Articles by Date : September 01 2006 - September 30 2006

Working with Young People – Legal Responsibility & Liability
Now in its sixth edition, this guide continues to perform the valuable task of charting a course through the legal pitfalls associated with working.... more
(28 September 2006 13:45)

Many carers have low-paid jobs
Carers who provide over 20 hours of care a week are clustered in low-paid jobs, a Carers UK report says today. more
(27 September 2006 11:33)

Vacancy rates edge downwards as survey identifies key factors in recruiting staff
Turnover and vacancy rates in the social care workforce are down but recruitment blackspots linger on. Josephine Hocking reports more
(21 September 2006 11:00)

Welsh councils consider social work agency to stem high staff turnover
Councils in Wales could set up their own recruitment agency as part of efforts by social services leaders to reduce the high turnover of social.... more
(14 September 2006 00:14)

Authorities spend more on training but recruitment difficulties persist
Councils are fast increasing spending on training social workers, but vacancy rates are refusing to fall and recruitment and retention difficulties.... more
(14 September 2006 00:02)

Training Materials Review - Person Centred Planning in a Learning Disability Service
This study book covers the major learning routes such as the Learning Disability Awards Framework and NVQ Four for those practitioners who are in.... more
(28 September 2006 00:27)

Exhibition Review - Benjamin's Britain
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah was asked by the National Portrait Gallery to curate an exhibition on one theme using photographs from their collection. more
(28 September 2006 00:24)

Why joint commissioning isn't the be all and end all of service management
In our continuing series on the challenges facing social care management, Martin Willis looks at the realities of partnership working and confronting.... more
(28 September 2006 00:01)

My Practice - James Lampert
Partnerships need open communication and an understanding of other agencies’ and service users’ needs, says James Lampert more
(28 September 2006 00:01)

How to create jobs for people with learning difficulties?
Providing jobs for people with learning difficulties requires careful planning by employers, but most of all it requires determination and.... more
(21 September 2006 19:58)

Service users inform social work degree courses
The new social work degree requires user and carer involvement. Researcher Roxana Anghel evaluates one university’s project more
(21 September 2006 19:09)

Centre for the Development of Social Care Practice leads the way in university and local authority partnerships
A university and its local authority has a unique partnership approach to the training of social work students, including postqualification. Centre.... more
(21 September 2006 18:54)

Social workers need better skills to communicate with children
Social workers need to communicate well with children but are they being trained to do so, ask Barry Luckock and Michelle Lefevre more
(21 September 2006 18:40)

Buckinghamshire practice learning solution for social work students
Five years ago Buckinghamshire Council experienced a sharp decline in the number of practice placements for social work students. Graham Hopkins.... more
(21 September 2006 18:36)

Training Materials - Attachment Handbook for Foster Care and Adoption
You know you are in safe hands here – Schofield and Beek are experienced practitioners and researchers who have published extensively in this area,.... more
(21 September 2006 13:28)

Training Materials - Care Standards Legislation Handbook
All current legislation for the regulation of care services and to the appeal processes within England is here, writes Heather Chaplin. more
(21 September 2006 13:26)

Training Materials Review - Making Your Mind Up
Split into four sections, each about 10 minutes long, this DVD explores sex and relationships issues, writes Elspeth Loades. The accompanying booklet.... more
(21 September 2006 13:23)

Training Material: Reflections. Life Stories, Quotes,Poems and Snapshots from People with Support Needs.
Hearing other people’s stories is fundamental to social care and, however busy, all professionals should take time to stop and listen, writes Colette.... more
(14 September 2006 00:59)

Sexually inappropriate behaviour: adolescent boys 'sex games' require intervention
Three adolescent boys, including brothers, engage in sexual activity with each other. Andrew Durham has to balance giving the boys freedom to explore.... more
(14 September 2006 00:51)

Maternity and Paternity benefits and good news for carers in employment
Gary Vaux examines new maternity and paternity benefits plus flexible working rights for carers more
(14 September 2006 00:33)

How the RAPP project in Hull is successfully mentoring young people
Difficult-to-engage young people are being attracted to Rapp, a project in Hull which stakes its reputation on experience and independence. Sarah.... more
(14 September 2006 00:26)

Training Material: Raising Concerns and Whistleblowing
Any training resource that sets out to encourage staff to report bad practice has to be welcome. However, although it makes a good attempt,.... more
(14 September 2006 00:07)

