A SCOTTISH care home worker who groomed and raped teenage girls for more than a decade has been jailed for 20 years. James Boyes abused a string of underage girls at Frant Court care home in Frant, East Sussex, during the 1980s and 1990s, leaving one so traumatised she is still being treated in a secure mental hospital.

THOUSANDS of care staff across Scotland are facing redundancy, with several of the country’s largest charities announcing staff and salary cuts.

Quarriers has started a 90-day consultation with workers to discuss proposed alterations to terms of employment in a bid to protect “current service provision and ensure long-term future growth”.

One of Scotland’s largest charities has entered a 90-day consultation with staff over radical changes to its terms and conditions, in a bid to protect the jobs of its 2,000 employees.

A CARE unit for vulnerable adults in Edinburgh has been ordered to improve or face being closed down. The Leonard Cheshire facility in Leith has been criticised by governing body Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) for not dealing with clients’ medication needs properly.

ANGUS child protection services have received a positive inspection report from Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS).

THERE must be “total clarity” in the regulation of Scotland’s care sector to avoid a repeat of the errors which led to the Rosepark tragedy, a charity for the elderly has warned.

Transferring social care from councils to the NHS could cost more than £300m, according to the organisation representing Scotland’s 32 local authorities.

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of rape, police said last night. The boy was taken into custody in Paisley after allegedly attacking a girl, also aged 12, on Saturday.

Pressure to cut costs has eroded pay, pensions and protection, research by the University of Strathclyde shows