It’s been a dramatically busy first year for the new all-Ayrshire out-of-hours social work response service. And figures show it is reaching far more people than when Ayrshire relied on

Borders council’s social work department is battling to make savings of £800,000 this year, while facing £1.8million of service costs due to a rise in demand. According to the council’s

CARE workers in Glasgow are to ballot for industrial action as part of an agreement to end a series of wildcat strikes. Around 100 city council staff working with the

A boss of a OAP care home is being investigated over claims he accessed “granny porn” on his computer at work. David Campbell has been banned from practising as a

A SYSTEM designed to safeguard vulnerable people in their own homes failed to work when fire broke out in an Inverness flat, killing 51-year-old Barbara Anderson. An investigation by The

Around 60 Glasgow City Council staff, employed as part of the Social Work Homeless Team, have agreed to walk out on unofficial action tomorrow in protest at the suspension of

A survey of parents in Scotland suggests that childcare is a luxury that only well-off families can comfortably afford. The poll by Save the Children found that less well-paid parents

Clackmannanshire Council is to start charging a fee to people who use some non-residential adult care services. The decision will affect a number of services designed to help people remain

THE Scottish Government last night admitted that more has to done to speed up the handling of social work cases relating to child-access issues. Ministers said that they would “agree

Measures to mitigate the so-called bedroom tax and other welfare reforms have been welcomed by voluntary organisations and charities. Shelter Scotland, which is leading a Banish the Bedroom Tax campaign,