SOCIAL work staff are finally moving out of dilapidated offices into a new site in Dumfries. The transfer starts this week to the council’s £1.3 million HQ for the department at the former social security building in Irish Street.

A three-year action plan for maximising the contribution allied health professionals (AHPs) make to supporting people with mental health problems was unveiled by Public Health Minister, Shona Robison.

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games could see an increase in human trafficking and prostitution, MSPs have been warned.

ABERDEEN City Council last night defended its community service team from criticism by politicians. Social work chiefs hit back after official figures showed criminals in the north-east take more than twice as long to complete community service orders compared to other parts of Scotland.

I would like to see Trevor happily settled in supported accommodation before I die,” says Anne Harkes, of Cramond in Edinburgh.

Scotland’s new adoption law has run into confusion and delays just months after it was supposed to come into effect.

Scottish Borders Council has pledged to do everything possible to ensure the welfare of residents in a care home at the centre of closure fears.

Highland Council chiefs have admitted they cannot afford to build five new care homes planned for the region.

Close to 200 children under the age of eight committed offences in Scotland in the past year, new figures have shown.

Increasing numbers of elderly carers looking after disabled adult children pose a ticking timebomb for Scotland’s social services, according to an alliance of disability charities and campaigners.