Articles by Date : May 01 2005 - May 31 2005

Profile - Tim Colman
Tim Colman launched a crisis resolution team two years ago. more
(05 May 2005 00:00)

Why I love my job - Julia Young
Julia Young is a children's services practitioner at the NSPCC's Almond Tree project at Catterick garrison, an army base in North Yorkshire. more
(05 May 2005 00:00)

Why I love my job - Emma Nicholls
Emma Nicholls is a care manager in the older adults social services team at Ealing Council in west London more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

Career clinic
I'm an outreach worker in a three-person team - my manager and a colleague are on the same level as me. My colleague is super-competitive. more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Career clinic
Q. I have been a social worker in a local authority fostering team for six years and am ready to move on. My appraisals and supervision are.... more
(12 May 2005 00:00)

60 Second Interview with David Bell
Sixty Second Interview with David Bell By Amy Taylor   David Bell In March the government.... more
(27 May 2005 10:30)

Sixty Second Interview with Estelle Morris
Sixty Second Interview with Estelle Morris   Estelle Morris By Clare Jerrom Estelle Morris was last week.... more
(13 May 2005 15:11)

Sixty Second Interview with Liam Fox and Charles Kennedy
Sixty Second Interview with Liam Fox and Charles Kennedy more
(04 May 2005 12:06)

Sixty Second Interview with Charles Kennedy
Sixty Second Interview with Charles Kennedy more
(04 May 2005 12:38)

ADSW Conference
ADSW Conference 11-13 May, Perthshire more
(24 May 2005 15:51)

Flexible friends
With the children’s workforce strategy proposing the use of social pedagogues in social care, visited Hamburg to find out how they work in a flexible.... more
(19 May 2005 13:58)

With heart,head and hands
Claire Cameron reports on how training for social pedagogues is organised in Germany and how the skill is applied in practice more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

Ward off poverty
Gary Vaux looks at the new rules for claimants who are in hospital and the tricky transition period. more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Collateral damage
A teenage boy's behaviour worsens as his parents' relationship becomes increasingly dysfunctional and violent. more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Alternative Medicine
Merseyside project Alternatives is successfully bringing structure, purpose and meaningful activities into the lives of recovering drug users. Sarah.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Thinking outside the triangle
A house full of rubbish and noisy tenants first brought three people to the attention of Debbie Owen and Glyn Rocke (left). But as they delved deeper.... more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

Taking work home
Managing a team that is geographically dispersed and reliant on working from home is not easy. Here, Down's Syndrome Association's Julian Hallett.... more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

My Practice
Care and support services can work together to prevent older people going into hospital unnecessarily, writes Meic Phillips more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

The sting in the tail
The new salary sacrifice scheme could leave lower-paid staff worse off than ever, warns Gary Vaux. more
(12 May 2005 00:00)

More than a cry for help?
A girl whose father and brothers were killed in a road crash, makes an allegation of sexual abuse. How should it be handled? more
(12 May 2005 00:00)

Domestic policy
Domestic violence is the underlying cause of many children's problems. Graham Hopkins reports on one partnership's effort to shift thinking on it. more
(12 May 2005 00:00)

Village people
Despite government backing, care villages still stir opposition from locals. Here, David Moore tells Graham Hopkins how the Milton Keynes village got.... more
(05 May 2005 00:00)

Refugees reunited
To return an abandoned baby to his parents, who are refugees in Denmark, could risk his life as UK doctors say he urgently needs a liver transplant..... more
(05 May 2005 00:00)

My practice
His own student placement years ago has made Mark Sloman enthusiastic about his new practice assessor role. more
(05 May 2005 00:00)

It happened to me
Lee Moore describes her experience of ritual abuse and professionals' failure to believe her. more
(05 May 2005 00:00)

Care for your career
Marilyn Hähn helps people cope with fires, floods and even a tsunami. more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

Website Review: www.pcp-in-hampshire.net
This site for person-centred planning (PCP) in Hampshire is excellent, writes Tina Edwards. It has five sections and each individual link page.... more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

The Simon Heng Column
My criteria for a successful life no longer include a high salary. I now value purposefulness, fulfilment and attempting change in the world. more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

Sector awaits impact of government shake-up
The ministerial shuffle in the wake of the general election has left the adult social care sector waiting to see how the direction of policy will be.... more
(19 May 2005 00:00)

Mona Sehgal explains the LGA's thoughts on the adult green paper
Denise Platt, chair of the Commission for Social Care Inspection, said earlier this month that it was very easy to read the adult social care green.... more
(31 May 2005 09:51)

New skills and roles
Some practical examples of new ways of working were aired in a session at LIVE run by Skills for Care, formerly training body Topss England, on some.... more
(27 May 2005 14:17)

Registration and learning
Spot checks will ensure registered social workers keep up with learning and development from April 2006, the General Social Care Council promised. more
(27 May 2005 14:20)

Tuesday 31 May 2005
Prisoners could be let out earlier to make more space Police urge Asian businesses to hire vulnerable youths more
(31 May 2005 10:24)

A Care Workers' Revolution
The adult green paper proposes wide-ranging changes to the social care workforce to achieve its aims. In the second of our six-part series on the.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Future of the workforce
A well attended plenary discussed the split between the children and adults workforce and future developments. more
(27 May 2005 14:14)

Paperwork hinders Scottish social workers
The chair of the 21st Century Review of Social Work in Scotland has said excessive paperwork is restricting the autonomy of front-line social.... more
(27 May 2005 14:07)

Unions hit back on sick leave attack
Trade unions have accused business leaders of anti-public sector bias for criticising sick leave levels in statutory bodies. more
(27 May 2005 14:04)

Directors’ pay holds up
Fears that directors of adult social services would be paid less than their children’s services counterparts appear to be unfounded, according to a.... more
(27 May 2005 14:00)

Ofsted's chief inspector dismisses fears
Schools chief inspector David Bell has dismissed fears that plans to give primary schools more freedoms could undermine the government’s aim for.... more
(25 May 2005 12:12)

Arthurworrey failed Victoria Climbie, tribunal told
The woman fighting to have her name removed from a list of people unsuitable to work with children failed in her fundamental responsibilities as.... more
(27 May 2005 11:34)

Friday 27 May 2005
Women who harm babies need treatment not prison Rise in drug use more
(27 May 2005 09:58)

Book review: The referral order - a good practice guide
This is one of a series of good practice guides issued by Nacro and I am pleased to say that it is up to the usual high standard, writes John.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Book review: Setting out - The importance of the beginning in psychotherapy and counselling
A detailed and, at times, bewildering book that sweeps across many different theories and dilemmas for psychotherapists, writes Richard Curen. The.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Open all hours
Scottish councils provide some social care services out-of-hours. But it is very hard for users to find out what's available, or influence what's on.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Mental health alarm for asylum seekers
Asylum seekers and migrants detained under the Immigration Act suffer deteriorating mental health, a report finds. more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Programmes stay at health department
The future of seven Department of Health schemes, which triggered a row between the DoH and the Social Care Institute for Excellence, has been.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Assertive outreach 'denied to over 65s'
Older people under the care of assertive outreach teams are being denied services when they reach 65, according to the chief executive of the Mental.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

The Big Question
Do vulnerable people get a fair deal from the legal system? more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Calibre of managers is challenged
The quality of management in social services departments and the star-ratings system sparked controversy at Community Care Live's Question Time.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)

Call to rethink views on disabled foetuses
The practice of aborting foetuses because they are disabled is akin to terminating pregnancies on the grounds of race or gender, a campaigner told.... more
(26 May 2005 00:00)