Articles by Date : August 01 2006 - August 31 2006

Legal view: Far-reaching legal consequences can result if managers are complacent about abuse at work
As the report into the Cornwall scandal showed, senior management can at times close their minds to the possibility that a culture of abuse can.... more
(24 August 2006 13:44)

How to help refugee children settle in the UK
Starting life in a new country can be an intimidating and anxious experience. However, a study carried out by refugee children has identified the.... more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

TV Review: Accused
The 1991 ritual child abuse case in the Orkneys was not social work's finest hour, writes Graham Hopkins. more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Training Material: Filling A Need While Making Some Noise: A Music Therapist's Guide To Paediatrics
I'm not sure I learned much about music therapy from this book, writes Joy Gravestock. more
(24 August 2006 00:00)

The street children of India, how The Railway Children are helping
Four-year-old Kalyan was found abandoned on a railway station platform in India. more
(14 August 2006 15:11)

African children in the UK vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, say Ariyo
Africans are the fastest growing ethnic minority group in the UK but, says charity leader Debbie Ariyo, migration for a better life makes African.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Child abuse in Australia: Revealing voices
Chris Goddard and Neerosh Mudaly report on Australian children's experience of unhappy lives at home through abuse, domestic violence and neglect.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

CASE STUDY: UK
Alice Holly,* 14, had been reported missing from the family home for 24 hours. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

TV Review: Real Story
Fiona Bruce opened the programme stating the importance of dignity and respect, but the chilling facts that emerged suggested that these were alien.... more
(31 August 2006 00:00)

Underclaiming of benefits
Gary Vaux looks at the underclaiming of benefits and how social workers can help their clients to claim more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Training Materials: A Voice of Their Own: A Toolbox of Ideas and Information for Non-instructed Advocacy
Annie Lawton has pieced together a collection of ideas and resources which will stand any person in the learning difficulties field in good stead,.... more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Emergency duty teams - a valuable resource
Emergency duty teams are under threat but they still have much to offer and a lot to communicate, argues Graham Hopkins more
(24 August 2006 00:00)

Team building can reduce stress
Continuing our series on the challenges currently facing social care managers, Anthony Douglas argues that team building is key to reducing the.... more
(24 August 2006 00:00)

Helping team members overcome the stress of restructuring of adult services demands openness and support
Kent Council has just completed a major restructuring, the full consequences of which are yet to be felt, says James Lampert more
(24 August 2006 00:00)

Comedy Review: Bravetarts
This show is lewd, crude and very rude. And I loved it, writes Mark Drinkwater. more
(24 August 2006 00:00)

Benefit advice for people involved in kinship care
It has been a constant theme of this column that the social security system fails to keep pace with changes in society. more
(21 August 2006 17:29)

The best and worst places for social work meetings
In the first of an occasional series, Graham Hopkins looks at practice from the other side of the fence. Here, readers tell us about some of the best.... more
(21 August 2006 17:22)

Fiction Review: Bent Twigs
Only three social services directors who clearly loved writing emerged from the 1980s and 1990s: David Townsend, ex-Croydon, and Jef Smith, formerly.... more
(18 August 2006 00:00)

When a violent man rejects social services' help
A man with a history of violence is accused by his partner's elder daughter of hurting her and rejects services. Our panel advises more
(18 August 2006 00:00)

Training materials: Faith in Practice: Including People with Learning Disabilities in Faith Communities
This is a sensitive and sensible analysis of people with learning difficulties and their faith and, in turn, the impact this has on the wider faith.... more
(18 August 2006 00:00)

Organisational culture is crucial to improving social care management
In the first in a short series on challenges to social care management, Trish Hafford-Letchfield argues that the role of organisational culture is.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Networking for public information officers
In the first of a new series, Graham Hopkins talks to national social care umbrella organisations about the importance of networking. Here, Yvette.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Communication is vital to social care department's culture
Debbie Fox, a community support worker in my locality, believes "change is always something that is going to happen in the future". Well, the future.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