Training Material: Nutmeg Gets in Trouble
Nutmeg the squirrel must be a familiar figure to most adopted children of primary age and this latest instalment of his adventures will doubtless be.... more
(14 September 2006 00:02)

Managing the transition between foster and adoptive care
Following the controversy over the way Haringey Council removed Baby C from his foster carer, Barbara Hutchinson, deputy chief executive of the.... more
(06 September 2006 13:58)

Commissioning - How managers can avoid costly failures
The Cornwall scandal highlighted what can go wrong if there is a failure of commissioning arrangements. Andrew Cozens explains how managers and.... more
(07 September 2006 00:00)

Music Review - Statute of Liberty
Creative Routes is an organisation that "celebrates and promotes the creativity and individuality of mad people and creatively campaigns to tackle.... more
(07 September 2006 00:00)

Commissioning: Good practice online at www.changeagentteam.org.uk
A good practice eBook is a useful resource for improving the commissioning of community services, says Meic Phillips more
(07 September 2006 00:00)

Practice panel: advice on a case involving poor mental health and fire starting
The parents of a man with mental health problems fail to involve services in his care but eventually a crisis occurs more
(07 September 2006 00:00)

August
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(06 September 2006 14:49)

In the spotlight with Richard West
Richard West is a learning difficulties campaigner. more
(20 September 2006 18:14)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 7 - 13 September 2006
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(07 September 2006 09:01)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 14 - 21 September 2006
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(14 September 2006 00:49)

Question from Community Care issue dated 21-27 September
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(26 September 2006 09:46)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 28 September - 4 October
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(28 September 2006 09:32)

Staff shortages still persist in children’s services
Children’s services are still being hit by recruitment and retention problems, according to a local authority workforce report from the Local.... more
(29 September 2006 07:38)

White paper must prioritise staff
The Department of Health’s new workforce chief should prioritise the staff requirements needed to implement the health and social care white paper. more
(29 September 2006 07:26)

Hertfordshire Council raps schools for failing to prioritise children in care
Hertfordshire Council has successfully taken action against more than 50 schools for failing to prioritise looked-after children in published.... more
(29 September 2006 00:00)

Some YOTs fail to understand case management
Some youth offending team workers do not “understand the concept of case management” and in a few cases are “philosophically opposed” to involving.... more
(28 September 2006 00:00)

Age discrimination - special report
From 1 October, discrimination, harassment or victimisation in employment or training on the grounds of age will be unlawful. The much-anticipated.... more
(29 September 2006 00:00)

Numbers on child protection register rise in Scotland
Scotland’s councils reported a 6 per cent rise in the number of children on child protection registers last year, according to figures today from the.... more
(29 September 2006 00:00)

Regulator says access to therapies and crisis care must improve
Access to talking therapies, out-of-hours crisis care and the management of medicines in community mental health care must improve, inspectors said.... more
(29 September 2006 08:15)

Government meets drug treatment target two years early
More than 180,000 people are now receiving drug treatment services in England – more than twice the number in 1998 according to figures published.... more
(29 September 2006 00:00)

One in eight pupils speak English as their second language
Click on the above headline for more social care related headlines from the national newspapers. more
(29 September 2006 00:00)

Guess Who September answers
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(29 September 2006 08:58)

Guess Who - June
Guess Who quiz from June 2006 more
(29 September 2006 08:25)

Care homes face retention problems
Despite some improvements, care homes are still experiencing turnover rates of 25 per cent this year, according to research from the National Care.... more
(29 September 2006 07:41)

Concerns over Glasgow pay review
Union chiefs warned that some care staff at Glasgow Council’s social work department will lose money as part of a pay and benefits review. more
(29 September 2006 07:34)

Pension worries among social care staff
Social care staff in the independent sector could miss out on pension contributions if an employers’ campaign to revise government proposals.... more
(29 September 2006 07:31)

One third of authorities fail to monitor children not receiving an education
More than a third of local authorities are failing to monitor the number of children who are not receiving an education in their area despite a.... more
(28 September 2006 00:00)

Home Office accepts liability over young offender who died in prison
The Home Office appears to have finally accepted responsibility for the death of 18-year-old Sarah Campbell in Styal prison in 2003. more
(27 September 2006 09:00)