The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has announced details of a new consultation detailing proposals to increase the fees they charge social service workers to register with them. This consultation
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A child welfare expert accused of falsely claiming to be a doctor is facing a four-day disciplinary hearing at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) in Dundee. Susan Stewart, 46,
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Glasgow City Council, working alongside Alzheimer Scotland, has announced the development of a framework to support high quality dementia services and help create a dementia friendly Glasgow. The so-called ‘Glasgow
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Ambitious new targets which could reduce the number of children living in “persistent poverty” to less than one in 20 by the year 2030 have been announced by the Scottish
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Older teenagers could be removed from the Scottish Government’s named-person scheme, John Swinney has said. The Deputy First Minister said Labour’s call for the legislation to be limited to children
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A sandwich shop chain which helps the homeless has received £550,000 from the Big Lottery Fund to expand its work across Scotland. Social Bite, which has cafes in Edinburgh, Glasgow
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Age Scotland has announced the appointment of the Rt. Hon. Lord Foulkes of Cumnock as their new Chairman of the Board of Trustees. George Foulkes has previously served as Vice-Chair
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Ministers are seeking views on plans to give young carers extra financial support when new welfare powers are devolved to Holyrood. The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on the
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The Scottish Government has begun talks with public bodies and charities as it seeks to amend legislation surrounding its controversial named person scheme. Ministers are pressing ahead with the policy
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More than 500 children have been identified as potential victims of online sexual abuse during a major police investigation. As many as 30 million indecent images were recovered during Police
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