless they meet a two-week deadline to make improvements.

A former social work team manager based in a remote part of Scotland has written to his ex-employer raising concerns that social workers have been replaced by unqualified workers to carry out complex assessments of adults at risk.

Initiatives to address Scotland’s drug problem are “hugely inefficient” due to the government’s failure to learn from past mistakes, senior professionals have warned.

Over the next two weeks, every social worker, social care worker and early years’ worker registered with the Scottish Social Services Council will receive information through their letterbox and inbox from their regulatory body emphasising their personal responsibility to report poor practice in care services by colleagues or providers.

Angus Council has suspended four employees in the wake of the death of a 74-year-old woman.