Articles by Date : June 01 2005 - June 30 2005

Book review: Community Care Practice and the law
Michael Mandelstam ably looks at what can go on behind the social services corporate facade, as aspirations come up against the reality of budgets,.... more
(09 June 2005 13:40)

Profile - Penny Furness-Smith
If Penny Furness-Smith was given a brief when she became director of community care at Harrow Council, it was to forge closer ties with health, keep.... more
(13 June 2005 09:45)

Profile - Mohammed Sayed
Mohammed Sayed supports Asian people with mental health problems. more
(02 June 2005 00:00)

Profile - Paul Clark
Paul Clark is Harrow Council’s first director of children’s services but he when he took up the post 18 months ago he was no stranger to working in a.... more
(13 June 2005 09:43)

Profile - Andrew Zapletal
Andrew Zapletal works with homeless people with substance misuse and mental health problems. more
(16 June 2005 00:00)

Profile - Maeve Sherlock
Maeve Sherlock is chief executive of the Refugee Council more
(30 June 2005 00:00)

Why I love my job - Catherine Cowans
Catherine Cowans is a carers' support worker in the direct payments team at Durham Council. more
(02 June 2005 00:00)

Why we love our job - Avril Vallance and Doreen Hefferin
Avril Vallance and Doreen Hefferin job share as house managers for the charity Abbeyfield in Hexham, Northumberland. more
(16 June 2005 00:00)

Why i love my job - Clive Lee
Clive Lee is chief executive of the Caldecott Foundation charity, which provides care for abused and neglected children at Smeeth, near Ashford, Kent.... more
(30 June 2005 00:00)

Sixty Second Interview with Ruth Cartwright
Sixty Second Interview with Ruth Cartwright By Amy Taylor and Mithran Samuel   Ruth Cartwright .... more
(07 June 2005 00:00)

Sixty Second Interview with Rod Morgan
Sixty Second Interview with Profesor Rod Morgan By Amy Taylor and Clare Jerrom     .... more
(13 June 2005 11:23)

Youth Comment
Students should stay on to do A-levels because they want to, not because of the lure of a grant, writes Robert Davis more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

With compassion
Sally Gillen asks how professionals should work with parents who have lost a child to sudden death. more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

Lure of lessons
How can young offenders be helped back to school, asks Andrea Wren. more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

Don't be hasty
MPs warn that the rate of reform may outpace the evidence from pilots, writes Bob Hudson more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

Just the job
David Reece is a young person participation worker for the London Borough of Waltham Forest's children and families division. more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

Pots of Gold
Sources of funds for organisations working with children and teenagers: Francis C Scott Charitable Trust more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

It's time to face yourself
Do you ever feel too fat, too thin, or just downright ugly? Don't worry if you do - everyone has days when they feel they are unattractive. The.... more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

Case Study: 'My spine had been snapped in two'
Learning from mistakes: Leana Stewart was a teenager when she was injured in a speeding car in Norfolk. more
(30 June 2005 15:46)

'We don't need Asbos, but we do need help'
The issuing of antisocial behaviour orders may satisfy the tabloids but for recipients with mental health and other social care needs they can be the.... more
(30 June 2005 12:48)

Submit a question for the Al Aynsley-Green interview
Community Care will shortly be interviewing the new children’s commissioner for England Al Aynsley-Green. In an attempt to make the piece.... more
(30 June 2005 16:08)

Homeless charities retaliate
A national homelessness charity boss rejected accusations that there are too many agencies working in the sector today, writes Simeon Brody more
(30 June 2005 15:28)

Nearly half of young people to breach Asbos jailed
Home Office minister Hazel Blears announced new measures to tackle antisocial behaviour today as government figures showed that almost half of young.... more
(29 June 2005 14:29)

Drug treatment strategy sets out targets for improved services
The government published its drug treatment effectiveness strategy today aiming to give drug users faster access to treatment and more social care.... more
(30 June 2005 15:39)

Highest number of unpaid carers live in deprived areas
The majority of people providing ‘informal’ unpaid care live in areas with higher than average levels of deprivation and long-term illness, new.... more
(30 June 2005 11:47)

Missing Words Answers
Answers to last weeks missing word posers: 1) rebate 2) soya 3) 'hoodies' 4) climate 5) smog 6) Council tax 7) church 8).... more
(30 June 2005 14:48)

