The Nova Scotia PC government tabled its 2023-2024 budget on Thursday. It included increases in social spending, but no increase to income assistance rates for the second year in a row.
Cape Breton University has announced it will launch a fast-tracked bachelor of social work program this fall. But the group that regulates that profession in Nova Scotia says it might not be enough to fill related public-sector vacancies.
A shortage of child welfare staff is keeping some parents who've lost custody from seeing their children during supervised visits, says the executive director of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers.
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