Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
The Care Agency’s Learning Disability Services organised training for key Care Agency managers and health care professionals. The intensive course in Positive Behaviour Support will be delivered by Laura Higgins, a Behaviour Analyst from the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) UK. Once qualified, they will be Functional Assessors and Coaches in managing behaviour.
A local man has been sentenced by the Supreme Court today after pleading guilty to a number of historical sex offences involving children. He won’t, however, be sent to jail unless he re-offends in the next two years.