A CHILDREN 1ST service in Moray has introduced a service that helps parents who have experienced sexual abuse in their childhood. The service, called Stronger Safer Families for parents, will provide support and help them deal with any issues arising from their experiences of sexual abuse, which are having an impact on their parenting.

A former social work boss claims greedy relatives steal £1million a year from elderly family members.

THE Scottish Government has been criticised by victims of one of the country’s worst child abuse scandals, who say it has failed to hold to account institutions guilty of sexual, physical and psychological attacks on vulnerable children.

AN influential health body has called for a delay to proposals by a Scottish university to axe its school of nursing.

THE number of people being referred to South Lanarkshire Council’s Substance Misuse Team fell by nearly 20 per cent between 2007 and 2009.

The boss of the largest arm’s-length company created by Glasgow City Council is to quit his £130,000 post.

Scottish Borders Council has approved a pilot scheme to provide a small pool of electric cars for social work staff.

SCOTLAND’S largest police force has united with the Care Commission to stop nurseries being used as a business front for money laundering.

Changes to benefit payments to be introduced next month will leave a third of Glasgow households worse off, it was claimed today

Aberdeen City Council’s social work department has undergone “significant and profound” change in the three years since it was ordered to take urgent action to address major failings, inspectors have found.