Accused Aberdeen social worker felt ‘bullied’
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.
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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.
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Scotland’s justice minister Kenny MacAskill has praised the community service scheme operated by the social work service in Shetland.
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Steven and Jason Barker, who showed no mercy to Baby P, even attacked their own frail grandmother, it can be revealed today.
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Peter Connelly’s horrific death was a “wake-up call” for people to raise concerns about children they feared were being abused, campaigners said.
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A partnership aimed at giving disabled people better access to justice will see Scotland’s legal sector team up with disability organisations.
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The first local authorities to be scrutinised under Ofsted’s new announced inspections regime have been rated adequate or above for their work on safeguarding and looked-after children.
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The number of adults in Scotland diagnosed with learning disabilities has increased by 10% in a year, according to a new report.
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Hanworth councillor Alan Browne has died suddenly while visiting family in Canada. Cllr Browne was borough mayor from 2004 to 2005 and chaired the adult social care and housing overview and scrutiny panel.
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A carer at a former children’s home in Jersey was a “persistent sexual bully” who repeatedly abused children in his care, a court has heard.
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The Irish Association of Social Workers claims the government needs to spell out in greater detail how the measures being put in place to provide an out-of-hours service for crisis cases will operate.
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