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Social Worker Experiences
Practice - Domestic Violence more
(13 January 2007 16:13)
Social Worker Experiences
2005 - Domestic Violence more
(13 January 2007 16:06)
Social Worker Experiences
2006 - Domestic Violence more
(21 January 2007 16:04)
Council older people's services under pressure
Elderly people’s services provided by councils are under intense pressure, Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Local Government Association chairman, said today as.... more
(22 January 2007 15:24)
Social Worker Experiences
2006 - Asylum Seekers more
(20 January 2007 14:36)
Management
2005 - Children more
(20 January 2007 13:54)
Management
2006 - Children more
(20 January 2007 13:49)
International
2006 - Children more
(20 January 2007 13:02)
Welfare Rights
2005 - Children more
(20 January 2007 12:56)
Welfare Rights
2006 - Children more
(20 January 2007 12:53)
Good Practice Schemes
Practice - children more
(20 January 2007 12:42)
Case Studies
for Children more
(20 January 2007 10:33)
Stress has become ‘cause of poverty’
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from the Monday and weekend papers. more
(22 January 2007 10:10)
Opinion: Service user wishlist goes back to basics
The past 12 months have seen topsy turvy times for social care. First, the Wanless Report highlighted the need for massive new investment to meet.... more
(11 January 2007 08:13)
85p rise in weekly allowance for care home residents scorned by Age Concern
Plans to raise care home residents’ weekly expense allowance by 85 pence a week have been dubbed “a slap in the face” by Age Concern. more
(19 January 2007 16:36)
Bill on partnerships between councils and other public bodies progresses in Commons
A bill designed to tighten partnership arrangements between councils and other public bodies receives its second reading in the House of Commons.... more
(22 January 2007 00:01)
Asylum seekers need good quality legal advice, says Scottish Refugee Council
Good quality legal advice for asylum seekers must be available under the new asylum model introduced last year, the chief executive of the Scottish.... more
(20 January 2007 00:01)
Mental health charity launches anti-stigma campaign in Northern Ireland
Mental health charity Rethink has launched an anti-stigma campaign in Northern Ireland, featuring its
first ever TV commercial.
more
(21 January 2007 00:01)
Little interest in charities delivering more public services
Only a third of people believe charities should deliver more public services despite the government’s commitment for this to happen, a survey has.... more
(19 January 2007 13:40)
Setting up services for children with dangerous behaviour: key points
Intervene early. Abusive, neglectful families harm children. Identify quickly those families who lack the capacity to relate to the child with warmth.... more
(19 January 2007 11:27)
'A Mini or a Rolls Royce service?'
Cardiff Council's Neelam Bhardwaja faces some tough choices as she sets about tackling the authority's adults' services overspend. She talks to.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Compromise on compulsory treatment in Mental Health Bill possible
The government has suggested it may compromise on plans in the Mental Health Bill to extend compulsory community treatment. more
(19 January 2007 10:08)
Debate rages over adult social care funding
The Department of Health is “arguing forcefully” with the Treasury over the need for a good settlement for adult social care in the forthcoming.... more
(19 January 2007 09:47)
Failed asylum seekers reapply
Click on the above headline to read more social care related news from today's papers. more
(19 January 2007 09:40)
In the Spotlight with John Beer
What three words best describe you? “Never gives up” If you were stuck on a desert island, and could take one person and one object, who and.... more
(12 January 2007 08:27)
In the Spotlight with Ray Jones
former chair of BASW more
(19 January 2007 01:26)
Ten areas with worst rates of child poverty revealed
The 10 constituencies with the worst rates of child poverty in Britain were revealed today by research. more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Young Londoners worried about bullying and crime
Bullying continues to be a growing area of concern for children living in London, a new survey published this week has confirmed. more
(18 January 2007 10:14)
Shamed the ‘selfless’ foster couple who used girls as slaves
Click on the above deadline for more social care related news from today's papers. more
(18 January 2007 10:41)
Council targets sick leave to cut deficit
Cardiff social services are looking to tackle the high levels of residential care staff absence in an effort to reduce a projected overspend in.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Carers forced to fill gaps but receive little in return from councils