July
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(02 August 2006 15:14)

Summer holiday reads
We asked some of our reviewers what books they'll be packing for their holidays. more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Question from Community Care issue dated 31 August - 6 September
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(31 August 2006 00:03)

Questions from community Care issue dated 24 - 30 August
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(24 August 2006 09:46)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 17-23 August 2006
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(18 August 2006 09:12)

Question from Community Care issue dated 10 - 16 August 2006
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(10 August 2006 10:56)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 3 - 9 August 2006
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(03 August 2006 15:22)

60 second interview with Professor Susan Benbow on older people with mental illness
The Royal College of Psychiatrists called for improved services for older people with mental illness last week in a new report. Professor Susan.... more
(22 August 2006 09:08)

Editorial Comment: Historic Convention
It is surely a measure of the strides the disability movement has made worldwide that the first UN convention agreed this century is aimed at.... more
(31 August 2006 11:59)

Campaigners hail UN convention on disabilities as step to better lives
Disability rights campaigners say new United Nations convention, the first to be agreed this century, could have a major impact on the lives of.... more
(31 August 2006 11:47)

Unions’ warning on social care pensions
Social work staff in the independent sector could miss out on pension contributions if an “under the radar” employers’ campaign to revise government.... more
(31 August 2006 11:42)

Institute to put theory into practice
The Social Care Institute for Excellence will shift its focus from developing knowledge to changing practice, its corporate plan for 2006-9 says. more
(31 August 2006 11:38)

Editorial comment: Deserting their posts
A disturbing new survey shows that care staff are deserting the sector in droves and that the numbers leaving continue to rise. more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Skills drain afflicts voluntary sector
Voluntary sector care providers are losing most of their staff within two years of them joining and many leave social care altogether, the National.... more
(31 August 2006 11:30)

Nutrition fears over hospital food care
Older people face a greater risk of malnutrition because nine out of 10 nurses do not have time to help hospital patients who need help with eating,.... more
(31 August 2006 11:25)

Foster carer loses guardianship plea
A foster carer who has been looking after a trafficked child last week lost her challenge to a ruling denying her guardianship of the boy. more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Rhodes quits Coram after top-level row
The chief executive of Coram Family has resigned after less than 18 months in the job after a row with the charity's governors. more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Reid the removal man increases temperature of asylum debate
Asylum seekers young and old are bearing the brunt of the home secretary's clampdown on the immigration system, report Gordon Carson, Simeon Brody.... more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Department of Health's record on race 'probably Whitehall's worst'
The Department of Health has "probably the worst" race equality record of any Whitehall department, despite well-documented racial inequalities in.... more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Rethink on legal aid rate change
Plans to revise legal aid rates for child care cases are to be reviewed after lawyers warned that the number of solicitors taking on the work could.... more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Scottish councils 'need clear targets'
A Scottish executive strategy for foster care, due next month, must set local authorities clearer targets for the quality of care, according to one.... more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Opinion: What constitutes front-line work
You don't have to be a paid worker to be on the front line of social care, writes Jennifer Harvey more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Hewitt joins call for debate on charging
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has said the country needs to follow the recent debate on pensions with one on social care charging, in response to.... more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

EU arrivals strain Scottish councils
The number of homeless people in Scotland from the eight countries that joined the European Union in 2004 is increasing and creating problems for.... more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Wales to appoint health needs 'tsar'
A "tsar" to champion the health needs of homeless people is to be appointed by the Welsh assembly government. more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

If you ask me...Anna C Young
Anna C Young is 27 and a wheelchair user. She uses mental health services more
(30 August 2006 00:00)

Groups hopeful as Unison changes tack on direct payments in Scotland
Unison in Scotland is in talks with independent living groups as it considers softening its stance on direct payments. more
(30 August 2006 00:00)