Evacuation plans were missed out of a safety report produced for the owners of a care home where 14 elderly residents were killed in a fire, the inquiry into the tragedy has heard.

What needs to be done for Scotland to have a social service workforce fit for 2020? This is just one of the key questions that 200 delegates will explore at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) Conference  20:20 Vision tomorrow (Friday 19 February 2010).

Safety catches on fire doors in a Lanarkshire nursing home where 14 residents died in a blaze had been removed, an inquiry has been told.

Older people in Aberdeenshire may have to pay more for their residential care from April. An Aberdeenshire Council committee will be asked to back plans to increase some social work charges when members meet tomorrow.

A project to help men find jobs in female dominated sectors like health and social care has won the backing of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust in Scotland. 

Scottish police and courts have failed to ban a single child sex offender from travelling abroad to engage in child sex tourism.

MONTHLY audits into child protection investigations at Moray Council and the addition of eight more social workers have improved the local authority’s service after a damning inspection last year, according to a report.

A social worker who worked for a leading north-east charity is facing a catalogue of serious allegations over her conduct.

A group of worried island carers have hit out at an onslaught of council cuts. They say that slashed funding will undermine vital services and affect the most vulnerable.

A NURSE found guilty of assaulting elderly residents at a care home was yesterday branded “a disgrace to the profession”, but narrowly escaped jail.