A major recruitment campaign to address a shortage of foster carers in Scotland has been hailed a success. Four Scottish councils pooled their resources last month to encourage potential carers to come forward.

A new centre offering support and training for foster and adoptive carers has opened in North Lanarkshire.

New figures show a marked upturn in students joining social work degree courses in Scotland, according to the Scottish Social Services Council.

SCOTLAND’S leading Islamic scholar is launching an unprecedented campaign to place anti-domestic violence messages in Friday prayers at every mosque in Scotland.

A new mental health service called Positive Steps officially opens in south west Edinburgh today. The aim of the Positive Steps project is to offer visiting support for up to 11 people experiencing mental health difficulties so they can live in their own homes and become more integrated in the local community.

SOCIAL work staff are finally moving out of dilapidated offices into a new site in Dumfries. The transfer starts this week to the council’s £1.3 million HQ for the department at the former social security building in Irish Street.

A three-year action plan for maximising the contribution allied health professionals (AHPs) make to supporting people with mental health problems was unveiled by Public Health Minister, Shona Robison.

Julie Coghill was 23 and about to start a social work degree when she became a foster carer “almost by accident”.

CAMPAIGNERS fear for the survival of two council-run care homes in the Highlands as plans to build five new ones look likely to be scrapped.

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games could see an increase in human trafficking and prostitution, MSPs have been warned.