A chronic shortage of social workers and occupational therapists nationally is impacting on Falkirk residents, who can wait months for support, councillors have heard.
Members of Falkirk Council's education committee were told today (Tuesday) that Falkirk is losing experienced staff to other authorities as they "cannot afford to stay".
Social work chiefs told councillors that they have now launched a new recruitment strategy and staffing structure with incentives that they hope will encourage more people to come to Falkirk and, more importantly, stay working here.
