Articles by Date : September 01 2001 - September 30 2001

News analysis of voluntary sector involvement in children`s fund and sex abuse of people with learning difficulties
It may be advisable to print this document as it is long. The children's fund was supposed to be an opportunity for the voluntary sector.... more
(20 September 2001 00:00)

News analysis of social workers' views on the government's social exclusion policy. Plus, how US social workers are coping in the aftermath of 11 September
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(27 September 2001 00:00)

news analysis of ground breaking Scope report and unqualified staff working in mental health
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(05 September 2001 16:35)

news analysis pieces on performance related pay and stress at work
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(12 September 2001 10:54)

Climbie`s social worker outlines defence
Lisa Arthurworrey, the Haringey social worker allocated to Victoria Climbie’s case, told the public inquiry into the girl’s death yesterday.... more
(28 September 2001 16:25)

Social exclusion: is Labour working?
Gary Craig, professor of social justice at the University of Hull, casts a critical eye over New Labour's record on tackling poverty over the past.... more
(27 September 2001 11:56)

A liberal dilemma
Yvonne Roberts asks whether social and religious diversity can co-exist with consensus and solidarity?. more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Offenders on a tightrope
How and where to house sex offenders is an extremely sensitive issue – especially when the client shows no remorse about past offending and is.... more
(27 September 2001 11:05)

Research into practice
Gaynor Wingham looks at research on what constitutes good practice in multi-agency working between health, social services and education. more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Liberal Democrats warn of looming care crisis
Liberal Democrats have called on government to avert the “looming care crisis”, claiming a lack of capacity is creating “winter pressures in the.... more
(28 September 2001 12:33)

£415 million aid to housing stock transfer
The Scottish executive will pay Glasgow an additional £415 million over ten years if tenants vote to transfer council housing stock to the.... more
(28 September 2001 14:22)

Former care worker jailed
A former care worker at Quarriers’ children’s homes in Renfrewshire was jailed today for sexually abusing girls in his care in the 1960s. more
(28 September 2001 14:24)

Lib Dems slam care of the elderly
Liberal Democrat Older people's spokesman Paul Burstow has attacked the Westminster government over pay for social care staff, its treatment of.... more
(28 September 2001 16:11)

People with learning difficulties have trouble using web
Web designers should do more to make internet sites accessible to disabled people, mental health charity Mencap has concluded after surveying.... more
(28 September 2001 12:37)

Cautious welcome for mortgage to rent scheme
Scottish councils and housing organisations have given a cautious welcome to new proposals by the Scottish executive to prevent people in arrears.... more
(27 September 2001 16:33)

A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Sally Gillen and Reg McKay. more
(28 September 2001 10:18)

Debate: are our values safe?
FOR Social work values remain a powerful force and there is no evidence that closer working with health will erode them. more
(27 September 2001 15:31)

The best days of your life?
Joe Kelly remembers how poor teaching contributed to his breakdown – and less directly, his recovery. more
(27 September 2001 15:28)

New treatment funded by council
A controversial treatment programme which claims to cure children of autistic behaviour is to be funded in the UK for the first time by Stirling.... more
(27 September 2001 10:13)

Work schemes not evenly focused
Council schemes to help disabled people into work are focused mainly on people with learning difficulties and mental health problems, with little.... more
(27 September 2001 10:14)

Cafcass 'close to paralysis'
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support System is close to meltdown just six months after it came into being, according to staff working.... more
(27 September 2001 10:18)

A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Sally Gillen and Reg McKay. more
(27 September 2001 10:25)

Creating a Safe Place: Helping Children and Families Recover from Sexual Abuse
By NCH Children and Families Project. Jessica Kingsley Publishers £15. more
(27 September 2001 10:36)

Restoring Respect for Justice
By Martin Wright. more
(27 September 2001 10:36)

Birth parents still in the dark
Widen the net, urges Julia Feast, project manager for the post-adoption and care project at the Children's Society. more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Forgotten fringe
The plethora of social inclusion policies are at risk of ignoring the most marginalised people, who often need the high-quality support that can be.... more
(27 September 2001 11:07)

This week's writer is a manager in a voluntary agency
MONDAY My son has just started school. He's going part-time so I've taken the morning off work to settle him in. more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Councils under pressure from Climbie Inquiry
Councillors at Haringey and Brent Councils were placed firmly in the firing line at the opening of the Victoria Climbie Inquiry yesterday.... more
(27 September 2001 11:09)

New head of integrated care for Highlands
A new management post combining social care and health has been set up in the Highlands with a view to creating a seamless service. more
(27 September 2001 16:32)

Nursing care free for all
As the government prepares to introduce free nursing care for people in nursing homes next month, Jon Glasby warns of some of the potential.... more
(06 September 2001 00:00)

Right side of the law
What should a local authority do when faced with a judicial review? Steve Cragg explains the implications of judicial reviews and suggests how.... more
(13 September 2001 00:00)

Shared misconceptions
Two care home residents can still share a bedroom in a care home if they want. more
(20 September 2001 00:00)

Lib Dems slam MOT tests for claimants
A new scheme to check up on disabled benefit claimants was the centre of a political row today. more
(26 September 2001 20:49)

Government polices fail to help people in deprived areas, poll shows
Social inclusion strategies are failing to improve the lives of many excluded people, according to two new polls commissioned by Community Care,.... more
(27 September 2001 12:19)

Staff and public divided over quality of public sector services
Only one in five people believe the public sector has improved in the past four years, compared with nearly four-fifths of public sector workers,.... more
(27 September 2001 10:10)

Homeward bound
It is never easy for ex-offenders to gain a foothold in society and become members of the community, but one multi-agency scheme in Middlesbrough.... more
(13 September 2001 00:00)

Therapy lifeline for learning difficulty parents
People with learning difficulties who manage on their own often find it harder to cope when they become parents and may have to face the trauma of.... more
(20 September 2001 00:00)

Creditable proposals
Neil Bateman explains a range of changes to children's benefits the government is likely to make. more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Training materials
Even Better Parents Barbara Maines and George Robinson, Lucky Duck Publishing, 3 Thorndale Mews, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2HX, £55 for video,.... more
(27 September 2001 17:28)

Building intermediate care
Two of our regular panellists offer advice and support. more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Scottish executive angers councils
The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) has accused the Scottish executive of showing "a lack of trust" over its proposals to.... more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Party politics
Care trusts were vaunted as central to modernisation. So why is there so much uncertainty surrounding the pilot process, asks Lauren Revans. more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Support is not 'mundane'
Proposals for a new type of "support, time, recovery" (STR) worker in mental health are about meeting users' top priority needs, not.... more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Severe staff shortages in social services putting children at risk
Vulnerable children are at risk of falling through the child protection net because of severe staff shortages, social services directors warned.... more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Staff evidence to be heard in November
Social workers at the centre of the Victoria Climbie inquiry, which opens this week, will not be called to give evidence until November,.... more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Easier evictions for anti-social tenants
The government looks set to reform the procedure for using anti-social behaviour orders to make it easier for local authorities to evict nuisance.... more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Government wants strategy responses
Councils, housing associations and the voluntary sector have been asked to respond to a government consultation on a national homelessness strategy.... more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

New act needed to stop discrimination
Anew disability act is needed to protect disabled people who are failed by the law, according to the first annual report from the Disability.... more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

Urgent action on recruitment is needed to meet adoption targets
Achieving government adoption targets will require more front-line staff and extra funding, a national conference heard last week. more
(27 September 2001 00:00)

We are changing too
Welcome to a Community Care that will be familiar in the ways you value most, and different in ways that will help it support social work and.... more
(27 September 2001 00:00)