Barnardo’s Scotland had stopped 15 years ago but rise in number of children requiring adoption led them to relaunch service.

SCOTLAND’s care watchdog may have to rehire staff it has made redundant in a desperate effort to plug a shortfall of inspectors.

A DEPRESSION charity that faced closure because of a funding crisis is celebrating after winning a reprieve.

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations publishes data alongside new State of the Sector report that finds a quarter of charities north of the border have reduced in size

The number of Dundee children in council care has reached a record high of more than 700.

Researchers have praised a scheme that results in former offenders returning to jails to work with inmates to prepare them for release.

A spending plan has been laid out for nearly £2m earmarked to support the development of social care programmes in Dumfries and Galloway.

Dumfries and Galloway Council’s social work department is on course to meet a savings target of nearly £3m this financial year.

Balhousie Care Group has revealed ambitious expansion plans as it announced it is moving to new headquarters in Perth.

Child protection services in the Perth and Kinross area are outstanding and are the best in Scotland, according to the latest Care Inspectorate report published today.