A social worker yesterday stood by a decision not to return a troubled teenager to secure accommodation months before she died after taking drugs on a night away from council care.

Child protection services in Scotland are a “ticking timebomb”, with social workers struggling to cope with increased caseloads and staff shortages, a leading union warned today.

CAMPAIGNERS are criticising Highland Council for ditching plans to build new council houses in the Highlands in the same week it decided on rent increases for tenants.

A new blueprint for the future of specialist NHS services for some of Scotland’s most seriously ill children and young people has been launched today.

A ROTHESAY social worker fired after an incident with a man over a long-running feud has won her unfair sacking claim – but received no compensation.

A HOMELESS charity could be forced to repay a £500,000 debt in full to Glasgow City Council. The Glasgow Simon Community is under investigation after failing to deliver services to the homeless paid for by the council over two years.

A multimillion-pound care home for dementia sufferers will be built in Aberdeen this year. The £6million facility in the city’s Rubislaw Park Road is to be built by the Church of Scotland’s social care arm, CrossReach.

The Association of Directors of Social Work (ADSW) has appointed Pagoda PR to build awareness and understanding of the role of social work services in Scotland.
 

An overhaul of social work services in Aberdeen was rubber-stamped yesterday as councillors moved to address major failings highlighted by government inspectors.

Children’s Minister Adam Ingram is visiting Aberdeen to see how council child protection services have improved following a critical report.