Concerns over the decision by the NSPCC to break with more than 100 years of convention and look to move into Scotland have come under fresh scrutiny from one of the Scottish charitable sector’s most respected figures.

DUNDEE’S deputy provost has called for an urgent review into how the city’s key organisations support people considering suicide.

POLITICAL pressure was growing last night for an inquiry into the handling of an alleged child abuse case in which a judge criticised the training and methods of the lead social worker and police.

A SOCIAL work boss has quit in disgrace after seducing a vulnerable woman in his care.

DISABLED people who yearn to use computers and other technology in their own homes to increase their independence are being left isolated because they cannot afford the equipment.

MILLIONS of pounds intended to help disabled children has “disappeared” into council funding pots rather than being spent on support and services, Scotland on Sunday has learned.

The Scottish Government has sent a letter to directors of social work and residential child care providers (see letter below) in relation to the registration of the residential child care workforce with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of showing a lack of interest in plans to close Scotland’s only respite care centre for multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers.

OFFERS from private companies interested in developing care home sites in the Highlands – including Inverness – are being considered by council officials.

Few areas of the law require greater sensitivity in their handling than allegations of child sex abuse. Such cases, badly handled, can be devastating for the child and for the reputations of adults who may find themselves wrongly accused of a crime which carries a particularly acute social stigma.