A Tayside child care worker has been accused of brandishing a piece of wood at a teenager with learning difficulties. Scott Hamilton, who worked in Arbroath, faces a series of

THE public is being invited to visit an exhibition being staged as part of a massive conference in Glasgow this week. Around 1000 occupational therapists from around the UK will

Ruth Stark, the Manager of the Scottish Association of Social Work (SASW – part of BASW) has been awarded a MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list for her services

A fundamental transformation of childcare in Scotland is needed, according to a group of MSPs. Holyrood’s equal opportunities committee has been looking at issues surrounding women and work. In his

Free cancer awareness sessions in Scotland’s schools, colleges and universities have been given a £70,000 funding boost. The money will help the Teenage Cancer Trust’s work on spotting early signs

EDUCATION chiefs have unveiled a drive to improve the affordability of childcare by creating a network of “co-operative” providers across the Capital. They will press ahead with plans to help

• Influential report builds on earlier work and looks at how Scotland performs on wellbeing and what it should do next • Scotland seen as a leader in wellbeing but

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed the first independent report of the Expert Working group on Welfare. She also published an initial response to the report and announced the

The Deputy First Minister has welcomed official poverty statistics published today that show that the number of children living in relative poverty has fallen in Scotland between 2009-10 and 2011-12.

The Scottish government has pledged to refund anyone being wrongly charged for care which should have been free. It comes after BBC Scotland revealed people may be spending thousands of