Articles by Date : August 01 2005 - August 31 2005

Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically
Evaluating Family Support: Thinking Internationally, Thinking Critically Edited by Ilan Katz and John Pinkerton. John Wiley and Sons Ltd. £75.00;.... more
(01 August 2005 15:30)

Previous Job Files
Click on the headlines below for previous Job Files Job File: Early Years Transitional Worker - Mary Whitehouse Job File: Family.... more
(26 August 2005 12:18)

Previous Career Clinics
The Career Clinics below appear in reverse chronological order, starting with the most recent Career Clinic with Ben Willmott Career Clinic.... more
(26 August 2005 11:46)

Profile - Caroline Healy
Caroline Healy is national director for England at ChildLine more
(11 August 2005 00:00)

Profile - Rosalind Turner
Rosalind Turner is director for children and young people at Suffolk Council more
(25 August 2005 00:00)

Why i love my job - Upinder Korpal
Upinder Korpal is senior day centre officer with the learning difficulties team at Wolverhampton social services more
(11 August 2005 00:00)

Why i love my job - Joanne Walthew
Joanne Walthew is a social worker in Birmingham with fostering and adoption charity The Adolescent & Children's Trust (Tact). She supervises and.... more
(25 August 2005 00:00)

Sixty Second Interview
Sixty Second Interview with Andrea Rowe more
(04 August 2005 11:55)

Sixty Second Interview with Bert Massie
Sixty second interview with Bert Massie By Amy Taylor Bert Massie is chair of the Disability Rights Commission.   .... more
(15 August 2005 16:45)

Sixty Second Interview with Martin Green
By Maria Ahmed The government has published its response to the Office of Fair Trading's inquiry into care homes. Martin Green, chief executive.... more
(23 August 2005 10:55)

Sixty Second Interview with Mark Grant
Interview with Mark Grant, deputy chief executive at Broadway. By Amy Taylor   Mark Grant The.... more
(26 August 2005 15:49)

Career Clinic
Career Clinic   Q Our chief executive is a stickler for timekeeping and imposes a clock-watching regime on all staff. She doesn't have a.... more
(26 August 2005 11:48)

Career clinic - Pauline Moignard
Q: I am a social worker with a local authority children's disability team. I love the direct work with children and their families but that is.... more
(18 August 2005 00:00)

Career clinic
Q: A male colleague occasionally makes inappropriate remarks about another colleague's sexuality. They aren't blatant enough to be really offensive.... more
(04 August 2005 00:00)

Sexual health guidance could undermine trust
Comment from Dr Vivienne Nathanson, head of science and ethics at the British Medical Association more
(30 August 2005 00:00)

Youth Comment
More should be done to stimulate children's imagination and to involve them in their communities, writes Alec Stephenson more
(01 August 2005 00:00)

Youth Comment
Better access for young people to leisure activities should be an entitlement and must not be linked to behaviour, writes Frederick Bernas more
(30 August 2005 10:19)

The rising cost of summer child care
The Daycare Trust has quite rightly highlighted the high cost of summer holiday child care facing many families in the UK. more
(01 August 2005 00:00)

Don't forget lesbians and gays
Your feature in 0-19's July issue about sex and relationships education eloquently highlights the problems of how the subject is delivered in our.... more
(01 August 2005 00:00)

Connexions waste
I am pleased to hear of the new arrangements for Connexions Service and I sincerely hope that the service will be much improved in the future. more
(01 August 2005 00:00)

Previous People Moves
  John Legg The latest appointments in the social care sector John Legg has been appointed as.... more
(09 August 2005 12:21)

Working in London
  WORKING IN LONDON FOCUS 15TH SEPTEMBER 2005 Community Care is running a ‘Working in.... more
(01 August 2005 11:11)

Age appropriate treatment proposed for young people with cancer
Children and young people with cancer should be treated in facilities that are appropriate for their age and by professionals who have had suitable.... more
(31 August 2005 07:41)

Rochdale gives in to new asylum law pressure
Rochdale Council has confirmed that it has evicted an Angolan woman and her child under controversial new asylum laws being piloted in the area. more
(31 August 2005 07:49)

Information-sharing guidance bids to end confusion
Sharing information with other practitioners is key to the early identification of children and families who may be in need of support or services,.... more
(31 August 2005 10:15)

