Articles by Date : January 01 2007 - January 31 2007

Training Material: Adoption Law Manual
The Adoption Law Manual is good in parts but fails to deliver any real insights into how the new adoption legislation, the Adoption and Children Act.... more
(25 January 2007 13:52)

Older People
Articles from our Practice section more
(28 January 2007 13:43)

Case Studies
Health more
(28 January 2007 13:40)

Backchat
January more
(25 January 2007 14:18)

Learning Difficulties
Practice section more
(24 January 2007 17:27)

Management
Organising staff's Christmas rota. Giles Gardner reports from Devon Council Blow hot and cold Whistle while you work The Big Issue's John.... more
(24 January 2007 17:11)

Management
2005 Learning difficulties more
(24 January 2007 15:55)

Welfare Rights
2007 Learning difficulties more
(24 January 2007 15:43)

Welfare Rights
2006 Learning difficulties more
(24 January 2007 15:41)

Welfare Rights
2005 Learning Difficulties more
(24 January 2007 15:38)

Reviews
Learning difficulties more
(24 January 2007 13:36)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 25 - 31 January
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(25 January 2007 10:33)

Question from Community Care issue dated 18 - 24 January
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(18 January 2007 09:47)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 11 - 17 January 2007
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(11 January 2007 08:20)

Questions from community Care issue dated 4-10 January 2007
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(04 January 2007 10:08)

Lone parents face cut in benefit if they refuse to go to work
Click on the above headline for more social care related stories from today's papers. more
(31 January 2007 08:59)

Blair says no to Catholic opt-out on gay couples
There will be no opt-out for Catholic adoption agencies on regulations outlawing discrimination against gay people, prime minister Tony Blair said.... more
(30 January 2007 08:32)

Anne Owers raises alarm at rise in prison population in fifth annual report
Chief inspector of prisons Anne Owers today reiterated her alarm at the rising prison population in her fifth annual report. more
(30 January 2007 14:23)

Statements of special educational needs should not be assessed by councils, say MPs
The government came under pressure yesterday to end local authorities’ role in assessing children for statements of special educational needs, in a.... more
(31 January 2007 08:32)

Tariff for mental health services should be introduced to save money
A national tariff for mental health services should be introduced to allow primary care practices to save money by providing services more cheaply.... more
(31 January 2007 00:01)

Management
Health more
(28 January 2007 15:51)

Welfare Rights
2007 Health more
(28 January 2007 15:30)

Reviews
Health more
(28 January 2007 14:58)

Good Practice Schemes
2005 Health more
(28 January 2007 14:27)

Good Practice Schemes
2006 more
(28 January 2007 14:23)

Case Studies
2006 Health more
(28 January 2007 14:08)

Case Studies
2005 Health more
(28 January 2007 14:05)

Case Studies
2004 Health more
(28 January 2007 14:03)

Case Studies
2003 Health more
(28 January 2007 13:55)

Ivan Lewis pledges £25m for voluntary sector health and social care projects
Nearly £25 million will be shared among 700 voluntary and community sector organisations in England, care services minister Ivan Lewis announced.... more
(30 January 2007 00:00)

ADCS (formerly ADSS) heads Freeman and Coughlan slam MP's adoption target claims
Children's services directors have dismissed claims by John Hemming MP that social workers are removing children from their birth parents to meet.... more
(30 January 2007 00:00)

Social Worker Experiences
2006 - Health more
(28 January 2007 12:08)

Independent Asylum Commission kicks off asylum seeker public hearings
A nationwide review of the asylum seeker system will begin tomorrow in Birmingham with the first of seven public hearings. more
(30 January 2007 11:44)

CPAG calls for tax changes in comprehensive spending review
The comprehensive spending review must end the disproportionate impact of the tax system on poor people if the government is to meet its child.... more
(30 January 2007 11:06)

Catholic agencies given deadline to comply on same-sex adoptions
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from the national newspapers. more
(30 January 2007 09:55)

Rod Morgan resigns from YJB after being told his contract would not be renewed
Youth Justice Board chair Rod Morgan resigned after being told that his contract would not be extended beyond the Spring, Community Care can reveal. more
(26 January 2007 12:34)

CSCI transistions report puts onus on primary care trusts and councils
Councils are wasting resources and young people’s potential by failing to give those with complex needs the same quality of service in adulthood than.... more
(30 January 2007 00:01)

GPs should use practice based commissioning says Mental Health Foundation
Mental health patients should receive the same level of physical health care as others, a report out tomorrow will say. more
(29 January 2007 17:25)

Nursery childcare costs rise steeply, finds Daycare Trust
Placing a child aged under two in a nursery in England costs parents £152 per week on average, according to research compiled by child care charity.... more
(30 January 2007 00:01)

National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse to reallocate funding
The government’s drug treatment agency will redistribute funding from high-cost to low-cost areas to better reflect need, it announced today. more
(29 January 2007 16:54)

Good Practice Schemes
Practice - Domestic Violence more
(28 January 2007 16:40)

Management
2007 - Physical Disabilities more
(14 January 2007 16:52)

Management
Older People more
(28 January 2007 12:11)

Management
2007 Older People more
(28 January 2007 14:42)

Test the Nation
Community Care Live Manchester more
(29 January 2007 14:18)

How Glasgow Council tackles antisocial behaviour: supportive not punitive
Glasgow Council and its partners have continued to resist pressure from the Scottish executive to make greater use of antisocial behaviour orders,.... more
(29 January 2007 13:06)

Councils bid to become unitary authorities
Councils have made 26 bids to create new unitary local authorities, the government has revealed. more
(29 January 2007 12:54)

Management
2005 Older People more
(28 January 2007 12:21)

Management
2006 - Older People more
(28 January 2007 12:15)

Health and social care partnerships need to 'withstand turbulence in the sector'
Health and social care must establish partnership working arrangements that are strong enough to withstand turbulence within the sector, David Behan,.... more
(25 January 2007 00:00)