Articles by Date : March 01 2007 - March 31 2007

The Risk Factor: Homelessness, hospitals and the law
Social workers can be forgiven for accepting decisions taken by other professionals on the basis of complex law. But this was not for.... more
(08 March 2007 13:53)

Tackling child neglect: Patrick Ayre on the graded care profile's benefits
Despite more recogniton of the dangers of child neglect, practitioners are still applying alarmingly high thresholds for intervention. The graded.... more
(29 March 2007 15:53)

Homeless young people in Kidderminster put proposals on DVD
Young people in Kidderminster, appalled by the services on offer when they were homeless, got together to make a DVD to promote change. David Harris.... more
(22 March 2007 15:47)

Adoption: support for birth parents in Somerset
An independent adoption support service in Somerset has opened up new avenues of communication between birth parents, agencies, adoptive parents and.... more
(15 March 2007 15:42)

International
2007 Children more
(03 March 2007 13:07)

International
Practice - Children more
(08 March 2007 13:05)

In the Spotlight
with Community Care Web Editor, Clare Jerrom more
(30 March 2007 13:54)

Parliamentary report slams detention of asylum-seeking children on human rights grounds
Detention of asylum-seeking children is in breach of the UK’s international human rights obligations and must be stopped, according to a damning.... more
(30 March 2007 13:33)

Contact arrangements endanger children, Community Care conference hears
Children’s safety is being compromised by contact arrangements including the lack of safety requirements in the Children and Adoption Act 2006,.... more
(30 March 2007 16:33)

In the Spotlight with Rob Greig
National Director for Valuing People more
(30 March 2007 16:04)

US social workers in Kentucky to gain legal protection
Social workers in a US state are to gain improved protection on the job following the passing of new legislation. more
(31 March 2007 00:01)

Sure Start, children's centres and early years services benefit from Gordon Brown handout
Chancellor Gordon Brown has pledged an extra £340m for Sure Start children’s centres, childcare and early years provision by 2010-11. more
(30 March 2007 11:02)

London Councils warns of massive adults' services bill
The total cost of adult community care in London is expected to hit £3bn by 2010, placing councils under “intense” financial pressure, according to a.... more
(30 March 2007 10:52)

MPs to probe adults with learning difficulties' human rights
The human rights of adults with learning difficulties are to be investigated by an influential group of MPs and lords. more
(30 March 2007 10:32)

UK government signs UN Convention on disabled people's rights
The government is today signing a new United Nations Convention on the rights of people with disabilities in a move welcomed by campaigners. more
(30 March 2007 10:03)

Alzheimer’s sufferers dying in drug ‘scandal’
Click on the above headline for more social care related stories from today's papers. more
(30 March 2007 09:29)

Council pay offer sparks union anger
Local Government Employers last week made its expected 2 per cent pay offer to staff across England and Wales for 2007-8, prompting outrage from.... more
(30 March 2007 08:51)

Home Office split on the cards; security and justice departments may be created
The Home Office could be split into two separate security and justice departments under plans expected to be approved by the prime minister today. more
(30 March 2007 08:04)

Mike Leadbetter succeeds Estelle Morris as CWDC chair
Former Association of Directors of Social Services president Mike Leadbetter has been appointed chair of the Children’s Workforce Development.... more
(30 March 2007 08:02)

Home Office split confirmed; prisons to fall under Ministry of Justice
The Prime Minister has confirmed plans to split Home Office responsibilities for criminal justice and security between two departments. more
(29 March 2007 15:35)

Regulator puts onus on employers to plug foreign criminal checks gap
The increasing number of overseas workers who begin working in social care soon after arriving in the UK are not having their home criminal records.... more
(29 March 2007 13:35)

Employment agencies: regulation doubts persist as overseas staff go unchecked and information about UK staff's records is not passed on
Agency employers are supplying overseas staff despite being unable to carry out checks and are failing to pass on information about unsuitable.... more
(29 March 2007 00:00)

Overseas staff: the Criminal Records Bureau leaves a gaping hole in staff checks
Without staff from abroad the social care system – not to mention the NHS – would have ground to a halt by now. more
(29 March 2007 11:54)

Breathing for a Living: A Memoir
Cystic fibrosis is a relatively common genetic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system and reduces life expectancy. Although very much.... more
(29 March 2007 10:44)

Shunned: Discrimination Against People with Mental Illness
On first glance this book appears to be an accessible account of stigma from an international perspective, exploring a range of aspects that affect.... more
(29 March 2007 10:36)

Question from Community Care: Daisy Bogg on how social care can avoid being marginalised in multidisciplinary teams
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(29 March 2007 10:21)

