Articles by Date : September 01 2004 - September 30 2004

www.mentalhealth.org.uk
This site run by the Mental Health Foundation, the leading UK charity in mental health and mental disorders, certainly seems to live up to its claim.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Switch to credit
Families who adopt children would benefit from claiming child tax credit, writes Gary Vaux. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Jobs that Challenge
A new project is looking to improve the employment chances of people with learning difficulties - and challenging employers' perceptions, writes.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Haven or prison cell?
After life in a long-stay hospital a residential home poses social and psychological problems for a man with learning difficulties. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Food Hygiene And Safety: A Handbook For Care Practitioners
Intended for anyone whose work involves preparing or serving food to clients, this simply-written, comprehensive text book is detailed enough for.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

My Crazy Parents
Morgan Matthews’s documentary followed two teenagers whose parents have a mental illness, writes Clea Barry. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Cooltan Arts, Maudsley Hospital, London, Until 31 October
How refreshing to visit the Maudsley psychiatric hospital to view an art exhibition, writes Mark Drinkwater. more
(23 September 2004 00:00)

Boarding pass
How is it that Reading social services ended up paying the private school fees of a 10 year old? Graham Hopkins hears from social worker Tricia Hays.... more
(23 September 2004 00:00)

Edge Of The City, Channel 4, Thursday 26 August
This portrait of Bradford social services and some of their typical clients followed four cases for a year: a young offender and his mentor; a couple.... more
(23 September 2004 00:00)

My practice
Using play, art or stories allows children to express their feelings to social workers and have them accepted, writes Clea Barry. more
(23 September 2004 00:00)

All within reach
The publication of new standards for supported living provided the impetus for a care provider to review positively its effectiveness. Here, Alice.... more
(23 September 2004 00:00)

Contraception - The Computer Game
This is a computer game where young people can learn about "positive attitudes and actions in sexual behaviour", writes Chantelle Gordon. more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Inside I'm dancing
When portraying disability, film-makers often tread an unsteady path between a sentimentalised worthiness and the plain patronising, writes Graham.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Channel crossing
An Anglo-Frenchpartnership is pioneering"cultural mediation" as a way to combat exclusion among ethnic minority groups.Mark Hunter reports. more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Is he ready to make peace?
A man who tried to kill his father and has paranoid schizophrenia is unable to live in the community on release from prison. more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Attack the roots
Mark Morrell is nine years old and has already sexually abused several other children, including his younger stepbrother. To tackle such behaviour.... more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Telling It Ourselves: An Oral History
This video is a quite delightful and excellent piece of advocacy, writes Abiola Ogunsola. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Bridget's Taking A Long Time: A Journey Through Adoption From The Perspective Of A Birth Child
This interactive story for children aged five to 12 is aimed at birth children of parents who are going through the adoption process, writes Michelle.... more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Opportunity Knox
A push in Durham to open up more universal services has led to better joint working relationships and an awareness of how to avoid service.... more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

My practice
Social workers should never lose sight of the importance of low level need in everyday practice, writes Elaine Pugh. more
(09 September 2004 15:40)

Rain Man
When Rain Man hit our cinema screens in 1988 it brought the term autism into the public consciousness, writes Stuart Notholt. more
(02 September 2004 00:00)

www.wellontheweb.net
This site is dedicated to communicating the work of the Scottish executive’s national programme (launched in 2001) for improving the mental health.... more
(02 September 2004 00:00)

Nurseries Undercover: The Real Story
Good old Ofsted. The real villains of this undercover documentary that shockingly showed children being shouted at, humiliated, called "minger",.... more
(02 September 2004 00:00)

Fair play and foul
Benefit changes give some groups a better moral deal but treat others unfairly, says Gary Vaux. more
(02 September 2004 00:00)

Fertile ground
A conservation partnership between a museum and a day service is changing the public landscape for people with learning difficulties. Gary Hayden.... more
(02 September 2004 00:00)

Supporting Care Practice: Foundation Modern Apprenticeship, Level 2
By Yvonne Nolan. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Social Work Ideals And Practice Realities
Edited by Mark Lymbery and Sandra Butler. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

The Practical Guide To Social Welfare Research
By Douglas Robertson and Alan Dearling. more
(23 September 2004 00:00)

ICT for social welfare
By Luke Geoghegan, Jason Lever and Ian McGimpsey. more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

When Your Baby Cries
By Deborah Jackson. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Changing Where We Live: A Guide To Working With Communities To Create Green And Sustainable Communities
By Chris Church with Charlie Garratt. more
(23 September 2004 00:00)

21st century asylums
St Luke’s Hospital Group. more
(17 September 2004 15:14)

My life
Julie, aged 16, explains how her father’s drug misuse damaged her family and her education. more
(29 September 2004 18:41)

Can a free market deliver high quality child care?
"High turnover of staff was by far the biggest threat to sustainability with 84 per cent of day nurseries and 81 per cent of playgroups", reported.... more
(29 September 2004 18:45)

Mother courage
It’s the start of a new school term and despite help from a child psychologist, the screaming matches have started again… more
(29 September 2004 18:38)

Social workers pushed to strike
In Liverpool, staff have had enough of managers who fail to recognise their contribution, writes Elizabeth McAteer. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Despair that found its voice too late
The death of 13-year-old Laura Rhodes shows that many adults fail to listen to bullied children. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Prescott calls on housing associations to work more closely with councils
Housing associations must "co-operate" more closely with councils to provide homes for the homeless, deputy prime minister John Prescott has urged. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

That's the spirit
Neighbourhood groups can add a huge amount of value to older people's lives. Here, Jean Townsend and colleagues describe the conditions in which they.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Speaking of teaching
There is a lack of knowledge about the most effective way of teaching communication skills on social work degree courses, contends Marie Diggins. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Mind and body together
Philosophers have spoken of the unity of mind and body for centuries. But social services still grapple with providing coherent services for disabled.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

If only the radicals had stayed that way
After 42 years working with deprived children and communities Bob Holman has retired. Here he praises post-war welfare reforms and community action,.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Bars to study
If young offenders are to stand a decent chance of making a new life for themselves after their sentences, they need to carry on with their education.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Slippery slope?
Young people who are excluded from school often go on to offend. So what effort is being made to try to keep them in education and off the streets? more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

If you ask me...
Gail Hanrahan-Barnes' son has severe learning difficulties and complex needs. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

The big question
Do you think Fathers4Justice are right to take direct action to highlight their cause? more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

The Simon Heng Column
A service user's view of social care. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Patchwork support
Tracy Tear says she has to piece together help in caring for her young son with learning difficulties. more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

Excluding reality
With its plethora of Yips, Yots and Yops, the government appears unsure of how to tackle youth crime. Surely, any lasting solution must lie in.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)

London authorities must co-operate if they are to beat recruitment crisis
Several initiatives are tackling the London social care skills crisis, writes Derren Hayes, as Community Care's Care in the Capital Week showed. Will.... more
(30 September 2004 00:00)