Articles by Date : April 01 2004 - April 30 2004

Balls in the air
Multi-tasking might be a management buzzword but in reality nobody can concentrate on more than one thing at a time. Martin Willis suggests managers.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Show them some respect
Our panel discusses a man's concerns about a residential home's treatment of his sister, who has learning difficulties. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Research into practice
Joan Langan considers research into the involvement of mental health service users in risk assessment and risk management. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

I have news for you
Some bad news on pensions and good news on funding take-up schemes, from Gary Vaux. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Acres of support
Offering "micro jobs" to local people has allowed a co-operative scheme in rural Suffolk to overcome cost and staffing problems in meeting the varied.... more
(28 April 2004 12:01)

In their own words
Letter from Australia. more
(22 April 2004 00:00)

Research into practice
Specialist mental health services may not be the right answer to the needs of looked-after children, write Susan White and John Stancombe. more
(22 April 2004 00:00)

The healthy whole
Concerns over the physical and mental health of an older man led to the intervention of the Knowsley community team. Elaine Pugh and Janet Raine tell.... more
(15 April 2004 00:00)

Research into practice
The UK is strong on innovative projects that help to provide stability for looked-after children, but they need follow-through, writes Sally Holland..... more
(15 April 2004 00:00)

Rage against the machine
What images will shape thinking as the Children Bill spurs managers to review organisational structures? Mike Pinnock suggests replacing the machine.... more
(15 April 2004 00:00)

Smooth transition
Claimants starting work need not relinquish all their benefits immediately, writes Gary Vaux. more
(15 April 2004 12:24)

Open wide, please
Letter from America. more
(08 April 2004 00:00)

Research into practice
Bernard Moss looks at a recent report on the funding of black and Asian voluntary groups and their relationship with mainstream agencies. more
(08 April 2004 00:00)

'Zonked out' by medicine
A man with mental health symptoms has resumed cannabis use rather than suffer the side-effects of his prescribed medicine. more
(08 April 2004 00:00)

Key link in place
Appointing a worker specifically to co-ordinate the register of disabled children and young people has allowed Durham Council to better manage.... more
(08 April 2004 00:00)

A capital offence
Stopping council tax benefits to foster carers with high savings may backfire, writes Gary Vaux. more
(01 April 2004 00:00)

In defiance of the family
Supporting people with learning difficulties to make life-changing decisions often brings professionals into conflict with the client's family..... more
(01 April 2004 00:00)

Balancing act
As performance management takes a more active role in social care organisations, some are turning to private sector approaches such as the balanced.... more
(01 April 2004 00:00)

Community Care Policy and Practice
By Robin Means, Sally Richards and Randall Smith. more
(15 April 2004 00:00)

Spirituality and the Practice of Healthcare
By Simon Robinson, Kevin Kendrick and Alan Brown. more
(15 April 2004 00:00)

Ethics, Accountability and the Social Professions
By Sarah Banks. more
(08 April 2004 00:00)

From Homebreakers to Jailbreakers
Edited by Rahila Gupta. more
(22 April 2004 00:00)

The Unsung Sixties. Memoirs of Social Innovation
By Helen Curtis and Mimi Sanderson. more
(01 April 2004 00:00)

Hello Dad: Finding your Father and Getting to Know Him
By Karen Bali. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Loss and Learning Disability
By Noelle Blackman. more
(08 April 2004 00:00)

Celebrating Children
Edited by Glen Miles and Josephine-Joy Wright. more
(22 April 2004 00:00)

Producing Welfare. A Modern Agenda
By Chris Miller. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Disabled Parents: Examining Research Assumptions
By Richard Olsen and Michele Wates. more
(01 April 2004 00:00)

Public inquiry into racist killing in young offenders institution announced
The government has announced a public inquiry into the death of an Asian teenager who was killed by his racist cellmate in Feltham Young Offenders.... more
(29 April 2004 11:43)

Social services and guardian criticised in Toni-Ann report
A social worker and a court-appointed children’s guardian have been severely criticised for failing to protect a seven-year-old girl who was shot.... more
(29 April 2004 14:54)

Unison criticises plans for services in Edinburgh
Child protection reforms will be thrown off track by plans to merge Edinburgh’s children’s social services and education services, Unison has warned .... more
(30 April 2004 16:34)

Out of sight out of mind
Intermediate care helps many people stay in their own home and frees up hospital beds. So why are most people with dementia excluded? Chris Sherratt.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Caring but not coping
Cases of carers harming or killing those they care for are few. But such rare occurrences should not blind us to the frustrations and isolation that.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Property snakes and ladders
Voluntary organisations are fleeing high-rent offices for cheaper premises. But smaller charities can face some big problems, as Louise Tickle.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Home truths
Flexible working looks as though it is finally taking off in social services departments. But beware, losing your office chains can throw up as many.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Training and tightening drug roles are key to tackling abuse, say MPs
Campaigners want the abuse of older people to be given the same high priority as child abuse. But its extent and how it is tackled are still being.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Norway's lesson in age of criminality
Raising the age of criminal responsibility, favoured by some charities, would not in itself tackle the problems with the youth justice system,.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Home Office youth justice role backed
Althea Efunshile defended the government's decision to keep youth justice under the remit of the Home Office rather than transfer responsibility to.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Morgan questions use of custody as number of juveniles detained rises
The new chair of the Youth Justice Board expressed his fears over the use of custody as he revealed last week that the juvenile prison population has.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Leicestershire trust mishandled case
Mental health professionals failed to carry out an in-depth assessment of a man with paranoid schizophrenia who went on to decapitate his mother,.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Edinburgh services set to merge
Edinburgh Council was due to vote this week on proposals for the creation of a new department of education, children and families. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Flexible working rights welcomed
Prime minister Tony Blair last week pledged to extend the right to request flexible working to carers of elderly and sick relatives. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Switch focus of funding, says study
Regional Development Agencies' targets should be changed to ensure they adequately support the voluntary and community sectors in regenerating.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Council staff to get paid leave to foster
Brighton and Hove Council has announced paid leave for all council employees who are foster carers to enable them to support their foster children. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Agencies cleared on abduction death
The murder of a 14-year-old girl by her father could not have "reasonably been foreseen or prevented by any agency", according to a serious case.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Liverpool abandons degree course
The University of Liverpool has scrapped its new undergraduate social work degree course because of a lack of funds. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Assurance on performance measurement
The Commission for Social Care Inspection assured directors that there would be a smooth transition to measuring councils' performance. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Appraisal of education authorities 'must go beyond number of formal exclusions'
A leading figure in children's services has called for local education authorities to be measured on school exclusions more vigorously. more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Top aide puts onus on councils to evolve children's services
Local authorities should take a greater role in shaping children's services because of Whitehall job cuts, according to the government's most senior.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)

Directors round on plan to involve GPs through local trusts
Government plans to engage family doctors in the Children Bill's agenda through the new GP contract received a frosty reception from directors of.... more
(29 April 2004 00:00)