ARGYLL and Bute’s foster care strategy is working. Since the scheme was introduced in 2008, the number of foster carers has increased dramatically.

THE Assynt Centre, earmarked for closure earlier this year as a result of swingeing local authority budget cuts, has been given a new lease of life.

A MOTHERWELL care home for the elderly appears set to be axed by North Lanarkshire Council.

The number of Angus children being placed on the Child Protection Register has risen over the past year and is now above the national average — with parental substance abuse a factor in 80% of cases.

Child protection services in Dundee are more robust now than when toddler Brandon Muir was killed by his mother’s lover, the city’s director of social work has said, writes Stefan Morkis.

Council leaders in Scotland’s capital are considering axing 300 jobs as part of a cost-cutting drive, it has been revealed.

The SNP group on Highland Council last night said they were incensed by the “deletion” of three care workers posts at an Inverness day centre for vulnerable adults.

PLANS for a new £4.5million homeless hostel in Aberdeen city centre will be discussed by councillors next week.

NEW technology is being used to support vulnerable people in Forres and the rest of Moray in their choice to live safely at home.

ALMOST twice as many pensioners in the Lothians are admitted to hospital with malnutrition than anywhere else in Scotland, figures have shown.