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In the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, Retired Senior Manager, Nicholas J Campbell, reflects on The Skinner Report on Residential Child Care in Scotland, published in 1992, how it influenced his practice: buff.ly/KL6S3MD
February 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
In the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, Retired Senior Manager, Nicholas J Campbell, reflects on The Skinner Report on Residential Child Care in Scotland, published in 1992, how it influenced his practice: buff.ly/KL6S3MD
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Local government reorganisation agenda to abolish two-tier councils enters next phase
Proposals for reorganising social care in 27 council areas launched for consultation - Community Care
www.communitycare.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Local government reorganisation agenda to abolish two-tier councils enters next phase
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The Justice that Works report has been published today. It sets out a number of key recommendations, including our call for the Whole System Approach to be extended to under 25s, and our work on making restorative justice consistently available across Scotland.
February 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The Justice that Works report has been published today. It sets out a number of key recommendations, including our call for the Whole System Approach to be extended to under 25s, and our work on making restorative justice consistently available across Scotland.
A revised quality framework for care homes for children and young people and special residential schools.
Self-evaluation and improvement support.
Helping keep the promise to children and young people.
Preparing for inspection.
February 2026 share.google/ggzeUuL1rDvJ...
Self-evaluation and improvement support.
Helping keep the promise to children and young people.
Preparing for inspection.
February 2026 share.google/ggzeUuL1rDvJ...
Launch of revised quality framework for care homes for children and young people and special residential schools
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February 6, 2026 at 5:49 AM
A revised quality framework for care homes for children and young people and special residential schools.
Self-evaluation and improvement support.
Helping keep the promise to children and young people.
Preparing for inspection.
February 2026 share.google/ggzeUuL1rDvJ...
Self-evaluation and improvement support.
Helping keep the promise to children and young people.
Preparing for inspection.
February 2026 share.google/ggzeUuL1rDvJ...
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The Scottish Parliament is currently considering one of the biggest reforms to the children’s care system since its formation.
👉 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...
👉 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The Scottish Parliament is currently considering one of the biggest reforms to the children’s care system since its formation.
👉 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...
👉 childreninscotland.org.uk/news-article...
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This week marks the sixth anniversary of the promise being made and today MSPs debated some of the proposed changes to the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill which will make significant legal changes to help keep the promise.
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This week marks the sixth anniversary of the promise being made and today MSPs debated some of the proposed changes to the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill which will make significant legal changes to help keep the promise.
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Up to six more co-operatives will be set up to take responsibility for commissioning care placements in their regions
More regional care co-operatives to be set up under DfE plan - Community Care
www.communitycare.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Up to six more co-operatives will be set up to take responsibility for commissioning care placements in their regions
Public procurement - reserving contracts for qualifying organisations: SPPN 2/2026
This policy note provides advice on reserving contracts for certain health and social care services to qualifying organisations.
www.gov.scot/publications...
This policy note provides advice on reserving contracts for certain health and social care services to qualifying organisations.
www.gov.scot/publications...
Public procurement - reserving contracts for qualifying organisations: SPPN 2/2026
This policy note provides advice on reserving contracts for certain health and social care services to qualifying organisations.
www.gov.scot
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Public procurement - reserving contracts for qualifying organisations: SPPN 2/2026
This policy note provides advice on reserving contracts for certain health and social care services to qualifying organisations.
www.gov.scot/publications...
This policy note provides advice on reserving contracts for certain health and social care services to qualifying organisations.
www.gov.scot/publications...
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Social Work Scotland are proud to present four reports around the impacts of reductions to SDS personal budgets, and the state and future of funding in Scotland.
We are now calling for a different kind of national conversation📣
Read more: socialworkscotland.org/reports/the-...
We are now calling for a different kind of national conversation📣
Read more: socialworkscotland.org/reports/the-...
January 30, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Social Work Scotland are proud to present four reports around the impacts of reductions to SDS personal budgets, and the state and future of funding in Scotland.
