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THE LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2008: SECOND CONSULTATION
UNISONScotland believes that many of the requirements in the consultation are consistent with good practice. There will be resource implications
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Charter for care staff employed through ‘direct payments’
UNISON, Scotland’s public service union, announced on 1 May 2007 that it has agreed with a number of key Scottish disabled
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Asylum: Child’s Welfare Paramount?
First published in 2006, this ground-breaking guidance was designed to provide a framework for ethical practice for UNISON and BASW
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Report of the 21st Century Social Work Review Briefing No. 136
March 2006: In the Summer of 2004, the Scottish Parliament commissioned the 21st Century Social Work Review, following a debate
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Statement by UNISON Scotland Labour Link on Scottish Labour Leader Jim Murphy
Tuesday 12 May 2015 “The scale of Scottish Labour’s defeat in the General Election result last Thursday indicates the need
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Poorer workers, poorer services: life in ConDem Inverness – UNISON report
Wednesday 6 May 2015 Poorer workers and poorer public services is the reality of life in ConDem Inverness – that
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UNISON react angrily to Scottish Government claims that they have maintained 1000 extra police officers
Tuesday 5 May 2015 UNISON Scotland condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the Scottish Government putting out a press release
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Make work fair for parents and give children decent childhoods, say UNISON and Child Poverty Action Group
Friday 1 May 2015 CPAG, Scotland’s most high profile child poverty charity, and UNISON, Scotland’s biggest trade union have joined
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UNISON slams charity for not paying minimum wage back pay
Friday 1 May 2015 UNISON is furious that The Richmond Fellowship Scotland is refusing to pay hundreds of pounds in back
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