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Book Reviews: Using the Law in Social Work
This book is a readable introduction to the law for students in the first year of the new social work degree course, writes Ed Mitchell.
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(03 February 2005 11:56)
Youth crime survey results
Survey of 603 professionals who work with young offenders .... more
(23 February 2005 14:36)
What the public think about youth crime
Results of Nop survey regarding youth crime. more
(28 February 2005 17:01)
England Expects
“I’m more interested in ways of seeing a partnership with the commissioner, so they can become a contributor and supporter of services. I don’t see.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Disability Top Of The Agenda
After years in which their needs have been largely ignored by legislators, disabled children have suddenly found themselves at the forefront of.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Profile - Anne Beales
Anne Beales is director of service user involvement at Maca, a newly created post at the mental health charity more
(10 February 2005 00:00)
Profile - Fran Duncan
Fran Duncan has been promoting a new way of working as a social work consultant at Northumberland Care Trust. more
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Why I love my job - Celia Winter
Celia Winter is assistant team manager for a long-term children and families team in Herefordshire. more
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Why I love my job - Dr Charlotte Chapman
Dr Charlotte Chapman is a doctor at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, an organisation for the rehabilitation of survivors of.... more
(10 February 2005 00:00)
Sixty second interview with John Knight
Sixty second interview with John Knight, head of polocy at Leonard Cheshire. more
(03 February 2005 14:59)
Sixty second interview with Derek Wanless
Sixty second interview with Derek Wanless
Derek Wanless
By Amy Taylor It emerged last week that Derek.... more
(09 February 2005 16:30)
Sixty second interview
Sixty second interview with Nadra Ahmed, chair of the National Care Homes Association. more
(18 February 2005 10:41)
Career Clinic
My colleague and I applied for the same internal promotion and I got it. more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Sixty second interview with Gavin Owen
Sixty second interview with Gavin Owen, policy and campaigns officer for adults at the National Autistic Society. more
(24 February 2005 14:54)
Sixty second interview with Jo Williams
Sixty second interview with Jo Williams, chief executive of Mencap and winner of Community Care's poll to find the Top 20 most influential people in.... more
(07 February 2005 10:58)
Community Care Providers Scotland
Conference coverage more
(21 February 2005 10:13)
Come and Play
When I started reading this pack I was delighted, writes Minna Graber. Here was a real need - namely building play leaders' confidence in leading.... more
(01 February 2005 00:00)
It's child's play
This 4 CD pack is a support tool for child care students studying at NVQ levels 2 and 3. The programme is accessible to users with basic computer.... more
(01 February 2005 00:00)
Web Reviews
youngcarers.net; youngaddaction.org.uk more
(01 February 2005 00:00)
Child care reforms?
Just how committed is the government to a radical overhaul of the UK's child care sector, asks Hilary Land more
(02 February 2005 00:00)
Research Round-up
Local education authorities lack a single "blueprint" approach to getting children back into schools, with pupils with caring responsibilities being.... more
(01 February 2005 00:00)
Leave well alone?
When Home-Start asked researchers to evaluate its family support services, they weren't prepared for the results they received. Sarah Wellard looks.... more
(01 February 2005 00:00)
Central questions
How do children's centres fit into the government's strategy for child care? Frances Rickford reports.
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(02 February 2005 00:00)
Sooner the better
With quality early intervention disabled children's lives can be transformed, writes Lesley Campbell. more
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Pots of Gold
A new series on sources of funds for organisations working with children and teenagers: Young People's Fund Grants to Organisations Programme more
(01 February 2005 00:00)
Mother courage
"You are what you eat" is the mesage for 12 year old James who has a history of hiding food.
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(02 February 2005 00:00)
Keep them in
The government is attacking truancy on all fronts as more evidence links school non-attendance with underachievement, antisocial behaviour and crime..... more
(02 February 2005 00:00)
Feeling angry, keeping cool
People deal with anger differently. Some people express it by shouting, breaking things or getting into fights. But other people keep their angry.... more
(02 February 2005 00:00)
Rules of Engagement
Parents could face curfews and classes under child contact reforms more
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My Life
Ryan Miller, aged 13, describes his feelings on the loss of his family's dog, Molly. more
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Tell them about poverty
The wealth gap between the world's children is now a gulf. But how many children in the West even know about it? more
(02 February 2005 00:00)
Stuck for words
Stammering affects more than 100,000 school-aged children in the UK. What causes it and how can children who stammer be helped, asks Joy Ogden. more
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Vulnerable young people unfairly at risk from antisocial behaviour orders
Some children with learning difficulties are at risk of being given antisocial behaviour disorders because their conditions are misunderstood,.... more
(24 February 2005 00:00)
Leep over the learning gap
Tutors are placed alongside students on practice learning in an initiative to bridge the divide between work and classroom. Gary Clapton and Maura.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Home Work
Lewisham schools are providing school home workers to help students with emotional problems and their families. Alison Miller reports on the winner.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
In for the long haul
Dick Clough is stepping down after a quarter century at the helm of the Social Care Association and its predecessor. He tells Terry Philpot about his.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
On the move....
MURIEL KELLY has joined the team of fieldworkers
at Scope, the disability charity. She will work in Teesside,
providing information, advice and.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Clash of Expectations
Can the gap betwen the parents' desired care package for their disaled daughter and the local authority be bridged? more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Recording Contract
Despite its importance, case recording is often the first thing sacrificed if time is short. However, a peer audit scheme in Reading looks set to.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
They think it's all over
What will be lost, and how will children gain when Sure Start local programmes are absorbed into services provided by council children's centres?.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Lost in translation
Those with little or no English are reliant upon interpreters to use social care and other services. Bogusia Temple, Rosalind Edwards and Claire.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Where's the carrot?
Those on means-tested benefits have little incentive to test out paid employment, writes Gary Vaux. more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Are social workers protected when they blow the whistle?
The social work code of practice came into force to encourage whistleblowers, but there are concerns that it is failing to defend staff. Derren Hayes.... more
(03 February 2005 00:00)
Debate on PRTL
Should post-registration training and learning be left to the employer and employee? more
(24 February 2005 09:17)
Backgrounder on the Zahid Mubarek inquiry
All the articles we have published about the Zahid Mubarek
inquiry.
Public inquiry into racist killing in young offender.... more
(11 February 2005 15:21)
Former POA branch chair of Feltham YOI charged with threatening behaviour
The former chair of the Prison Officers’ Association Andrew Darken has been charged with threatening behaviour and is due to appear in court.... more
(28 February 2005 17:09)
National truancy sweeps begin
The Department for Education and Skills biannual national truancy sweep began today in a bid to ensure as many young people as possible attend.... more
(28 February 2005 16:44)
Mental health charities slam Asbo case
Mental health charities have slammed the case of a suicidal woman who has been given an antisocial behaviour order banning her from places where she.... more
(28 February 2005 15:32)
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