We are now calling for a different kind of national conversation📣
Read more: socialworkscotland.org/reports/the-...
We are now calling for a different kind of national conversation📣
Read more: socialworkscotland.org/reports/the-...
Consultation deemed ‘significant moment’ for secure care services
New models for funding of secure care are being considered, along with fresh standards for the safe transport of children. Source: STV News
news.stv.tv/west-central...
New models for funding of secure care are being considered, along with fresh standards for the safe transport of children. Source: STV News
news.stv.tv/west-central...
Consultation deemed ‘significant moment’ for secure care services
New models for funding of secure care are being considered, along with fresh standards for the safe transport of children.
news.stv.tv
January 26, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Consultation deemed ‘significant moment’ for secure care services
New models for funding of secure care are being considered, along with fresh standards for the safe transport of children. Source: STV News
news.stv.tv/west-central...
New models for funding of secure care are being considered, along with fresh standards for the safe transport of children. Source: STV News
news.stv.tv/west-central...
The SNP government also proposes ‘nationalising secure care’ which ‘could involve creating a single national service, taking over existing services and staff and buying out current providers’. SNP want young thugs in 'therapeutic' hubs... with no locked doors www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
SNP want young thugs in 'therapeutic' hubs... with no locked doors
Teenage thugs could be held in special hubs with no locked doors to create a more 'therapeutic' setting under soft touch SNP plans.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The SNP government also proposes ‘nationalising secure care’ which ‘could involve creating a single national service, taking over existing services and staff and buying out current providers’. SNP want young thugs in 'therapeutic' hubs... with no locked doors www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨 NEW CEO APPOINTMENT 🚨
We are proud to announce the appointment of Louise Hunter as our new Chief Executive Officer.
Louise will join includem in March from Who Cares? Scotland.
Welcome back to includem, Louise!
You can find out more here ➡️ ow.ly/My8750XW1wE
We are proud to announce the appointment of Louise Hunter as our new Chief Executive Officer.
Louise will join includem in March from Who Cares? Scotland.
Welcome back to includem, Louise!
You can find out more here ➡️ ow.ly/My8750XW1wE
January 14, 2026 at 11:26 AM
🚨 NEW CEO APPOINTMENT 🚨
We are proud to announce the appointment of Louise Hunter as our new Chief Executive Officer.
Louise will join includem in March from Who Cares? Scotland.
Welcome back to includem, Louise!
You can find out more here ➡️ ow.ly/My8750XW1wE
We are proud to announce the appointment of Louise Hunter as our new Chief Executive Officer.
Louise will join includem in March from Who Cares? Scotland.
Welcome back to includem, Louise!
You can find out more here ➡️ ow.ly/My8750XW1wE
Kibble Education and Care Centre is currently the subject of a near 3yr probe by the Scottish charity regulator. OSCR opened an inquiry into the charity after a previous application for Scottish Government funding was found to contain substantive inaccuracies. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n...
Charity given Scottish Government funding despite probe over financial decisions
Kibble Education and Care Centre is currently the subject of a near three-year probe by the Scottish charity regulator.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Kibble Education and Care Centre is currently the subject of a near 3yr probe by the Scottish charity regulator. OSCR opened an inquiry into the charity after a previous application for Scottish Government funding was found to contain substantive inaccuracies. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n...
NHS Ayrshire & Arran has spent more than £5m on salaries for staff at an Ayrshire Children’s mental health inpatient unit Foxgrove, that’s not open yet, a Freedom of Information request has uncovered. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/nhs...
More than £5million spent on wages for 'ghost' NHS site not open to public
Shadow public health minister, Brian Whittle, labelled the findings as “completely unacceptable.”
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
NHS Ayrshire & Arran has spent more than £5m on salaries for staff at an Ayrshire Children’s mental health inpatient unit Foxgrove, that’s not open yet, a Freedom of Information request has uncovered. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/nhs...
