Staff who helped with the evacuation of OAPs when a care home burned down are now facing losing their jobs.

Eight local authorities in Scotland are planning to share key services in a bid to save up to £70m over five years.

Kinship carers won a victory in their fight for better recognition and financial support.

A sex offender disclosure scheme that was initially piloted in Dundee is to be rolled out across Scotland.

BASW Scotland has criticised the coalition government’s plans for major reduction in funding for Scotland, announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review last week, and called on the Scottish government to do everything it can to protect services for vulnerable adults and children.

BASW Scotland is calling on social workers from across the country to nominate social workers who they feel deserve to receive a prestigious award for their professional endeavour.

Fife Council has been asked to provide more clarity on whether care homes are still being considered for closure.

Parents in the Fife and Central Scotland force areas will now have the right to ask if a sex offender may have access to their children.

Elderly residents at a north-east care home fear they could be left housebound amid claims Aberdeenshire Council plans to change wardens’ shifts.

Police are investigating claims that an elderly woman was tied to a bed at a care home in Glasgow. It has been reported that the 84-year-old woman was restrained at Baillieston Care Home in the city’s east end.