Articles by Date : February 01 2006 - February 28 2006

Book Review: Understanding street drugs
A well-written easy to use guide for parents, teachers and other professionals working with young people, its accessibility is aided by being.... more
(01 February 2006 11:05)

Book Review: Making an impact - Children and domestic violence
The dangers and difficulties for children and women affected by domestic violence are well covered in this comprehensive book. It gives detailed.... more
(27 February 2006 10:53)

January
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(02 February 2006 10:26)

Training materials: You Have The Right: A resource pack about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
This is primarily a resource pack aimed at children aged 7-11 years (key stage 2) comprising a short video in which children and young people use.... more
(24 February 2006 09:07)

Don't patronise me!
Eighty-seven-year-old Mary - in frail health and prone to memory lapses - insists that she wants to live at home, against the advice of health staff..... more
(24 February 2006 08:44)

My practice
Taking a service away from a client is never easy but we can take steps to make the news easier to bear, says Sarah Baalham more
(23 February 2006 15:15)

Listen and learn
Carers UK needed to refocus its sights on its members' priorities. Chief executive officer Imelda Redmond tells Sarah Wellard how this helped raise.... more
(23 February 2006 15:04)

Training Materials - I'm Gonna Go For It
This 35-minute DVD is for people with learning difficulties who undergo heart surgery. It is also for their families, writes Carolien Thollebeek. more
(16 February 2006 15:03)

Training Materials - Getting to Know Children and Their Families: A Framework of Questions to Help Social Workers Gather Appropriate Information
Parmar and Spatcher have put together a useful tool for student social workers unused to collecting the information they need from families, writes.... more
(16 February 2006 15:00)

Training Materials - Staff Supervision in Social Care: Making a Real Difference for Staff and Service Users
Being a manager in a social care setting can be a daunting challenge. more
(16 February 2006 14:58)

Can her son be trusted?
An 81-year-old mother does not realise that she is at risk of physical and financial abuse from her son. What can staff do? more
(16 February 2006 10:53)

Pick up that phone!
The head of Jobcentre Plus admits that the tele-claim service is "failing badly", writes Gary Vaux more
(16 February 2006 10:48)

Getting to know you
Although unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people are in full-time education, one London borough realised organised activities during the summer.... more
(16 February 2006 09:59)

Training Materials: Speaking Out: A guide for advocates for children and young people with learning disabilities
A clear, well-presented guide which is aimed at being a resource for advocates, writes Jason Upton. more
(03 February 2006 10:03)

Report: Mental Health in the Mainstream
Intended to raise the profile of mental illness and put forward recommendations for public policy, this report would be useful to academics,.... more
(09 February 2006 11:57)

Training Materials: Enhancing Self-Esteem: A Self-esteem Training Package for Individuals with Disabilities
Healthy self-esteem is widely viewed as critical to the psychological well-being of us all more
(09 February 2006 11:54)

Training Materials - Smile, No Bullying
I think that it is very good that this guide attempts to encourage staff to work together to stop bullying, as the guide shows that bullying is not.... more
(09 February 2006 11:52)

Setting up homes
We constantly hear that young people should be with families and not in residential care. So why is one Scottish authority building new children's.... more
(09 February 2006 09:58)

My practice
If you are offered the chance to supervise a placement student, grab it with both hands, says James Lampert more
(09 February 2006 09:53)

Support schemes for antisocial families
Sin bins. That’s what a network of support schemes for antisocial families were dubbed in the media, after the prime minister announced plans to open.... more
(09 February 2006 00:00)

A new belief system
New benefit guidance aims to take estranged teenagers at their word, writes Gary Vaux more
(02 February 2006 15:34)

Arts and minds
Young people in the care system have the odds stacked against them. more
(02 February 2006 15:27)

Suffering in silence
A man with learning difficulties says his carers - relatives of his mother's boyfriend - have assaulted him. Our panel advises. more
(02 February 2006 15:25)

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(07 February 2006 15:32)

How to volunteer abroad
Social workers have skills that are valued overseas. Organisations recruiting volunteers are looking for qualified and experienced professionals,.... more
(09 February 2006 00:00)

Take Five - School councils
The first in a new series of pull-out five-step guides for people working with children and teenagers. This week: how to set up a school council. more
(01 February 2006 00:00)

Previous Missing Words
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(02 February 2006 00:37)

In the Spotlight with Felicity Collier
Former chief executive of BAAF Felicity Collier is In the Spotlight more
(21 February 2006 13:23)

Sixty Second Interview
with Jim Goddard more
(28 February 2006 11:37)

Health and Social Care White Paper
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(02 February 2006 16:00)

Useful Yobs
Yobs have their uses after all, according to the Daily Mirror. more
(22 February 2006 00:00)

My Life
Maddie Ellerby remembers how she felt when she learned of her brother’s death more
(01 February 2006 07:51)

Sixty Second Interview with Tim Loughton
Sixty Second Interview with Tim Loughton Last week it emerged that the forthcoming mental health bill may not be introduced in this.... more
(24 February 2006 12:16)

Guidelines for safeguarding children not seen by a fifth of workforce
The effectiveness of the government’s child protection agenda has been called into question after a survey revealed 20% of those working with.... more
(28 February 2006 10:43)

Young people leaving custody to be helped to find their feet
A new resettlement plan for young people leaving custody has been launched by the Youth Justice Board. more
(28 February 2006 10:41)

Government advisors condemn naming and shaming guidance
Two senior government advisors have called into question the policy of lifting reporting restrictions on young people who break antisocial behaviour.... more
(28 February 2006 10:46)

Missing Words
This weeks missing words are taken from Community Care, dated 16-22 February and guest publication, Farmers Weekly. more
(16 February 2006 00:00)

Profile: Lesley-Anne Alexander
Careers in social care more
(23 February 2006 08:20)

Previous Profiles
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(28 February 2006 00:36)

'I don't feel as though I'm a poacher turned gamekeeper'
Ex-union official Owen Davies tells Amy Taylor that as head of policy development at the General Social Care Council he will champion social workers more
(23 February 2006 14:11)

Support Care: How Family Placement Can Keep Children and Families Together
My first impression of this book was that the cover was dull, as well as grim – why have such a wonderfully inspiring title with such a dull black.... more
(24 February 2006 09:30)

Seminars in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Written primarily for staff involved with child mental health services, this is a concise and up-to-date collection of well written texts on the key.... more
(24 February 2006 09:36)

The Task-Centred Book
Marsh and Doel have supervised and trained social workers in the practice of task-centred work for more than 20 years - I was among their first.... more
(24 February 2006 09:24)

Relative Benefits: Placing children in kinship care
Kinship care is a growing option for the placement of children who cannot live with their birth parents, writes Anne Burnage. more
(24 February 2006 09:40)

Perspectives on Rehabilitation and Dementia
Rehabilitation is a positive word suggesting that things could change for the better. So publishing a book with such a title potentially makes a very.... more
(24 February 2006 09:44)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 2 - 8 February 2006
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(02 February 2006 14:25)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 9 - 15 February 2006
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(09 February 2006 11:31)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 16-22 February 2006
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(16 February 2006 14:23)

Questions from Community Care issue date 23 February - 1 March 2006
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(23 February 2006 15:54)

Education and Inspections Bill published
Primary legislation to prevent schools from selecting by ability has been introduced in parliament today. more
(28 February 2006 00:00)