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Punish and be damned
More and more young people are being issued with antisocial behaviour orders. LAUREN REVANS reports on the dangers of failing to match these orders.... more
(01 April 2006 00:00)
Book Review: Housing, Community Care and Supported Housing: Resolving Contradictions
The subtitle indicates the specific benefit offered in the context of existing explorations of how the three sectors have developed an irresistible.... more
(27 April 2006 00:00)
Book Review: Child Neglect; Practice Issues for Health and Social Care
Child neglect is often taken less seriously by professionals than other forms of child abuse such as physical and sexual abuse, writes Steve.... more
(27 April 2006 00:00)
Book Review: Children These Days
This book touches on important contemporary discussions - such as the notion that young people are both universally vulnerable and aspirant.... more
(27 April 2006 00:00)
Exhibition review: A Passion for Plants
Who would have thought it? Just off the Fulham Road, west London, heaving with traffic and pouring with rain is the most beautiful exhibition of.... more
(26 April 2006 00:00)
'Don't cart me off'
The death of her husband has left an 88-year-old woman trauma tised, isolated and unable to cope alone. Our panel advises
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(26 April 2006 00:00)
One step beyond
Children in care are under-represented in further and higher education. However, a scheme in Leeds is raising educational aspirations of those young.... more
(26 April 2006 00:00)
Report review: Moving Stories: The Impact of Admission into a Care Home on Residents' Partners
This important report transported me back to the 1990s when I worked in social care regulation, writes Graham Hopkins. more
(26 April 2006 00:00)
My practice - Meic Phillips
Being over-consulted has become as irritating as being under-consulted for some supported housing residents, says Meic Phillips more
(20 April 2006 00:00)
Exhibition review - Cooltan Arts
This exhibition marks a new era for the charity Cooltan Arts, which has in the past 10 years developed a strong reputation for providing arts.... more
(19 April 2006 00:00)
All good sense
A council sensory impairment service was set to be contracted out to the voluntary sector before new arrival Andrew Reece saw how to improve things..... more
(19 April 2006 00:00)
Training materials: Using Groupwork
This is an amazing resource, writes Sharon Rushworth. more
(19 April 2006 00:00)
A world of good
Social work student placements can be challenging enough in this country. So what did students at Sheffield University make of taking themselves.... more
(13 April 2006 00:00)
Research review: Child Welfare Services for Minority Ethnic Families: The Research Reviewed
This book surprises as much as it informs, writes Melanie Howes. more
(13 April 2006 00:00)
Television review: Me and My Mum
"Our own private tragedy" is how Tony Robinson of TV's Time Team and Blackadder fame described the way in which he (and we) deals with the sadness,.... more
(13 April 2006 00:00)
Times are a-changin'
Gary Vaux summarises the annual round of changes in the benefits system that kicks in this month more
(13 April 2006 00:00)
Training materials: Education - A Carers' Handbook
There is a consensus that children in care are no more or less able than the general public, points out the introduction to this short book, writes.... more
(06 April 2006 00:40)
Website Review
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(06 April 2006 00:00)
A night to remember
A teenage mother runs away with her baby, who is in need of medical attention. Once traced, out of hours social worker Chris Hadley has to.... more
(06 April 2006 00:00)
My practice - James Lampert
Performance indicators have helped James Lampert's efforts to improve services for disabled and older people in east Kent more
(06 April 2006 00:00)
Relative merits
Promoting the organisation and making the right appointments are just two of the tasks that chairs of trustees carry out. In a small organisation,.... more
(06 April 2006 00:00)
10% OFF SELECTED HEINEMANN TITLES
10% Off Selected HEINEMANN TITLES Managing a Quality Service 0 435 40127 0 more
(13 April 2006 12:31)
Not special enough
Who will stick up for the educational interests of looked-after children with special needs, asks SALLY GILLEN more
(01 April 2006 14:53)
Take Five: Parent Partners
A five-step guide for people working with children and teenagers. This month: involving parents in service development and delivery more
(01 April 2006 15:52)
Missing Words