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New resource release: UNCRC Incorporation and Children’s Services Planning 🪧
A summary of what the Act is, how it fits within the wider policy context, how it impacts the third sector, and its relationship with children’s services planning.
🔗 bit.ly/4aRzSCB
A summary of what the Act is, how it fits within the wider policy context, how it impacts the third sector, and its relationship with children’s services planning.
🔗 bit.ly/4aRzSCB
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
New resource release: UNCRC Incorporation and Children’s Services Planning 🪧
A summary of what the Act is, how it fits within the wider policy context, how it impacts the third sector, and its relationship with children’s services planning.
🔗 bit.ly/4aRzSCB
A summary of what the Act is, how it fits within the wider policy context, how it impacts the third sector, and its relationship with children’s services planning.
🔗 bit.ly/4aRzSCB
Unison says the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) Bill, being voted on on Wednesday in Holyrood, still allows private providers to profit out of running services for youngsters in care. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2575987...
SNP face breaking Sturgeon Promise to vulnerable children, says union boss
The leader of Unison in Scotland is warning that the Scottish Government risks backtracking on a commitment made by Nicola Sturgeon's to children in…
www.heraldscotland.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Unison says the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) Bill, being voted on on Wednesday in Holyrood, still allows private providers to profit out of running services for youngsters in care. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2575987...
Jim Gillespie set to be appointed as Rangers new CEO in the coming days. The St Mirren vice-chairman is also the CEO of Children’s Charity Kibble, who are part owners in the Paisley club. Source: The Scottish Sun.
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Jim Gillespie set to be appointed as Rangers new CEO in the coming days. The St Mirren vice-chairman is also the CEO of Children’s Charity Kibble, who are part owners in the Paisley club. Source: The Scottish Sun.
Why was Holyrood inquiry into Scotland's grooming gangs held behind closed doors? www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politic...
Why was Holyrood inquiry into Scottish grooming gangs held behind closed doors?
The Express Investigates: We reveal that SNP Ministers were warned about grooming gangs in Glasgow 12 YEARS AGO and told that at least one teenage girl had died as a result of sexual exploitation in t...
www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Why was Holyrood inquiry into Scotland's grooming gangs held behind closed doors? www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politic...
Care homes are not NHS dumping grounds www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...
Care homes are not NHS dumping grounds — Common Weal
Today the Scottish Tories are proposing a policy whereby spare capacity in care homes could be used to free up hospital beds where there is delayed discharge. This proposal has merit in principle bu...
www.commonweal.scot
January 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Care homes are not NHS dumping grounds www.commonweal.scot/daily-briefi...
Justice Secretary Angela Constance breached Ministerial ethics rules on the grooming gangs scandal - but she will not stand down. Investigators ruled that the breaches were made “unintentionally” and the senior SNP Cabinet figure is refusing to quit. Source: Daily Record
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Justice Secretary Angela Constance breached Ministerial ethics rules on the grooming gangs scandal - but she will not stand down. Investigators ruled that the breaches were made “unintentionally” and the senior SNP Cabinet figure is refusing to quit. Source: Daily Record
The basic economics of social care in Scotland are a recipe for failure.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
'This new year must be the year Scotland stops betraying its care workers'
'This new year must be the year Scotland stops betraying its care workers,' says Roz Foyer, the secretary general of the STUC
www.heraldscotland.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
The basic economics of social care in Scotland are a recipe for failure.
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Grooming gang row could have been handled better, says Constance (no apology or resignation) www.heraldscotland.com/news/2573111...
Grooming gang row could have been handled better, says Constance
The Herald revealed has that a leading child abuse expert believed Angela Constance misrepresented her during a debate, despite the minister later…
www.heraldscotland.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Grooming gang row could have been handled better, says Constance (no apology or resignation) www.heraldscotland.com/news/2573111...