Articles by Date : May 01 2004 - May 31 2004

Benefits of youth
A host of new schemes will bring young people back from benefit limbo, writes Gary Vaux. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Research into practice
Neil Thompson looks at Home Office research into the extent and nature of workplace violence and measures taken to train staff to deal with it. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Too scared to accept help?
A care worker was abused when visiting a man who cares for his wife with progressive dementia. Our panel assesses what to do. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

In whom we trust
Charity trustees are often white, middle class and unsure of their role. In the final article of our managementality series John Belcher and Kathryn.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Stability is crucial
Psychiatrist Panos Vostanis is helping a young boy in foster care whose parents are suspected of abusing him. He talks to Graham Hopkins about the.... more
(20 May 2004 00:00)

Testing, testing
Letter from America. more
(20 May 2004 00:00)

Find it in your art
The Tate galleries in London are hosting NVQ courses for care staff to widen the experiences of clients. Mark Hunter reports. more
(20 May 2004 00:00)

Playing catch-up
Gary Vaux on help for care home residents still paying rent on the property they left behind. more
(13 May 2004 10:39)

Training grounds
With so much on your plate, side orders of training might seem unpalatable to many managers in a hurry. But don't worry, as there's plenty of help.... more
(13 May 2004 00:00)

Independence days
A highly independent 91-year-old woman wants to live alone in her own home despite frequent falls. Our panel assesses her case. more
(13 May 2004 00:00)

Research into practice
Research shows that a hidden medical model agenda may be damaging decision-making within mental health teams, writes Anthony Colombo. more
(13 May 2004 00:00)

Let’s talk about sex
A peer training scheme is helping foster carers tackle sexual health issues with young looked-after people. Sarah Wellard reports on a Cheshire.... more
(07 May 2004 11:58)

A lost generation
Letter from Saratov. more
(06 May 2004 00:00)

In denial of abuse
Tamsin Cottis and Richard Curen are trying to help a young man acknowledge his sexually inappropriate behaviour. Graham Hopkins hears their progress.... more
(06 May 2004 00:00)

Research into practice
Children in the sex trade are portrayed as passive victims. But in recent research, Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha found a more complex picture. more
(06 May 2004 00:00)

Research
Young fathers are generally depicted as feckless. However, recent research highlights their desire to be good parents, says Janet Reeves. more
(20 May 2004 00:00)

Community Self Help
By Danny Burns, Colin Williams and Jan Windebank. more
(20 May 2004 00:00)

The Child in Mind. A Child Protection Handbook
By Judy Barker and Deborah Hodes. more
(13 May 2004 00:00)

Silent Victims. The Continuing Failure to Protect Society's Most Vulnerable and the Longcare Scandal
By John Pring. more
(06 May 2004 00:00)

Writing Old Age
Edited by Julia Johnson. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Ageing, Spirituality and Well-Being
Edited by Albert Jewell. more
(20 May 2004 00:00)

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Edited by Greg Richardson and Ian Partridge. more
(06 May 2004 00:00)

Social Work and Human Rights: A Foundation for Policy and Practice
By Elisabeth Reichert. more
(13 May 2004 00:00)

Resistance: A Ritual Abuse Survivor Speaks Out
By Mary Smith. more
(27 May 2004 16:51)

My life
A 15-year-old describes how a social anxiety disorder has marked her out at school as “different”. more
(12 May 2004 16:26)

Blame schools for truancy
Patricia Amos, the first woman in Britain to be jailed for allowing her child to play truant from school, recently received a second jail sentence.... more
(12 May 2004 15:15)

Mother courage
Child-rearing books are no help when dealing with a child such as James, nor are the specialists that have been visited so far. more
(12 May 2004 16:23)

Community Care Awards 2004
Community Care is proud to launch the Community Care Awards 2004. more
(14 May 2004 10:15)

Counties to keep social services after regional government revamp
Six county councils in northern England look set to retain all social services responsibility in a proposed shake-up of local government, writes.... more
(28 May 2004 12:40)

Charities face public benefit test under new Bill
An overhaul of 400-year-old charity law will mean that charities will have to prove their activities have a public benefit, writes Sally Gillen . more
(28 May 2004 14:53)

Bin it, please
If some parts of the media are to be believed, the word "teenager" is synonomous with "thug". Because, the story goes, kids today have sunk into a.... more
(12 May 2004 15:16)

Scottish Executive seeks to broaden application of parenting orders
The definition of those who could be subject to a parenting order has been broadened in an executive amendment to the Anti-social Behaviour Bill, .... more
(28 May 2004 17:15)

Council proposes new education awards
The General Social Care Council has proposed three new social work post-qualifying awards. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Please put the axe away
Are the days of the General Social Care Council numbered? Its name pops up on a list of 42 so-called "arm’s length" bodies facing the chop as part of.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Age of equality beckons
The advent of the proposed Commission for Equality and Human Rights, whatever its shortcomings, will be an historic moment. It will challenge.... more
(27 May 2004 17:03)

Asylum seekers can be deported before appeals reach court, judges rule
Asylum seekers who launch appeals against being deported will no longer be allowed to remain in the UK while their cases are heard, Appeal Court.... more
(28 May 2004 16:45)

On their own
Just neighbours or the parents of friends - some people who take in teenagers in trouble aren't intervening officially. But, unless social services.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Why do we do it?
Foster caring can be immensely rewarding, but it is also physically and emotionally demanding. Here, foster carers describe a day in their life, and.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Advice service employees could have pensions halved
Around 200 employees of an organisation that provided advice through the Connexions Service could have their company pensions cut by over 50 per.... more
(28 May 2004 15:50)

A special breed
The shortfall in foster carers for children from non-conventional backgrounds has opened a gap for specialist services to fill. Anabel Unity Sale.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Poor relation?
Fostering is the right solution for many vulnerable children yet it always seems to play second fiddle to adoption in the minds of policy makers.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Heroes and villains
Graham Findlay would gratefully trade autism's new-found fame for a decent deal for his son. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Gunn on Politics
In her final article, Sheila Gunn looks at British attitudes to work. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Behind the headlines
Our regular panel comments on a topic in the news: this week, social cohesion more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Training should welcome all ages
Attracting younger students to social work courses shouldn't mean shutting out the more mature, says Ali Gardner. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

And about time too
The prime minister's recognition of the value of fostering is long overdue because holding adoption up as the ideal solution for children in care is.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Disabled people may help solve pensions crisis, says Lib Dem
Helping one million disabled adults who are economically inactive but who want to get back into work would be one way of addressing the pensions.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Few civil liberty concerns recorded
Civil liberty worries about databases of children's details have been overstated, new findings suggest. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Domestic Violence Bill should cover immigrants, say activists
Campaigners Southall Black Sisters are calling for the government to allow overseas brides who have to prove their marriage is working for the first.... more
(27 May 2004 00:00)

Hackney hospital alarm on older people
A dramatic rise in hospital admissions in the London Borough of Hackney has led to concerns that some older people are being discharged too early. more
(27 May 2004 00:00)