Articles by Date : February 01 2006 - February 28 2006

TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2006
Average council tax rise is 4% more
(21 February 2006 09:36)

Foster carers in Northern Ireland under paid, says charity
Foster carers in Northern Ireland receive allowances well below recommended levels according to research by The Fostering Network. more
(22 February 2006 00:00)

Hewitt urges PCTs not to shunt costs
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has warned primary care trusts not to shunt costs on to social services departments amid evidence this is happening.... more
(20 February 2006 00:00)

Teenagers form gangs to stay safe
Teenagers often form gangs with friends as a way of staying safe and out of trouble, according to a new study on children’s resilience by Glasgow.... more
(20 February 2006 00:00)

Special report on continuing care
The NHS continuing care system is a perennial subject of controversy. more
(17 February 2006 15:05)

MONDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2006
Court clears Meadow to practise again more
(20 February 2006 10:10)

SCIE appoints new chair
Allan Bowman is set to replace Jane Campbell as chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence. more
(16 February 2006 00:00)

Special report on Carlile inquiry
Children in custody are subjected to treatment that would result in child protection investigations and criminal charges in any other setting, an.... more
(17 February 2006 00:00)

Inquiry demands better protection for children in prison
One in five instances of restraint of children in custody either resulted in an injury to the child or staff member involved, an inquiry has revealed. more
(17 February 2006 12:01)

Meadow cleared of serious professional misconduct
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has welcomed the High Court ruling clearing Sir Roy Meadow of serious professional misconduct. more
(17 February 2006 00:00)

FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2006
Equality groups urge crackdown on employers more
(17 February 2006 09:56)

Lord Carlile slams use of restraint in custody
Children in custody are regularly subjected to “demeaning and dehumanising” strip-searching, physical restraint and long periods of isolation, an.... more
(17 February 2006 00:00)

Sixty Second Interview
Sixty Second Interview with Paul Burstow more
(15 February 2006 00:00)

Sixty Second Interview
with Paul Burstow more
(16 February 2006 16:03)

Missing Word answers
Click to reveal the answers more
(16 February 2006 15:51)

Missing words - 020206
Missing words taken from 2-8 issue of Community Care and Farmers Weekly more
(16 February 2006 15:45)

How To Understand Autism - The Easy Way
There are two people whom parents of autistic children dread meeting, writes Michael Fitzpatrick. more
(09 February 2006 12:18)

Care Standards Legislation Handbook
Designed for the bookshelf rather than the briefcase, this weighty volume brings together all the legislation most useful in social care regulation,.... more
(09 February 2006 12:21)

Can You Read Me? Creative Writing with Child and Adult Victims of Abuse
Creative writing can give insight into a writer's thoughts and feelings, and help individuals overcome trauma, writes Helen Howard. more
(09 February 2006 12:23)

Questions from Community Care - Plenty to play for
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(16 February 2006 14:22)

Plenty to play for
The white paper maps out strong commissioning arrangements with the creation of a new lead role: the director of adults’ services. It also points to.... more
(16 February 2006 14:35)

Questions from Community Care - Do the claims stand up
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(16 February 2006 14:17)

Don't put children in jail
In our supposedly enlightened age it's hard to believe that children in custody are being forcibly strip searched, and punished with solitary.... more
(16 February 2006 14:14)

'We want front-line social workers to use their skills'
William Roe defends his 21st Century Review and tells Derren Hayes how Scotland's social workers need to be empowered to improve service users' lives more
(16 February 2006 13:45)

'We want front-line social workers to use their skills'
William Roe defends his 21st Century Review and tells Derren Hayes how Scotland's social workers need to be empowered to improve service users' lives more
(16 February 2006 08:46)

'We want front-line social workers to use their skills'
William Roe defends his 21st Century Review and tells Derren Hayes how Scotland's social workers need to be empowered to improve service users' lives more
(16 February 2006 13:42)

Child's play
A child-led play project near Bath which has brought the local community closer together won a Community Care Award in the supporting children and.... more
(16 February 2006 12:21)

