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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Paul Behan

Care at home firm in Ayrshire now following 'safer recruitment practices' after recent criticism

A housing support service, which was previously pulled up by the Care Inspectorate for not using ‘safer recruitment’ practices, is making improvements, a new report says.

Ayrshire Live previously told how TLC (Scotland) Housing Support Service, in Main Street, Prestwick, employed some staff who had not been subjected to a reference check.

We also told how some staff’s references received ‘no checks at all,’ according to the scrutiny body, which they claimed put service users ‘at potential risk.’

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