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CC Live: Reitemeier warns against compulsion for excluded families
The Children's Society's chief executive has said compulsory measures for families such as parenting orders are not the answer to tackling social.... more
(16 May 2008 13:07)
Latest social work podcast from Community Care Live 08
Mark Ivory speaks to delegates at the Community Care Live 08 conference in London. more
(16 May 2008 17:15)
How practitioners use ICT in social care work
Overview of other research and resources by the Social Care Institute for Excellence more
(15 May 2008 00:00)
Jon Glasby and Helen Dickinson on interagency co-operation
In the first in a series of articles on partnership working, Jon Glasby and Helen Dickinson look at the value of interagency co-operation in the.... more
(15 May 2008 00:00)
Partnership working as a matter of life or death
Following the death of Victoria Climbié in 2000, a series of reforms has taken place in children's services to promote more effective partnerships. more
(16 May 2008 14:27)
Physical Disabilities
All our Physical Disability related reviews more
(16 May 2008 13:43)
Solutions to adult care funding crisis mooted in CC Live debate
Community Care Live speakers mooted a range of options to fill the £6bn long-term adult social care funding gap identified by the government, in a.... more
(16 May 2008 13:41)
The Essential Drug Service Manager
This book is one of the titles from the essential series, written by experienced professionals. more
(16 May 2008 13:36)
The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering public services through choice and competition
Julian Le Grand used to be Tony Blair's personal guru of the public sector quasi-market and here, in summary, are the forceful arguments for choice.... more
(16 May 2008 13:34)
Comic Relief: Alcohol Hidden Harm - Call for bids.
Comic Relief has supported work around young people and alcohol for many years and now wants to fund a number of projects across England for up to.... more
(16 May 2008 12:35)
Invitation for Expressions of Interest: The provision of mental health housing related support service and housing
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced organisations to provide Mental Health Housing Related Support (HRS) Services and.... more
(16 May 2008 12:34)
CC Live: Government 'must do more to safeguard learning disabled'
The government and social care leaders must do more to tackle hate crime and abuse against people with learning disabilities, Community Care Live.... more
(16 May 2008 12:27)
Youth work pay
A: It is difficult to know whether £14,000 is a reasonable salary without knowing more detail about the role, the hours and where it is based..... more
(16 May 2008 12:01)
GSCC seeks tougher regulation of employers
Social workers always seem to carry the can. Whether it's the anti-adoption lobby criticising their interventions in the media, or their own.... more
(16 May 2008 11:54)
Editorial Comments: Labour must hold fast and fund better adult social care
This has been adult care's week in the sun. more
(16 May 2008 11:50)
From the vaults
Keith Sellick trawls the archives for sustenance more
(16 May 2008 11:44)
Press Ganged
A monthly look at media coverage of social work more
(16 May 2008 11:40)
Move your body to get rid of stress
Get moving and you'll feel a whole lot better to cope with life's stresses, says Elisabeth Wilson more
(16 May 2008 11:29)
CC Live: Gay and lesbian foster carers 'near bottom of hierarchy'
Gay men and lesbians are near the bottom of an "unspoken hierarchy" of preferred foster carers and adoptive parents, an expert told Community Care.... more
(16 May 2008 11:13)
Scotland's new local government funding reforms
The Scottish National Party has developed a new way of funding social services north of the border - with less money ring-fenced and councils able to.... more
(16 May 2008 10:57)
Childen in care: Shaftesbury's model for improving education
Shaftesbury Young People and Community Care are hosting a conference on 26 June that will investigate ways of improving educational outcomes for.... more
(16 May 2008 10:29)
Child Protection Volunteers
Can there be a social work equivalent of a police community support officer? Corin Williams looks at a scheme that is pioneering work with children.... more
(16 May 2008 10:15)
Ellie Roy quits as YJB chief executive
Ellie Roy has quit as Youth Justice Board chief executive after four years in the post to take up a job at immigration body the UK Borders Agency. more
(16 May 2008 10:06)
CC Live: Social work 'must put safety before clients'
Social workers must put their safety first and their clients second in situations where they feel at risk, Community Care Live heard yesterday. more
(16 May 2008 10:06)
News round up: Prisons campaigner found dead at daughter's grave
Other headlines in today's papers include: Tories launch new group to tackle homelessness; 'Ladette' culture sees jump in crimes by girls; Woman beat.... more
(16 May 2008 09:34)
Concurrent planning in foster care
