Highland Council social work pressure easing off
MEASURES introduced to ease the pressure on Highland Council’s social work budget are “beginning to have a positive impact”, despite the department facing a predicted £3.9m shortfall.
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MEASURES introduced to ease the pressure on Highland Council’s social work budget are “beginning to have a positive impact”, despite the department facing a predicted £3.9m shortfall.
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A PLEAN carer is to be recognised as one of the top carers in Scotland at a prestigious awards ceremony celebrating the best the industry has to offer.
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SOCIAL services officials say they are determined to improve the quality of residential and nursing home care in Hull.
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The education of children in care in the UK has been labelled “a national disgrace” by the chief executive of think tank the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU).
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PRESSURE is mounting on the city council over its controversial decision to change the care packages of 800 vulnerable people.Two large-scale protests have been planned because of the re-tendering plans, while national organisations have joined in the criticism of local authority chiefs.
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The number of councils struggling to recruit and retain children’s social workers has risen by 50 per cent in the past year, a Local Government Association survey (LGA) has revealed.
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Social workers in charge of vulnerable children are leaving council care departments at a steeper rate than previously thought, a survey has revealed.
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Ofsted, the childcare watchdog, has been forced to issue a humiliating High Court apology for its handling of a legal challenge by Sharon Shoesmith, the social services chief sacked over the Baby P scandal.
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A new system to check that people are safe to work with children and vulnerable adults was announced by the Scottish Government yesterday.
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A WOMAN who subjected two children to appalling neglect has been warned she faces jail for inflicting a lifetime of cruelty upon them.
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