A PRIVATE Inverness care home used by the council to place elderly residents has been ordered to make urgent improvements following a damning report by the Care Commission.

The innovation and dedication of social service workers and their organisations in Scotland is being recognised as the finalists for the Care Accolades 2010, the ‘Oscars’ for the social services sector are announced.

The Minister for Children and Early Years today announced the appointment of a new Chair to the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration. The new Chair is Carole Wilkinson.

‘It’s people, not bricks and mortar’

Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has called for more emphasis to be placed on early intervention in the youth justice system.

A taskforce has been created to try to break the cycle of crime among prisoners and ex-offenders in Aberdeen.

Work will begin next week on the new £6 million Shetland Islands Council office complex at North Ness in Lerwick, due to be completed by March 2012.

The Joint Improvement Team (JIT) has recently published a number of publications on telecare services in Scotland. The JIT was established in late 2004 to work directly with local health and social care partnerships across Scotland.

The Sector Skills Assessment for the social services sector in Scotland has been developed by the SSSC as part of Skills for Care and Development, the sector skills council for the social services sector.

Families of those killed in the Rosepark Care Home fire yesterday watched CCTV footage of staff trying frantically to operate an alarm panel as flames ripped through the building.