Articles by Date : February 01 2008 - February 29 2008

News round up: Jersey inquiry - police focus on care home cellar
Other headlines in today's papers include: Scientists: Prozac does not work; Councils need £1bn to care for the elderly; Manchester offered deal to.... more
(26 February 2008 08:14)

Government plans age-friendly homes and neighbourhoods
Housing and neighbourhoods will be designed to be more “age friendly” to meet the needs and aspirations of an ageing population, the government.... more
(25 February 2008 16:34)

The right to short breaks for disabled children could become law
The government is looking at whether it should set a legal duty on all local authorities to provide Short Break services for disabled children and.... more
(25 February 2008 15:13)

Child database ContactPoint will always have data security risks
ContactPoint, the national database of all children in England, will always be at risk of data security threats because “risk can only be managed,.... more
(25 February 2008 14:57)

News round up: More bodies feared at Jersey children's home
Hunt for bodies at Jersey children’s home is extended to six more sites. more
(25 February 2008 10:19)

Online social work community launched
A new online community for everyone in social care was launched this week by Community Care. more
(25 February 2008 11:54)

Jersey latest: Child's remains found at former children's home
Jersey Police found what is believed to be partial remains of a child's body at a former children's home on the island on Saturday morning. more
(25 February 2008 11:25)

Eating disorders: Beat report finds lack of support for families
Just 12% of families affected by eating disorders are getting the help they need, a report today by national eating disorders charity Beat finds. more
(25 February 2008 09:51)

More bodies feared at Jersey children's home
Body hunt extended to six more sites in Jersey following discovery of child's remains at a former children's home. Other stories include BBC to look.... more
(25 February 2008 09:16)

PwC backs councils' claims of government asylum cash shortfall
PricewaterhouseCoopers has validated claims by councils they are owed millions of pounds by government for services to unaccompanied asylum-seeking.... more
(22 February 2008 18:22)

Post-Registration Training and Learning must reform, says BASW
Post-Registration Training and Learning (PRTL) should be reformed to make it a “credible system”, the British Association for Social Workers has.... more
(22 February 2008 16:17)

Data Protection
We examine current developments, and ask the experts and service users what they think of existing data protection legislation. There are also web.... more
(22 February 2008 15:48)

Disability Discrimination Bill
When the Disability Discrimination Bill was published in the House of Lords in November, 2004, the government claimed that the new legislation to.... more
(22 February 2008 15:46)

Drugs Bill
The Drugs Bill, published in December 2004, has attracted widespread criticism among drugs charities who claim it is a piece of “political.... more
(22 February 2008 15:45)

Five-year Education Strategy
This is a ‘bigger picture’ on the five-year education strategy. more
(22 February 2008 15:44)

Restorative Justice
A look at the issue of restorative justice in more detail more
(22 February 2008 15:32)

Sexual abuse against people with learning difficulties
We examine the issue of sexual abuse against people with learning difficulties in light of new legislation. more
(22 February 2008 15:31)

Single Equality
Brief history The concept for a single equality body tackling all discrimination was first raised in the May 2004 white paper Fairness for All. The.... more
(22 February 2008 15:26)

Suicide
We look at why the suicide rate for women is lower than for men. more
(22 February 2008 15:22)

Youth Justice
The Bigger Picture on Youth Justice more
(22 February 2008 15:16)

Social worker suspended from GSCC register
A Derbyshire social worker has been suspended from working for two years for having a relationship with a service user. more
(21 February 2008 12:00)

Recruits asked for views on substance misuse training
Social workers who qualified in 2006 or 2007 are being invited to participate in a survey on drug and alcohol training. more
(22 February 2008 11:57)

Sedgemoor collapse to herald tougher inspection regime
Inspection of privately run children's homes will be strengthened following the collapse of provider Sedgemoor, the junior children's minister said.... more
(22 February 2008 11:22)

Poll reveals social workers' long hours culture
Almost one in three social care staff work at least 10 hours over their contract each week, according to a Community Care poll. more
(22 February 2008 10:39)

Child database 'will never be fully secure'
Other headlines for today's papers include: Doctors urge steps to curb alcohol ‘epidemic’, Single women's overtime burden, Send fewer to jail, Straw.... more
(22 February 2008 09:59)