This weeks Missing Word questions are taken from Community Care - issue dated 23-29 March and 30 March - 5 April, plus favourite guest publication,.... more
(03 April 2006 10:32)
Charity urges greater support for families
Parentline Plus is calling for more family support services to help parents cope with teenagers. more
(26 April 2006 00:00)
'It's a leap from being all about money to being about delivery'
Julia Ross is determined to apply the lessons learned from the 1990s community care reforms to empower social care staff and users, reports Maria.... more
(13 April 2006 00:00)
Questions from Community Care issue dated 6-12 April
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(06 April 2006 08:13)
Questions from Community Care issue dated 13 - 19 April
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(13 April 2006 08:01)
Questions from Community Care issue dated 20-26 April
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(20 April 2006 08:01)
Questions from Community Care issue dated 27 April to 3 May
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(27 April 2006 00:00)
Sixty Second Interview with David Pearson
Sixty Second Intervie with David Pearson, executive director of the Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service, more
(27 April 2006 00:00)
Sixty Second Interview with Gordon Lishman
Sixty Second Interview with Gordon Lishman more
(27 April 2006 00:00)
Independent living for disabled people: special report
The freedom to choose where you live and what type of accommodation is something we all take for granted but disabled people don’t currently enjoy.... more
(28 April 2006 15:43)
Making People Behave: Anti-Social Behaviour, Politics and Policy
So much is written about antisocial behaviour and how the present government has tackled it that, to add value, a new book needs to promote different.... more
(19 April 2006 00:00)
Developments in Direct Payments
Employing staff can be one of the most empowering things when it works, writes Annette Whittingham. more
(20 April 2006 11:37)
Delivering Evidence-based Therapeutic Support to Children and Families
Given the current restructuring of social care services to enable the provision of more joined-up services, this timely and thought-provoking book.... more
(20 April 2006 11:40)
Back in the firing line
Rather like continental drift, the evolution of social policy takes time to change the world. more
(27 April 2006 07:56)
Jack be quick, and learn
Scotland’s controversial first minister, Jack McConnell, has made no secret of his low opinion of social workers. more
(27 April 2006 07:52)
Mental health and older people’s services feel brunt of NHS cash cuts
NHS cuts in England are falling on older people’s and mental health services as trusts battle to clear overall deficits of £900m, it was claimed this.... more
(27 April 2006 07:47)
Fixed payment scheme proposed
People should pay a fixed proportion of their long-term care costs, with the state contributing most, to ensure an equitable system,a report.... more
(27 April 2006 07:44)
Review pinpoints missing skillsets
Options for Excellence, the government’s social care workforce review, has identified key gaps in commissioning, leadership and management skills,.... more
(27 April 2006 07:40)
Government relaxes veto on council bids to set up community schools
The government has backed down over a key aspect of its education reforms by proposing to give councils with the best-performing children’s services.... more
(27 April 2006 16:28)
City academies deemed ‘a risky investment’
Private donors may be better advised to give their money to education charities providing socialand emotional support to children rather than invest.... more
(27 April 2006 16:24)
Criticism for work interview proposal
Mental health campaigners have criticised plans in the welfare reform green paper to cut the benefits of people who fail to take part in.... more
(27 April 2006 16:22)
Agency review may hit treatment plans
Campaigners have warned that drug treatment could be sidelined by government plans to review the future of the National Treatment Agency, the.... more
(27 April 2006 16:19)
Care charges too complex to grasp
The system of charging for care is too complicated for people to understand even after explanation, according to an Age Concern study. more
(27 April 2006 16:17)
Council elections delay care guides
Next week’s local government elections across England have led to a delay in some important social care policy developments. more
(27 April 2006 16:16)
Mental capacity service extended
Independent advocates will be given more time when dealing with vulnerable people who lack the capacity to make decisions. more
(27 April 2006 11:23)
