Scottish Borders care charge consultation begins
Scottish Borders Council has started consultation over its social work department’s new care charging policy.
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Scottish Borders Council has started consultation over its social work department’s new care charging policy.
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Emergency services, health boards and councils are discussing radical proposals to see how Scotland’s cash-strapped public sector could be reorganised by themes such as child protection, rather than on traditional service models.
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An advice and support service for rape victims and women who have faced sexual violence is being wound up as more than half its staff quit in a cost-cutting drive.
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A fire that killed 14 residents at the Rosepark care home was almost certainly caused by a faulty electrical cable, the inquiry into the tragedy has heard.
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WELSH police have welcomed the introduction of new powers which will allow parents to check whether people coming into contact with their children have a history as sex offenders.
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The Criminalization Project, involving researchers from the Universities of Stirling, Glasgow, Warwick and York, brings together philosophers, lawyers and political scientists to discuss the various dimensions of the problem of criminalization.
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More than three-quarters of children who are in residential care by their 16th birthday will have a criminal conviction by the age of 22, according to damning new figures.
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The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) is organising a series of one-day seminars on ‘Embracing Change: strategies for managing innovation projects and identifying future opportunities’.
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