Articles by Date : February 01 2007 - February 28 2007

Children’s minister calls in IPPR book for more leave and better pay for parents
Children's minister Beverley Hughes is calling for time off for paternity leave to be doubled and pay to be improved for maternity, paternity and.... more
(12 February 2007 14:09)

Management
Housing and Homelessness more
(11 February 2007 00:48)

Social Worker Experiences
Housing and Homelessness more
(11 February 2007 00:06)

Reviews
Housing and Homelessness more
(11 February 2007 00:02)

Good Practice Schemes
2005 Housing and Homelessness more
(11 February 2007 00:53)

Social Worker Experiences
2006 Housing and Homelessness more
(12 February 2007 12:37)

Inquest into Gareth Myatt's death begins this week
The inquest into the death of 15-year-old Gareth Myatt, who died after being restrained in Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in Northamptonshire,.... more
(12 February 2007 10:22)

Services for children of parents who abuse drugs and alcohol have improved
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has found that services for children of substance abusing parents have improved since 2003. more
(09 February 2007 16:28)

Demonising children makes them feel worthless, says Children's Society
Demonising children for committing low- level offences while rarely holding to account the adults who have neglected and abused the same children can.... more
(12 February 2007 00:01)

Care home association supports Age Concern bid to double residents' personal expenses allowance
The English Community Care Association has backed Age Concern’s campaign to double care home residents’ personal expenses allowance, the charity.... more
(10 February 2007 00:01)

Council spending on adult services rises faster than on children's services
Local authorities' spending on adult social care rose faster than expenditure on children’s services last year, figures released today by The.... more
(09 February 2007 11:07)

Intensive support for newborn babies to be piloted from Manchester to Tower Hamlets
Ten areas that will pilot new intensive support service for newborn babies in families with multiple needs were announced yesterday by children's.... more
(09 February 2007 10:53)

Be more efficient to solve adult care funding crisis, says Patricia Hewitt
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has suggested the adult social care funding crisis should be solved by greater efficiency now and increased.... more
(09 February 2007 10:20)

22 years for daughter's torturers
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from today's papers. more
(09 February 2007 09:44)

Social worker faces fraud allegations at conduct hearing
A social worker will appear before a General Social Care Council conduct committee on 16 February over fraud allegations. She is alleged to have.... more
(09 February 2007 08:42)

Parents jailed for 'sustained cruelty' to disabled daughter
The parents of a four-year-old disabled girl were jailed at Middlesex Crown Court yesterday for a total of 22 years for “sustained cruelty” towards.... more
(09 February 2007 08:34)

Jail focus blunts restorative justice
Victims of crime perpetrated by young offenders have not been adequately served by the Youth Justice Board and youth offending teams through.... more
(08 February 2007 12:41)

Commission for Racial Equality to probe Department of Health over race
The Commission for Racial Equality is to formally investigate the Department of Health for not complying with its duties to promote racial equality,.... more
(08 February 2007 11:00)

Question from Community Care: Comprehensive spending review 2007: Julien Forder looks at why the elderly should get a better deal
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(08 February 2007 10:59)

Question from Community Care: Comprehensive spending review 2007: Steve Broach puts the case for services for disabled children
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(08 February 2007 10:56)

Children in poverty more likely to die in accidents, says Healthcare Commission
Children from deprived backgrounds are 13 times more likely to die from unintentional injuries than those from affluent families, a report out today.... more
(08 February 2007 10:52)

That’s Life with Autism: Tales and Tips for Families with Autism
 That’s Life with Autism: Tales and Tips for Families with Autism  Donna Satterlee Ross and Kelly Ann Jolly,  Jessica Kingsley Publishers  ISBN:.... more
(08 February 2007 10:27)

Older People’s Housing: Policy, Performance and Practice
The challenges of ensuring that the UK’s diverse and ageing population has access to good housing and support services is the focus of this timely.... more
(08 February 2007 10:11)

Betraying the NHS: Health Abandoned
As an example of special pleading, this book can have few equals, writes Mark Ivory more
(08 February 2007 10:07)

Watchdogs demand tougher action to cut back on 2m child accidents
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(08 February 2007 09:56)

