The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has produced a new video to show social service workers and witnesses what it’s like if they attend a SSSC hearing at their offices
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A charity operating a psychiatric facility where a teenager was found hanged when it launched a programme of fitness and wellbeing is being investigated by the Charity Commission. Sophie Bennett,
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Care inspectors have identified key strengths in the way children and young people in need of care and protection in Fife are supported and cared for. Inspectors noted that robust
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Care home managers will still receive too much power under reforms linked to the detention of vulnerable people, according to Labour. Shadow health minister Barbara Keeley said improvements have been
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Two Wrexham-based residential child care workers have been suspended by a Social Care Wales fitness to practice panel after a young person in their care ran away while on an
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The Care Inspectorate has announced a revamp of their HUB website which was setup to support improvement across all care services in Scotland. The Hub was launched by the Care
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The number of children experiencing early learning and childcare in Scotland has increased to more than 290,000. A report by the Care Inspectorate, published today, showed the number of children
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The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has issued a good practice guide which shares lessons from complaints to help adult social care providers improve their services. Based on the
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A social worker has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after Social Care Wales found her fitness to practise was impaired because of her serious misconduct. Lucy
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Almost seven million people over the last five years have had concerns about their care but have never raised them, according to a regulator. The Care Quality Commission (CQC), which
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