Articles by Date : December 01 2003 - December 31 2003

Unhealthy states
Letter from America. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Stage coaches
Eileen Fursland reports on a theatre company offering alternative day services for people with learning difficulties and how it has grown from a.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Research into practice
Suzanne Hodge looks at a project that plants the seeds of recovery in the families of asylum seekers and refugees by giving them a garden. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Love thy neighbours?
After a serious accident an older couple may end up prisoners in their own flat unless other residents allow a stairlift to be fitted. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

No claim, no gain
Pensioners need to be made more aware of how council tax benefit works, writes Gary Vaux. more
(11 December 2003 00:00)

Power to the people
We all feel we should "empower" service users, but our attempts are often tokenistic. John Belcher, Sheena Doyle, Claire Smart and Kathryn Stone.... more
(11 December 2003 00:00)

Research into practice
Neil Thompson looks at research exploring the attitudes of men and women to equality issues and the language of gender. more
(11 December 2003 00:00)

Look back in anger
A man is left distraught when his wife suffers a brain haemorrhage. His dismay turns to anger at the lack of help he receives in the early stages of.... more
(11 December 2003 00:00)

Culture of safety
In the third in a series of articles on Community Care Awards 2003 winners, Sarah Bartlett reports on the child protection category winner, the.... more
(11 December 2003 00:00)

Research into practice
Phil Prescott and Mike Hartill analyse research into the problems faced by sporting bodies in the development of child protection policies. more
(04 December 2003 00:00)

Memory banks
A Liverpool museum is turning the memories of older people into a resource and a social care programme with outreach projects and activities. Des.... more
(04 December 2003 00:00)

Parents as pupils
The government has now recognised the need for better parenting services, but one county is way ahead of the field. Graham Hopkins visits Essex. more
(04 December 2003 00:00)

Women take the lead
Letter from Saratov, Russia. more
(04 December 2003 00:00)

Cherish
By Yinka Sunmonu. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

The Missing Side of the Triangle
By Gordon Jack and Owen Gill. more
(12 December 2003 09:57)

Interdisciplinary Work in Child Welfare
By Alexis A Taylor. more
(04 December 2003 00:00)

Integrating Health and Social Care and Making it Work
By Margaret Edwards and Clive Miller. more
(04 December 2003 00:00)

Broadening Horizons
Edited by Lena Dominelli and Wanda Thomas Bernard. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

40 Cases. Restorative Justice and Victim Offender Mediation
Edited by Paul Crosland and Marian Liebmann. more
(11 December 2003 00:00)

Investigate markets, say care providers
An inquiry into the home care market should be carried out alongside a proposed investigation into the care home sector, say care providers. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Single assessments 'will not be perfect'
Implementation of the single assessment process requires a "no pain, no gain" attitude, the head of older people and social care at the Department.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Tax credit hike aims to hit poverty target
The government announced plans to increase child tax credit last week after warnings that its target on reducing child poverty could be missed. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

More cash to keep lid on council tax
An extra £340m was given to local authorities in England by the chancellor in his pre-budget report last week alongside an instruction to keep down.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Chancellor lauded as plans to help parents pay for child care are set out
Charity Daycare Trust hailed chancellor Gordon Brown as "the child care champion" last week after he announced measures to help working parents with.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Hughes pledges to foot bill for taking children of asylum seekers into care
The government has promised to reimburse social services departments if children of failed asylum seekers are taken into care under proposed.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Fears of further cuts in legal aid
Further reductions in legal aid for asylum seekers could be in the pipeline. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Language may prove a barrier to many eligible for government's amnesty plan
The government's plan to grant indefinite leave to remain to up to 15,000 families of asylum seekers could be fraught with difficulties, delegates.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Training materials
Stop! No More Abuse more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Findings cast doubt on government belief that adoption is best answer
Research suggests the number of children placed through adoption may have peaked and different solutions need to be found for those harder to place,.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Date set to start bans on staff who harm
The long-awaited workforce ban on people who have harmed vulnerable adults will be introduced in June, the government announced last week. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Child trafficking is 'on the increase'
The Aids epidemic blighting parts of Africa is feeding the trade in child trafficking, the solicitor general warned last week. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Campaigners accuse standards body of being too close to care providers
The National Care Standards Commission is more interested in keeping providers happy than improving the care of older people, according to evidence.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Trust plans to be vetted by directors
Primary care trusts will have to have their delivery plans "signed off" by children's services directors, a senior government official has said. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Social services are at a 'crossroads'
The next 12 months will see the end of social services departments in their current form, the president of the Association of Directors of Social.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Barnardo's drops 'offensive' adverts
Barnardo's has been forced to withdraw a series of advertisements that included a baby with a cockroach crawling out of its mouth after the.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Scottish councils vow to revamp procedures following child deaths
Two Scottish councils are planning an overhaul of their social work departments following child abuse inquiries. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

New head of legal service appointed
Baroness Jill Pitkeathley has become chairperson of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Mixed reaction to help for porn users
Proposals to encourage internet child pornography users to seek help have received a mixed response from children's charities. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Children are the good food guides
Contrary to what parents think - and despite the best efforts of advertising executives - children know what food is good for them, new research.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Behan given CBE in New Year's Honours List
Two leading figures in the social care field were recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for their work, writes David Callaghan. more
(31 December 2003 15:01)

Board allays fears on beds reduction
The Youth Justice Board has denied that the potential reduction in the number of places in secure children's homes could result in young offenders.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Firms urged to help expand Sure Start
Education secretary Charles Clarke has called on employers to provide more child care support to help Sure Start services extend beyond disadvantaged.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

MPs back controversial clause in bill but want check on numbers in care
MPs want assurances that measures in the new asylum bill will not lead to large numbers of children being taken into care. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Half feel workplace has racism problem
Half the visitors to Community Care 's website last week claimed their place of work was institutionally racist. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Children's Society to shed managers
The Children's Society plans to cut 115 jobs next March in a bid to save £5m but insists none of its 90 projects will be affected. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Teenager wins fight for a new home
A 17-year-old boy who took Stoke-on-Trent Council to the High Court over its alleged failure to provide him with suitable accommodation is likely to.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Delay to closure of long-stay hospitals
Learning difficulties campaigners have slammed plans unveiled this week to delay the closure of long-stay hospitals by up to two years. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Paediatrician case review in the air
The Department for Education and Skills is unable to confirm whether it will carry out a review into all cases involving Roy Meadow until the General.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

New draft mental health bill may fail to meet campaigners' demands
A revised version of the draft mental health bill could be published early in the New Year, Community Care has learned. more
(18 December 2003 00:00)

Social care stars do not shine for all
Two councils with two-star social services departments have been rated as "poor" under the first updated Audit Commission comprehensive performance.... more
(18 December 2003 00:00)