Power switch
An abused wife is hesitant about leaving her violent husband. Celeste Barry supported her as she set up a new home with her children. Graham.... more
(30 June 2005 00:00)

‘The champion of change’
Malcolm Whitehead is one of those elusive people who work in interim change management. As an independent social work consultant he specialises in.... more
(30 June 2005 13:17)

Shops targeted by 'hoodie' protest
A group of "hoodie" -clad young people gathered outside a shopping centre last week to protest against its ban on the garment more
(30 June 2005 13:09)

Social work body raps draft guidance
Social worker representatives have criticised the government for failing to learn lessons from past child protection inquiries about the importance.... more
(30 June 2005 13:04)

Stoke Heath inmates report victimisation
More than a quarter of young adults claim they have been victimised by the staff at Stoke Heath young offender institution. more
(30 June 2005 12:57)

Study reveals lack of consultation
Foster carers and children in their care want more support from social services, a Commission for Social Care Inspection survey this week reveals. more
(30 June 2005 12:37)

Scottish housing bill under attack
A disability and housing charity has called for the "discriminatory" Housing (Scotland) Bill to be scrapped, arguing that it does not help.... more
(30 June 2005 12:34)

Ministers moot boarding scheme
The government is in talks with private boarding schools about the possibility of them receiving vulnerable children, including those in care. more
(30 June 2005 12:31)

Costs of backing green paper could deter government from legislating
The government may not legislate on the adult green paper's proposals because of costs, Community Care has learned. A source close to the.... more
(30 June 2005 12:29)

Campaigner says national agency is vital to managing direct payments
A national agency is needed if direct payments are to be implemented consistently, a leading disability campaigner said this week, writes Amy.... more
(30 June 2005 12:24)

Credit mix-ups 'will aggravate poverty'
Confusion over tax credit repayments will put low-income families at risk of further hardship, the Child Poverty Action Group has warned. more
(30 June 2005 12:21)

Expert confounds Meadow's maths
Sir Roy Meadow was wrong to say that the chance of both Sally Clark's sons dying of cot death was one in 73 million, an expert has told the.... more
(30 June 2005 12:19)

Councils know little about adult abuse
Many of England's councils are only collecting basic information on adult protection referrals, a government study has revealed. more
(30 June 2005 12:17)

'Publish asylum detention figures'
Almost three-quarters of visitors to Community Care's website thought that the Home Office should publish statistics on the number of asylum seekers.... more
(30 June 2005 12:15)

Councils unclear on duties to offenders
The failure of councils to meet the housing needs of young people leaving custody reflects underfunding and confusion over where responsibility lies,.... more
(30 June 2005 12:10)

Sex guidelines may 'breach privacy law'
An investigation is to be launched into whether the London Child Protection Committee's guidance on professionals working with sexually active.... more
(30 June 2005 12:09)

Separate wards for the drug-free urged
Drug-free patients should be on separate psychiatric wards from those suffering from cannabis-induced psychosis, a leading mental health charity has.... more
(30 June 2005 12:06)

London children's services funding could be cut in favour of the shires
Children's social services in London could lose funding to county councils under a government shake-up of local authority finances, writes Chloe.... more
(30 June 2005 12:05)

Scots greet unit's demise with regret
Substance misuse professionals have criticised the closure of a Scottish executive body designed to improve services in the field. more
(30 June 2005 12:01)

Asbos out of control
It is hard to believe that a suicidal young woman could be issued with an antisocial behaviour order because her behaviour is deemed to be.... more
(30 June 2005 11:59)

Forward hand in hand
The role of the health service in the adult social care green paper is not always clear. There is a chapter on strategic commissioning which talks.... more
(30 June 2005 11:57)

Thursday 30th June
Unruly children who flout Asbos will be ‘named and shamed’ Narcissus schoolboy who killed his parents is cleared of murder more
(30 June 2005 10:52)

Prison threat will deter social workers
Scottish social work leaders have warned that proposals to prosecute failing social workers would make them more risk averse in their practice. more
(30 June 2005 00:00)

Arthurworrey is vindicated
The Victoria Climbie case illustrates the importance of formal child protection procedures, argues Liz Davies . more
(30 June 2005 00:00)