Tougher sentences urged for 'happy slapping' attacks
Tougher sentences urged for 'happy slapping.' Other stories include David Cameron calls to end forced marriages. more
(21 February 2008 09:54)

News round-up: Tougher sentences urged for 'happy slapping'
Tougher sentences urged for 'happy slapping' attacks So-called "happy slappers" who attack vulnerable victims and film the assaults should get.... more
(21 February 2008 09:41)

Collective failures led to Gareth Price's death
Agencies including youth offending teams, prison and psychiatrists collectively failed to prevent the death of 16-year-old Gareth Price, an inquest.... more
(20 February 2008 08:52)

Career clinic: ensuring a fair interview
Q: I have just applied for an internal post and been offered an interview. However, I have clashed with one of the two managers conducting the.... more
(21 February 2008 08:31)

Previous Career Clinics
Click on Answer to see answers to previous Career Clinic questions more
(21 February 2008 08:28)

CPAG accuses Purnell of reviving workhouse in welfare speech
The Child Poverty Action Group has accused work and pensions secretary James Purnell of "reviving the workhouse" through proposals to make the.... more
(21 February 2008 08:23)

Diary - A lighter take on the working week
A training team manager in a local authority writes... more
(21 February 2008 08:09)

Social Skirmishes
Rosie Warlock is ill, so Keith Sellick fills the breach with tales of social care disharmony more
(21 February 2008 07:59)

Ofsted urges Gloucestershire to improve safeguarding and care
Ofsted has criticised Gloucestershire children's services' performance on safeguarding and services for looked-after children and those with learning.... more
(21 February 2008 07:44)

Nurture Groups in School and at Home
Nurture groups were set up as temporary separated transitional settings "which enabled students to cope more effectively with the demands of main.... more
(20 February 2008 16:55)

Independence Toolkit
The first thing that has to be said about this aid is that it is simple, but comprehensive, writes Hayley Prew. The chapters are neatly divided and.... more
(20 February 2008 16:48)

Call for watchful eye on revamp of care proceedings
The overhaul of the way care cases are handled in the family courts must be monitored carefully because of the speed with which it has been.... more
(21 February 2008 07:38)

Standards aim high for disabled children
The government has produced draft standards for services for disabled children and their families against which councils and primary care trusts.... more
(21 February 2008 06:05)

Assessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Each week the Social Care Institute for Excellence analyses research findings behind specific social work practices more
(20 February 2008 15:20)

Research Abstracts: Diagnosing ADHD
Title: "ADHD does bad stuff to you": young people's and parents' experiences and percep-tions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder .... more
(20 February 2008 15:15)

Practitioners' messages
This relates to the Proven practice article on ADHD, pages 24 and 25 Feb 21 issue more
(20 February 2008 15:10)

Foster carers fight on to raise age of leaving care to 21
There will be a dark cloud hanging over the 18th birthday celebrations of Juliette Cleverdon's daughter next month. With four sisters in attendance,.... more
(20 February 2008 14:58)

CWDC announces social work remodelling pilots
The Children's Workforce Development Council has announced the nine areas that will pilot new ways of working in social work, in a programme launched.... more
(20 February 2008 13:31)

Elisabeth Wilson's small steps to making promises to yourself that you keep
Having trouble "getting things done"? Start with less ambitious targets advises Elisabeth Wilson more
(20 February 2008 13:22)

Work relationships breed collusion and bad practice
The Steven Hoskin case highlighted the problems that can occur when personal relationships exist between staff. Natalie Valios speaks to social care.... more
(20 February 2008 12:48)

Children in jail with mental health problems
Children with mental health problems are being passed between services, often ending up in jail where their problems are only exacerbated. Lorraine.... more
(20 February 2008 12:38)

Sainsbury Centre's call for action in the community
Add on to the Mental health article on p22 21 Feb issue more
(20 February 2008 12:34)

Personalisation and putting service users in control
The success of personalisation in social care will depend in part on the strength of user-led organisations. Bob Hudson examines research more
(20 February 2008 12:06)

Practice implications
Related to Putting service users in control article, p34 21 February issue more
(20 February 2008 12:02)

Cafcass must remedy East Midlands problems
As the UK's biggest employer of social workers, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service is a flagship for... more
(20 February 2008 11:47)