OPPOSITION councillors called for an investigation into continued overspending by Falkirk Council’s social work department.

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 former Aberdeen social worker accused of a series of “failures” involving the care of 12 vulnerable children has claimed she was undermined and bullied by her local authority supervisors.

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

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positively to news yesterday that continued financial contributions by Dundee City Council may not, after all, be withdrawn.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.