Training Materials: Getting IT: Using Information Technology to Empower People with Communication Difficulties.
The aim of this book is to enable people with communication difficulties to expand their lives through technology, writes Sue Stevens. more
(08 February 2007 09:49)

Research: Fathers Matter: Research Findings on Fathers and their Involvement with Social Care Services
Fathers – and the positive contribution they could make to the lives of their children – have long been neglected in social work theory, research,.... more
(08 February 2007 09:46)

Open Forum
The furore over Big Brother has shone a spotlight on how workplaces should tackle racism, writes Blair McPherson more
(08 February 2007 09:42)

Frontlines: Care homes and moral dilemmas
What an emotional minefield it is finding respite care for a loved one. more
(08 February 2007 09:40)

If you ask me...Stevie White-McQuillan
Stevie White-McQuillan volunteers for Rethink more
(08 February 2007 09:38)

The Big Question
If there was one thing you could do to improve services for disabled children, what would it be? more
(08 February 2007 09:34)

The Simon Heng Column
A service users view of social care more
(08 February 2007 09:31)

This Life: End of sentence
As I walked away from my doctor’s surgery with his words ringing in my ears I thought: “It’s a life sentence, there is no cure.” more
(08 February 2007 09:27)

Comprehensive Spending Review: Special Report
Savings go only so far Most care chiefs sure of meeting efficiency targets, survey reveals Comprehensive spending review 2007. Key points .... more
(08 February 2007 09:19)

Editorial Comment: Savings go only so far
When it comes to social care, local authorities are becoming more efficient and productive. more
(08 February 2007 09:16)

Opinion: Time to unleash our creativity
Some are seeing the run up to the 2007 comprehensive spending review as the last chance saloon for social care. more
(08 February 2007 09:13)

Editorial Comment: In-house delusions
It is an inevitable consequence of this government’s preoccupation with markets in public services that they will make a greater impact on social.... more
(08 February 2007 09:09)

Comprehensive spending review 2007. Key points
Mark Ivory guides you through the key issues and gauges the views of the social care sector in the lead-up to the March deadline for submissions more
(08 February 2007 08:42)

Partners for Inclusion profile. Disability award winners
Sheffield’s Partners for Inclusion has created a bridge between disabled people and service providers. It’s success led to its scooping Community.... more
(08 February 2007 08:40)

Comprehensive spending review 2007: Julien Forder looks at why the elderly should get a better deal
With a rapidly ageing population and a growing number of people with disabilities services are coming under more pressure. The author examines the.... more
(08 February 2007 08:39)

Anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos): How should they be used?
As the government’s Respect agenda celebrates its first birthday, the war on antisocial behaviour continues with mixed outcomes. But evidence.... more
(08 February 2007 08:32)

Comprehensive spending review 2007: Steve Broach puts the case for services for disabled children
Despite Every Child Matters, outcomes for disabled children and their families are still very poor. The Every Disabled Child Matters campaign.... more
(08 February 2007 08:27)

Watchdog demands review of out of area SEN placements
The Audit Commission is calling for a review of the way children with special educational needs are placed out of authority after research showed.... more
(08 February 2007 08:24)

Community Care Live Manchester
Coverage from the recently held children and Families event in Manchester more
(08 February 2007 08:07)

‘Directors should lose jobs over poor services’
Directors of children’s services need to be held to account more over services for disabled children and lose their jobs if care does not improve,.... more
(08 February 2007 00:39)

Debate over child protection register
Delegates and social care leaders clashed over the government’s plans to scrap the child protection register at the conference. more
(08 February 2007 00:36)

Sex offenders are ‘children in need’
Child sex offenders should be seen primarily as “children in need”, an academic told the conference. more
(08 February 2007 00:30)

Learning difficulties study's shock findings
The above-average occurrence of mental health problems among children with learning difficulties may not be linked to their condition, according to.... more
(08 February 2007 00:14)

Indicators misleading, claims Webb
The way outcomes are measured for children in care must be radically overhauled, a children’s services leader told Community Care LIVE. more
(08 February 2007 00:10)

Most care chiefs sure of meeting efficiency targets, survey reveals
Social care directors believe they can meet the government’s efficiency demands through better commissioning, a Community Care survey shows. more
(08 February 2007 00:53)