Articles by Date : July 01 2006 - July 31 2006

Child Care Law - A Summary of the Law in England and Wales
This book remains a useful quick reference guide to child law in England and Wales, with particular emphasis on children with whom councils or.... more
(13 July 2006 13:43)

Training materials: Children
As a foster carer of 20 years' experience and an adopter of three young people, I wish these books had been available to help us create life memories.... more
(13 July 2006 00:00)

Cornwall Abuse - Special Report
While attention has centred, rightly, on the shocking physical and emotional abuse in the learning difficulties services run by Cornwall Partnership.... more
(31 July 2006 15:27)

Festival review: The Walworth Festival
Taking place in the heart of the Aylesbury Estate, south London, and organised on a shoestring by the InSpire community centre in partnership with.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Derbyshire physical disabilities team advise on a case of a woman recovering from a brain tumour
After treatment for a brain tumour a woman and her partner want privacy. Or is there a more sinister interpretation? more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Podcasting in social care
It's the latest internet phenomenon. But is social care ready for podcasting? Graham Hopkins reports more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Report: The Other Glass Ceiling: The Domestic Politics of Parenting
This short, well-organised report focuses on the "quiet revolution"; the subtle changes in family life behind closed doors as a result of changes in.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Giles Gardner explains how social work placements for police officer trainees are helping challenge prejudices within the force
I'm sure that many people will have watched the BBC's expose of police cadets in The Secret Policeman in 2003 behaving in a manner that can only.... more
(13 July 2006 00:00)

Jobcentre Plus wrong to deny use of paper forms
You can claim benefits using paper forms at Jobcentre Plus - whatever staff tell you, writes Gary Vaux more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Hard choices, little thanks
A 95-year-old woman in failing health lives in squalor by choice with her family, who obstruct attempts to assess her needs. Kristina Powney tells.... more
(13 July 2006 00:00)

Training Material: Good Practice in Physical Interventions: A Guide for Staff and Managers
This is a well-written and thoroughly researched book that is thought-provoking and very informative, writes Julie Duncalf. more
(13 July 2006 00:00)

Polish older man, a war veteran, needs more home support
A Polish man who served with the RAF in the second world war has become a recluse and is struggling on everyday tasks more
(06 July 2006 00:00)

Learning difficulties parents: A Gloucestershire project shows way forward
With half of all children born to parents with learning difficulties being taken into care, a support group in south Gloucestershire has provided.... more
(06 July 2006 00:00)

Training material: Keys to Citizenship: A Guide to Getting Good Support for People with Learning Disabilities
Social workers are governed by ethics and values and should advocate for their clients, writes Anne McCloskey. more
(06 July 2006 00:00)

Recent cases show benefit changes
Gary Vaux uses readers' questions to highlight the latest significant changes to benefits rules more
(06 July 2006 00:00)

Training Material: Firm Foundations: A Practical Guide to Organisational Support for the Use of Research Evidence
Research in Practice is a large UK child care research project, writes Sheena Thomas more
(06 July 2006 00:00)

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(20 July 2006 10:01)

10% off selected Jessica Kingsley titles
HOW TO ORDER To order please call 0208 652 4699/4861 or send an email, with information about the books you would like to order, to.... more
(05 July 2006 14:23)

Long live “objective” journalism…
The latest tabloid clangers more
(24 July 2006 15:59)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 27 July - 2 August 2006
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(27 July 2006 09:25)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 20 - 26 July
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(20 July 2006 09:10)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 13-19 July 2006
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(14 July 2006 08:36)

Question from Community Care issue dated 6 - 12 July 2006
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(06 July 2006 14:28)

Autism, Brain and Environment
When parents first discover that their child is autistic, they soon learn two things: doctors do not know what causes autism and they have no.... more
(20 July 2006 09:57)

Sixty Second Interview with Balbir Chatrik
Balbir Chatrik, director of policy at young people’s homelessness charity Centrepoint. more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Sixty Second Interview with Paul Corry
Sixty Second Interview with Paul Corry, director of public affairs at Rethink. more
(28 July 2006 00:00)

Scant services for offenders on probation who misuse alchohol
Treatment for offenders who misuse alcohol is “scarce”, according to a report published today by the chief inspector of probation. more
(31 July 2006 15:46)

Sixty second interview with forensic psychologist Professor Susan Hayes on offenders with learning difficulties
A visiting professor at Bristol University, Hayes conducts research (in the UK and Australia) and clinical work (in Australia) with offenders with.... more
(19 July 2006 10:57)

Croydon director backs review of asylum provision for unaccompanied children
Steve Liddicott talks to Amy Taylor about changes to the care of asylum-seeking children and the national register intended to protect them more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Call for trafficking teams at all ports
A campaigner has called for more specialist teams to tackle child trafficking at ports of entry into the UK to be established under the government’s.... more
(31 July 2006 14:36)

Comment: Neither safe nor sound
Behaviour considered utterly unacceptable outside institutions can be condoned or even considered normal inside. more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Councils' children's plans 'unsuitable'
Some councils are incorrectly using their children and young people's plans as commissioning strategies, a Community Care conference was told last.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Charities welcome Remploy proposal
Disability charities have praised proposals to give more disabled people supported job placements in the community. more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Leaving care divide between sectors
Looked-after children placed with independent providers are leaving care at a far younger age than those cared for directly by local authorities, new.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Green paper given a radical overhaul
Civil servants were ordered to rewrite the looked-after children green paper because it was not radical enough, it has been claimed. more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

'Havering three' go to Court of Appeal
Three care home residents were due to submit an appeal this week against a High Court ruling that private care providers were not subject to human.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

The Big Question
Should more be done to clamp down on sexual abuse in psychiatric wards? more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Lewis call to join up child services
Local agencies need to be placed under new requirements to create joined-up services for disabled children, the care services minister said last.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Comment: Left on the wayside
A bypass generally has positive connotations: a heart bypass to cure a medical condition or a road bypass to stop traffic running through a village,.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Genital mutilation risk highest now
Young women from London's African communities are most vulnerable to genital mutilation during the early part of school summer holidays, the.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

New Cafcass role provokes concern
Family court practitioner leaders have raised concerns about the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service appointing professionally.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

How an omelette gave Nigel Leaney his own insight into paranoia
A 'special' omelette served to Nigel Leaney took him to a hell that only people with acute mental health issues can truly comprehend more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Significant cost shunting from NHS to social care revealed by survey
Widespread cost shunting from deficit-ridden NHS bodies to social services departments was revealed in a major survey this week. more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Wiltshire financial crisis strikes at care eligibility and transport service
The full impact of Wiltshire Council's financial problems on recipients of social care was revealed in papers presented to the authority's cabinet.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Wiltshire Council cuts funding for Wiltshire and Swindon Users Involvement Network
Simon Heng - A service users view of social care more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

If you ask me...Raymond Morling
Raymond Morling, 82, has learning difficulties and is a Craegmoor Healthcare resident more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Child welfare failing at detention centre
Children's welfare is not being considered in detention decisions at Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre, the chief inspector of prisons has.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Welsh assembly to keep joint reviews
A call for an immediate halt to joint reviews of council services in Wales and the creation of a single inspection programme for local government has.... more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Snell to succeed Behan in top job
Commission for Social Care Inspection director of inspection, regulation and review Paul Snell has been appointed as its new chief inspector. more
(27 July 2006 00:00)

Judge overturns direct payment restrictions
The choice agenda received a boost last week after a High Court judge overturned a decision limiting the use of direct payments. more
(31 July 2006 12:07)