Care worker’s teen relationship ‘Inappropriate’
A CHILD care worker has been struck off after forming an “inappropriate personal relationship” with a teenage girl in her care.
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A CHILD care worker has been struck off after forming an “inappropriate personal relationship” with a teenage girl in her care.
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A NEW website allowing drug users to fill in a questionnaire and receive a “risk score” on their lifestyle is set to be launched by an Edinburgh-based charity.
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A father convicted of killing six of his children in a fire at his Derby house has been jailed for life at Nottingham Crown Court.
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A London council is considering moving homeless families to Margate, one of the country’s economic black-spots.
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TEENAGE mothers are to be given their own personal nurses to act as mentors for up three years advising them on everything from breast feeding to keeping their boyfriend.
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Less than one in three people are satisfied with the state of social care, a poll has suggested. Only 30% of people said they were content with social care services provided by local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, found the British Social Attitudes 2011 survey.
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Shetland Islands Council’s social services committee has agreed to start charging for providing social care services, including home helps.
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A CARE home nurse was sacked after giving whisky to elderly residents, including recovering alcoholics, to “quieten them down”.
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A commitment that will “significantly improve” the care of dementia patients has now come into effect.
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SCOTLAND must follow the example of other European countries and create specialist drug-user care homes to help an ageing “Trainspotting generation”, experts have warned.
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