Ten years since it arrived in the UK, concurrent planning is making progress as a means of fostering and adoption. Helen Mooney reports more
(16 May 2008 09:31)
Prisons campaigner found dead at her daughter's grave
Other headlines in today's papers include: Tories launch new group to tackle homelessness; 'Ladette' culture sees jump in crimes by girls; Woman beat.... more
(16 May 2008 09:13)
A first hand account of being an adoption social worker
Lindsey Ford will never her first adoption case and the caring efforts of all concerned to give a little girl with a sad beginning a happier life. more
(16 May 2008 09:09)
CC Live: Care staff 'must sue employers for workplace assaults'
Social workers need to start taking legal action against their employers when they are assaulted at work, a Conservative Party candidate and youth.... more
(15 May 2008 14:20)
CC Live: Domestic violence and child protection 'not on same planet'
Domestic violence and child protection services "operate on different planets" despite the strong correlation between cases of each, a leading.... more
(15 May 2008 14:02)
CC Live: Beresford challenges justice agencies on hate crime
The criminal justice system should do more to encourage vulnerable adults to come forward to report abuse, Community Care Live heard yesterday. more
(15 May 2008 13:11)
CC Live session sparks debate over merits of personalisation
Social workers were challenged to stop managing service users' live at Community Care Live yesterday, in a session which sparked a heated debate on.... more
(15 May 2008 12:11)
CC Live: Directors 'using wider powers to solve eligibility crisis'
Directors of adult social services are increasingly using their extended powers over services such as leisure and culture to provide for people.... more
(14 May 2008 11:16)
CC Live: Mind bids for better debt support for mental health users
Mental health charity Mind today called for better regulation of banks, lenders and bailiffs in order to help people with mental illness who are at.... more
(14 May 2008 12:14)
Gordon Brown pledges legislation to strengthen children's trusts
Prime minister Gordon Brown today issued plans to legislate to strengthen children's’s trusts through legislation to enhance support for children.... more
(14 May 2008 15:53)
CC Live: Ray Jones issues warning over personalisation
Former British Association of Social Workers chair Ray Jones has warned practitioners to beware the "pitfalls and potholes" of the personalisation of.... more
(14 May 2008 16:46)
Couple's suicide over care home fears
Other headlines in today's paper include:- Rewards for good hospitals, action on schools. more
(15 May 2008 09:43)
News round up: Couple's suicide over care home fears
Other headlines in today's paper include:- Rewards for good hospitals, action on schools. more
(15 May 2008 09:42)
CC Live: Practitioners 'must take lead from young people on gangs'
Senior practitioners working in gang-affected neighbourhoods must be willing to give up power and let young people take the lead in service.... more
(14 May 2008 15:30)
GSCC bars social work student for 'dishonesty and deception'
A General Social Care Council conduct committee has struck off a Cornwall social worker for failing to declare previous criminal convictions for.... more
(12 May 2008 14:23)
News Round Up: Survey of patients shows big NHS performance gaps
Other headlines in today's papers include:- Disabled woman allowed to challenge post office closures; Man arrested over murder of teenager and.... more
(14 May 2008 08:57)
Survey of patients shows big NHS performance gaps
Other headlines in today's papers include:- Disabled woman allowed to challenge post office closures; Man arrested over murder of teenager and.... more
(14 May 2008 08:55)
Harrow Council ditches plan for critical adult care criteria
Harrow Council has dropped plans to restrict adult care services to those with "critical" needs, five months after losing a judicial review on the.... more
(13 May 2008 16:14)
Children’s services
Lord Laming’s inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie led to an overhaul of children’s services in the form of the Every Child Matters green.... more
(13 May 2008 15:42)
Children's Trusts
The government’s overhaul of children’s services stemmed from Lord Laming’s inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie. The key message to come out.... more
(13 May 2008 15:39)
GSCC wants code of practice for employers to be mandatory
The General Social Care Council is seeking tougher powers of regulation over employers amid fears that senior managers are being "let off the hook".... more
(14 May 2008 00:29)
Sharing services: 'unlikely to save much money'
The delivery of shared services, where department share IT and other resources, is seen as a significant benefit by social care managers, but is.... more
(13 May 2008 14:48)
Social worker Irena Sendler tells of her Schindler-style mercy mission in Warsaw ghetto
Polish social worker Irena Sendler worked in child protection of a rather special kind during World War Two. Derren Hayes reports more
(13 May 2008 12:29)
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