One tenth of children has a mental illness
One in 10 children has a clinically diagnosed mental disorder, according to figures released today, writes Maria Ahmed . more
(31 August 2005 16:55)

Understanding Sensory Dysfunction
A good proportion of this book is devoted to recognising and understanding the very complex nature of sensory integration and sensory dysfunction,.... more
(30 August 2005 11:32)

Children's Trusts Arrangements: Developing Local Ways Forward
As the deadline for the implementation of children’s trust arrangements approaches, this book is well timed in its examination of the models that are.... more
(30 August 2005 11:25)

Valuing Informal Care: What Mothers of Young Children Want
This book is aimed at people working within local authorities charged with building child care services. It is an academic report but is easy to.... more
(30 August 2005 00:00)

Images of Violence
Written jointly by two early years teachers, this book reflects on the key issues affecting those working with young children in the aftermath of 11.... more
(30 August 2005 11:36)

Review of social work in England planned
England is to have its own review on the future of social work, similar to the ongoing inquiry in Scotland, writes Mithran Samuel . more
(30 August 2005 12:18)

CSOs set to receive increased powers
Community Support Officers could be given increased powers to tackle antisocial behaviour, according to a government consultation paper launched.... more
(31 August 2005 16:51)

Minister defends A-levels as pass rates rise again
The government has defended A-levels amid calls for the system to be updated to reflect young people’s wider needs. more
(18 August 2005 16:33)

First family evicted under asylum policy
A mother and her four-year-old daughter have become the first family to be evicted under the government’s policy that can lead to failed asylum.... more
(30 August 2005 15:41)

Web Review
www.dfes.gov.uk/youngpeople/index.shtml more
(30 August 2005 11:39)

Web Review
www.workingfamilies.org.uk more
(30 August 2005 11:43)

Adoption charities round on reckless media coverage
Adoption charities have condemned the Daily Mail’s recent attack on social workers as child snatchers, warning that it is vulnerable children who.... more
(31 August 2005 07:46)

Wednesday 31 August 2005
Drunk at 8-years-old Families fear for asylum seekers who have disappeared more
(31 August 2005 10:15)

Vocational GCSE students lag behind
Exam results published today reveal lower success rates for students taking vocational GCSEs. more
(25 August 2005 14:46)

Weekly allowance boosts teenagers’ interest in education
The introduction of the Education Maintenance Allowance has helped more 16- to 19-year-olds remain in education, official results reveal. more
(30 August 2005 16:13)

Cafcass aims to head off case backlogs with realistic pay offer
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service hopes to make staff a “realistic” pay offer and stop case backlogs from rising, despite.... more
(30 August 2005 15:33)

Information sharing guidance "too complicated"
Government guidance designed to clarify information sharing on children and young people could leave practitioners feeling more confused, a leading.... more
(30 August 2005 12:38)

People with learning difficulties from BME backgrounds lack support
Over three-quarters of people with learning difficulties from black and minority ethnic communities in Britain are struggling without support,.... more
(26 August 2005 10:40)

Youth justice bill to shake up secure estate care and focus on prevention
Young offender institutions, secure training centres and local authority secure children’s homes could be brought “under one roof” with common.... more
(30 August 2005 12:12)

Summer activities for young people
Fiona Taylor rightly highlights the high costs of summer child care. more
(30 August 2005 12:07)

Apology for failing to connect
I was very surprised to read a letter of complaint from Karen Hesketh of Sheffield in your magazine about her son’s experience when he visited.... more
(30 August 2005 12:05)

IT for parents
I was interested to read the article in the August edition of 0-19 about using Sure Start schemes to improve parents’ IT skills. more
(30 August 2005 12:03)

Pots of Gold
Sources of funds for organisations working with children and teenagers more
(30 August 2005 12:01)

Parental Background and Child Outcomes: How Much Does Money Matter, and What Else Matters?
This controversial study by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the University of Warwick suggests that giving parents more money.... more
(30 August 2005 11:52)

Support From the Start: Lessons from International Early Years Policy
Pregnancy and early years welfare charity the Maternity Alliance has published a study that uses international evidence to compare different.... more
(30 August 2005 11:46)