The Scottish Government has set aside £10 million for fast-track payments to victims of child abuse in care from April. It is part of the Budget Bill, which cleared its
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Bosses at childcare organisations have said the industry struggles to retain and recruit good staff, with the profession viewed as “second class”. Representatives from Quarriers, Aberlour and Barnardo’s were giving
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A childcare boss has told an abuse inquiry that too much emphasis was placed on preventing harm from strangers, rather than those youngsters knew. Charles Coggrave told the Scottish Child
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A child migrant has told how she was shipped off to Australia and told she had no family – despite her parents and five siblings being alive. Yvonne Radzevicius was
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A child moved to the other side of the world after a “massive lie” gave her hope she would find a better life there, an inquiry has been told. A
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An “emotive and provocative” television documentary about the work of a charity led to alleged abuse victims coming forward and sparked thousands of requests for access to records, an inquiry
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Recruiting and retaining staff was a “huge challenge” for some residential care establishments in the past, an academic has told a child abuse probe. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard
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More than half of care homes for adults and older people plus care at home services have vacancies, a new report indicates. The joint report from the Care Inspectorate and
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The Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services. This report provides a national
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A man killed himself after his allegations of being sexually abused as a child in care were dismissed by police, a former director of Barnardo’s Scotland has claimed. Hugh Mackintosh
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