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

The winners of Scotland’s Dementia Awards 2013 have been announced at an awards ceremony at Hampden Stadium. Over 90 nominations were received for this year’s awards which, after much deliberation

SATELLITE technology would be used to track sex offenders under Scottish Government plans to crack down on the most predatory and dangerous criminals. A consultation launched tomorrow will also propose

A shared vision of what success would look like for children in care must be established, and resources and processes should be built around that vision. That’s one of the

Scottish Government proposals to help “kinship carers” appear to be an attempt to save money and improve statistics rather than provide effective support, according to a care network. Neglected children

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