Question from Community Care: Keith Brown reveals how Learn to Care's study undermines Skills for Care's claim on training funding
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(29 March 2007 10:16)

Split gives new powers to home secretary
Click on the above headline for more social care related stories from today's papers. more
(29 March 2007 10:04)

Bid to slash costs of teams discarded
The Children and Family Courts Advisory and Support Service has dropped plans to slash the budgets of high-cost teams. more
(29 March 2007 00:00)

Budget 2007: Special report
Schools spending rise begs question over scale of social care settlement Lyons Inquiry report urges more tax and spend power for councils   .... more
(29 March 2007 09:51)

Child Neglect: Special Report
Special report from the 29 March issue more
(29 March 2007 09:46)

Theatre Review - Blame
"Mandy’s council flat has no boundaries; the door’s been off its hinges for weeks and Mandy has all kinds of visitors. more
(29 March 2007 09:37)

Is Ofsted's expansion unwieldy?
The new single inspection body for children's services comes into force this week. But some in the sector believe its expansion will see Ofsted.... more
(29 March 2007 09:28)

Independant advocates and the Mental Capacity Act
On the eve of a roll out of a national advocacy service for vulnerable people, Derren Hayes looks back at the development of the service and asks.... more
(29 March 2007 08:55)

Liberty at risk in one-person homes
Councils are using one-person children’s homes as an alternative to secure accommodation but without the latter’s legal safeguards on children’s.... more
(27 March 2007 08:48)

Patricia Hewitt ‘evasive’ about death of man with learning difficulties
The father of a man with learning difficulties who died in NHS care has accused health secretary Patricia Hewitt of trying to dodge the truth about.... more
(29 March 2007 08:47)

Ofsted will only get better, by chief inspector Christine Gilbert
"We will ensure that our frameworks for inspection, regulation and self-evaluation focus sharply on weak provision and on the needs of vulnerable and.... more
(29 March 2007 08:10)

Ethos of Youth Justice Board fails to fit with government policies
My resignation as Youth Justice Board chair in January arose out of my differences with ministers about two trends: the number of children and young.... more
(29 March 2007 08:06)

Save jobs and services - and accept a smaller pay rise
Phil White, head of the Local Government Employers negotiation team, makes the case for the 2 per cent pay offer "Last week, the Local Government.... more
(29 March 2007 07:53)

Social care's derisory pay offer
The worst kept secret in social care was finally revealed last week when the Local Government Employers offered a measly 2 per cent pay rise to staff.... more
(29 March 2007 07:52)

Profession must be free of routine roles
Social workers’ time should be freed up to concentrate on their key roles and tasks if more administrators and better IT systems were used,.... more
(28 March 2007 18:58)

Employers rush staff vetting as adult care workforce crisis bites
Hundreds of thousands of social care staff are working in settings with vulnerable adults before they have been given a full Criminal Records Bureau.... more
(28 March 2007 18:55)

Nigel Leaney: Empathy from beyond the grave
It was in the name of art that my partner ended up on a mortuary slab while still alive and well more
(29 March 2007 00:22)

Interview: Beatrix Campbell and Judith Jones on their new play, Blame
In their new play, feminist writer Beatrix Campbell and social worker Judith Jones look at class, poverty and power more
(29 March 2007 00:08)

Tackling child neglect: Jan Horwath considers factors around referring neglect cases
Professor Jan Horwath considers the factors that influence a decision to refer in cases of child neglect more
(29 March 2007 00:08)

Tackling child neglect: David Howe explains the importance of understanding child development
Fully understanding the development needs of young children can alert us to the damaging risk of neglect. David Howe talks to Graham Hopkins more
(29 March 2007 00:05)

Institute of Fiscal Studies calls for more money to hit child poverty reduction targets
Social policy experts have said that the government risks missing its target of halving child poverty by 2010-11 by delaying investing in an extra £4.... more
(28 March 2007 17:26)

MPs and peers urge Human Rights Act cover for private care home residents
The government must urgently ensure independent social care providers become subject to the Human Rights Act 1998 through fresh legislation, a.... more
(28 March 2007 17:23)

Change agents: councils' critical friends
Anabel Unity Sale spends a day with one of the Care Services Improvement Partnership's change agents to find out about their work supporting councils.... more
(29 March 2007 00:09)

Daisy Bogg on how social care can avoid being marginalised in multidisciplinary teams
Social workers must tell their health sector counterparts how they can contribute to multi-disciplinary practice - otherwise they risk losing their.... more
(29 March 2007 00:59)