The Scottish government is committed to providing business support to grow the social enterprise sector, a senior civil servant said today.

The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) is hosting its sixth, and final workshop in the series What Works: Putting Research into Practice on the 30th April in Edinburgh.

More rigorous standards for carrying out background checks on personal assistants are needed, BASW Scotland has said, after a major new study revealed a significant minority of PA employers failing to investigate the histories of new recruits.

The Scottish Society for Autism has announced that a group of 32 Autism Practitioners have successfully completed their Professional Development Awards (PDAs) in Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Parents who fail to look after their children will be given just months to improve or their child will be adopted under a radical project to be trialled in Scotland.

The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) has developed the Evidence-informed Practice Portal and the Confidence Through Evidence Toolkit to support staff in finding and using evidence to inform their practice.

Parents who fail to look after their children will be given just months to improve or their child will be adopted under a radical project to be trialled in Scotland.

The Scottish Society for Autism has announced  that a group of 32 Autism Practitioners has successfully completed therir Professional Development Awards (PDAs) in Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

THE city council was today accused of punishing pensioners for its own cash crisis after it doubled the price that it charges pensioners for day care.

The Scottish Government has published the findings of a research report on the study of the workforce and employment issues surrounding Self-Directed Support (SDS).