After a damning report which revealed the increasing burden on friends and family members who support people with care needs, Amy Taylor, Mary.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Editorial Comment: Exposing the iceberg
It is hard to avoid a feeling of "here we go again" as you scan the catalogue of failings and neglect highlighted by the Healthcare Commission in its.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Disability charity lobbies government for more rights and resources for disabled children
A leading disability charity is calling on the government to increase funding for disabled children and their families in a bid to protect the rights.... more
(18 January 2007 09:36)
Adult care services white paper (Independence, Health and Well being) one year on
How true is the government's aim when it comes to the pledges it made in the joint health and social care white paper, published a year ago? more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Home care services for people with life limiting and long term conditions. Research from the Influencing Palliative Care study
This article uses information gained from people who participated in research concerned with the experience and needs of people with life-limiting.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
The Child's Journey Through Care
This book looks at placement stability, care planning and achieving permanency through the use of research findings and studies, writes Sarah Welsh. more
(18 January 2007 08:33)
Loving Mr Spock: Understanding an Aloof lover - Could it be Asperger Syndrome?
The first half of this book is a first-rate introduction to Asperger's syndrome in adults, writes Beth Billington. more
(18 January 2007 08:25)
New Labour's Attack on Public Services
In a few months' time New Labour will be celebrating 10 years as Her Majesty's Government, says Keith Popple. Much will be made in the period up to.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Training Material: The Foster Carers Handbook for Carers of Children 11 years and Under
This book provides a range of useful information, primarily for the use of foster carers, in an easy to read and accessible format, writes Geoff.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Training Material: Helping Mothers Move Forward: A Workbook to Help Provide Assessment and Support to the Safe Carers of Children who have been Sexually Abused
Providing support to the mothers of children who have been sexually abused is a rather neglected area, so this workbook is to be welcomed, writes.... more
(18 January 2007 08:07)
Social services likely to take responsibility for NHS’s learning difficulties services
The government has signalled it will transfer the NHS’s remaining learning difficulties responsibilities to social services, following today’s.... more
(17 January 2007 16:30)
Practice panel: depression, bereavement and elderly people. Our multidisciplinary panel advises
An older woman loses two husbands and a daughter in just two years and life no longer appears to offer her much more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Inquiry reveals another institutional abuse scandal involving NHS trust
Inspectors have identified "institutional abuse" of people with learning difficulties in a second NHS trust, six months after the damning report into.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
Mental health staff cleared of blame over death of two men killed by schizophrenic
Mental health staff were cleared yesterday of blame over the deaths of two men killed by paranoid schizophrenic Sean Crone in Sunderland. more
(17 January 2007 16:30)
New agency will deliver regeneration and housing
The government announced plans yesterday to create a new agency to deliver regeneration and housing in England. more
(18 January 2007 00:01)
Scope launches campaign following Ashley X case
Disability charity Scope has launched a campaign to protect children from undergoing medical treatment which halts their physical development. more
(18 January 2007 00:01)
Mental Health Bill amend may allow young people to refuse treatment
Junior health minister Lord Hunt said yesterday the government would consider amending the Mental Health Bill so that 16- and 17-year-olds can refuse.... more
(16 January 2007 14:56)
Council denies discrimination claim by commissioner
A London council has denied the children's commissioner for England's allegations that it is unlawfully depriving unaccompanied asylum-seeking.... more
(17 January 2007 00:00)
Next Steps... winners of the Community Care Awards learning difficulties category 2006
Next Steps 25+ was launched as a "gut reaction" to the sluggish modernisation of day services for people with learning difficulties, says Craig.... more
(18 January 2007 00:00)
I like the idea of becoming a locum. What steps should I take? MORE...