Mischief on both sides over those cartoons
Sticks and stones and Scud missiles may break my bones…but cartoons? more
(16 February 2006 12:19)

Will they think I'm a genuine case?'
Two years ago, David Craggs’ life was turned upside down when he was made redundant from his job as a bricklayer and building maintenance engineer.... more
(16 February 2006 12:17)

Shining path?
The Pathways to Work scheme, which has pioneered an approach to help incapacity benefit claimants back into work, has been hailed as a success in.... more
(16 February 2006 12:15)

‘The jobs are not out there’
Richard Marx, who suffers from chronic anxiety and depression, is not happy about the government’s plans for welfare reform. more
(16 February 2006 11:22)

Cash cut or helping hand?
In the first of our articles in our focus on welfare reform, Katie Leason reports on the concerns of people with mental health problems with the.... more
(16 February 2006 11:20)

Our beauty is inside us
Leanna Benjamin comes to terms with the fact that her illnesses have now caught up with her looks more
(16 February 2006 11:15)

The Simon Heng Column
After my recent experience as a victim of financial abuse, I was talking to a number of people who are involved in the protection of vulnerable.... more
(16 February 2006 11:11)

The Big Question
Will disadvantaged children in the school system be safe in the government’s hands? more
(16 February 2006 11:08)

Assembly scraps plans for free home care
The Welsh Assembly government has been forced to scrap plans for free home care for disabled people because it can no longer afford to pay for the.... more
(16 February 2006 00:00)

If you ask me...Maria Nyambe (not her real name)
Maria Nyambe (not her real name) is HIV-positive. She uses Positively Women’s services in London more
(16 February 2006 11:04)

Frontlines - the art of dressing and what it means
What we wear says a lot about ourselves as adults, but it is also an important expression of growing up, says Helen Bonnick more
(16 February 2006 10:58)

Open Forum
As Valuing People funding comes to an end, the future for advocacy services is thrown into doubt, writes Phil Madden more
(16 February 2006 10:56)

Claims that fail to stand up
The proposed shake-up to incapacity benefit is based on dubious theories, outdated facts and unhelpful targets, argues Neil Bateman more
(16 February 2006 10:27)

Scottish profession 'is over-regulated'
Social work in Scotland has been over-regulated by the Scottish parliament, a former Holyrood health minister has admitted. In a debate on the.... more
(16 February 2006 10:29)

How far will registration boost the status of care workers?
The government sounds determined to ratchet up the professionalism of domiciliary and residential care staff. But what will it take to achieve, asks.... more
(16 February 2006 10:39)

Byrne: 'I expect pay rates to rise'
"There are a lot of people who go to work for reasons other than pay," says care services minister Liam Byrne, when asked whether status can be.... more
(16 February 2006 10:42)

Who will pick up the tab?
Ever since the fabled household means test of the 1930s depression years, the means test as a way of rationing public expenditure on welfare has.... more
(16 February 2006 09:26)

Free personal care under threat
Older people in parts of Scotland are being denied care home places and domiciliary services because councils have run out of funding. more
(16 February 2006 10:11)

THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2006
Police Asbo powers are curbed more
(16 February 2006 09:56)

Home Office moots sentencing revamp
Legislation for a new sentencing framework for juveniles will be introduced by 2009, the Home Office revealed last week in a strategy to reduce.... more
(16 February 2006 09:55)

Drug advice ignored in a third of cases
More than 85,000 children were given antidepressants in 2004-5 against the recommendations of the government advisory body on drug safety, it has.... more
(16 February 2006 09:52)

Council ordered to pay aftercare costs
York Council has been told to reimburse a woman who had to find £37,000 in residential aftercare fees that the local authority should have met,.... more
(16 February 2006 09:49)

Bill could be dropped and 1983
Opposition politicians and campaigners say there will be no mental health bill during this parliamentary session and the bill may be dropped in.... more
(16 February 2006 09:48)