Scotland’s justice minister Kenny MacAskill has praised the community service scheme operated by the social work service in Shetland.

A former Aberdeen social worker has appeared at a disciplinary hearing to face a series of accusations linked to the care of 12 vulnerable children in the city.

A partnership aimed at giving disabled people better access to justice will see Scotland’s legal sector team up with disability organisations.

The number of adults in Scotland diagnosed with learning disabilities has increased by 10% in a year, according to a new report.

THE introduction of the Disclosure Scotland service seven years ago was aimed at preventing unsuitable people working with vulnerable sections of our society. And it has to be hoped that along with the Sex Offenders Register established in 1997 that both have been successful in severely limiting such access from taking place.

SUPPORTERS of Rosendael Veterans’ Care Home have reacted positively to news yesterday that continued financial contributions by Dundee City Council may not, after all, be withdrawn.

More community short breaks are to be provided to carers, community care groups and older people in Edinburgh. An extra £606,000 investment has come from the City of Edinburgh Council as they increase respite services across the Capital.

Highland Council is considering a reduction in the number of staff caring for the region’s increasing number of vulnerable people, as part of emergency measures to balance its social work budget.

A HEARING into the conduct of a child care worker was told of a general culture of “mismanagement of funds” at the home where she was based.

CHARITY bosses today called for stricter controls on the hiring and training of staff after a frail pensioner was sexually assaulted by a worker at a council-run care home.