Social work staff are struggling to deliver the services that children and families need due to understaffing, underfunding and a
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Tag: children
Keeping the promise: what’s needed to deliver change
UNISON, the union for social work staff, says that without the proper funding, the Scottish Government will be unable to
Read moreUN Convention on the Rights of the Child Bill consultation
UNISON Scotland thinks incorporation of the UNCRC into law is insufficient. For children to exercise their rights in practice requires
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UNISON launches childcare charter for West Dunbartonshire
Date: Monday 15 June 2015 UNISON has launched a positive 10 point Charter for Early Years services run by West
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Scottish children cannot wait another 15 years for high quality childcare, says UNISON
Date: Monday 01 June 2015 Responding to another Independent Review of the Scottish Early Learning and Childcare Workforce, UNISON has
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Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill Response
UNISON Scotland wants to commend the consultation process which has taken place in the period since the last Draft Bill
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Draft Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill Response
UNISON Scotland has serious concerns at the effects this Draft Bill would have on our members’ ability to protect children
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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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‘Speak-out’ survey reveals children and disabled services hanging by a thread, says UNISON Scotland
Date: Wednesday 6 November 2013 A ‘speak-out’ survey of community, voluntary and housing workers has exposed services to the most
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