Scotland marked World Social Work Day in style this week with an illustrious awards evening for social workers in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle in which Ella Brown, a senior social worker with North Lanarkshire Council, emerged with the major honour of the evening.

COUNCILLORS in Aberdeen have been urged to throw out plans for a 54-bed nursing home on green-belt land in the city’s west end.

Classrooms at a children’s secure unit in Dundee are still “not fit for purpose” inspectors said today — despite improvements being ordered more than four years ago.

A NEW Aberdeen business is to be launched – using workers from the closed-down Glencraft factory. Aberdeen social care provider Cornerstone is creating an upholstery business with two former Glencraft staff.

The Scottish Parliament has given official backing to World Social Work Day and to Scotland’s wider National Social Care Week, a week of activities, commencing on 15 March, celebrating the work of caring professionals.

SCOTLAND’S first service for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is being launched to cope with rising numbers with the condition needing help.

A multiple sclerosis sufferer is forced to spend almost 15 hours in bed every night because of Aberdeen City Council’s carers’ working hours.

The Vulnerable Families Pathway project has launched a new website that will provide information and services to support children and families in Scotland.

PARENTS in Britain are being forced to postpone their retirement to meet the rising costs of supporting their adult offspring, a new study suggests today.

Management of violent offenders is inconsistent and underdeveloped in parts of Scotland and some social work departments don’t know if work with offenders is effective, according to inspectors.