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Findings from Community Care research on GSCC
Findings from Community Care survey on the General Social Care Council: 1,750 responses from a range of people including directors, assistant.... more
(31 March 2004 17:14)
Evidence of help
An innovative scheme in Warwickshire is ensuring that vulnerable witnesses receive the help and support they need to give evidence while having.... more
(25 March 2004 00:00)
Dads have their day
Letter from America. more
(25 March 2004 00:00)
Research into practice
Bernard Moss considers a new report on older people's use of the internet and online services and its lessons for government information services. more
(25 March 2004 00:00)
In search of stability
A teenager whose behaviour betrays the years of abuse he has suffered from his father is in urgent need of a stable environment. more
(25 March 2004 00:00)
All EU must know
Thresholds, “tronc-masters” and HRT, Gary Vaux rounds up the latest changes to benefits rules.
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(18 March 2004 14:17)
Industry know-how
Quality assurance systems used to be scorned by the public sector which associates them with the hellish world of profit. So what the devil are Devon.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)
Research into practice
Heather Clark looks at how direct payments can fund the employment of personal assistants and so improve the lives of older people. more
(18 March 2004 00:00)
Tale of a teenage abuser
A 14-year-old boy who feels he has never had enough parental attention sexually abuses the young children of his father's new partner. Graham Hopkins.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)
Tropical training
Letter from the Gambia. more
(11 March 2004 00:00)
Research into practice
The needs of disabled children and their families should be included in any study of, or changes to, housing services, writes Gaynor Wingham. more
(11 March 2004 00:00)
Emotional rescue
A scheme supports carers offering single placement therapeutic fostering to achieve some consistency in the lives of looked-after young people..... more
(11 March 2004 00:00)
Making a mark
Claire Smart looks at a successful benchmarking scheme in south west England which has helped to integrate and improve the quality of children and.... more
(04 March 2004 00:00)
Research into practice
Practice needs to be guided by research. Tom Hopkins describes a website that will help practitioners and students base judgements on evidence. more
(04 March 2004 00:00)
Care against the odds
Practitioners must persevere in the face of knock-backs when working with vulnerable adults whose families are unco-operative. Graham Hopkins talks.... more
(04 March 2004 00:00)
Credit where it's due
The government's target for the take-up of pension credit looks optimistic, writes Gary Vaux. more
(04 March 2004 00:00)
Communicating with Vulnerable Children
By David P H Jones.
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(11 March 2004 09:27)
Care Trusts: Partnership Working in Action
Edited by Jon Glasby and Edward Peck. more
(11 March 2004 00:00)
Trauma, Attachment and Family Permanence: Fear Can Stop You Loving
By Caroline Archer and Alan Burnell. more
(18 March 2004 00:00)
Therapy Culture
By Frank Furedi. more
(25 March 2004 14:57)
Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People
Edited by Adrian Ward, Kajetan Kasinski, Jane Pooley and Alan Worthington. more
(04 March 2004 00:00)
The Presence of the Therapist
By Monica Lanyado. more
(25 March 2004 00:00)
People under Three: Young Children in Day Care
By Elinor Goldschmied and Sonia Jackson.
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(18 March 2004 12:02)
Reconceptualising Work with Carers: New Directions for Policy and Practice
Edited by Kirsten Stalker. more
(04 March 2004 00:00)
Two steps forward, one step back
Last month the National Audit Office reported on the progress made in the first five years of the National Childcare Strategy. The good news is.... more
(24 March 2004 00:00)
Not for sale
Schools should be a sanctuary from the incessant media barrage kids now face in the outside world, writes Thom Costello. more
(24 March 2004 00:00)
Government concessions on children's directors and trusts
Children’s minister Margaret Hodge has confirmed that there would be more flexibility around the role of director of children’s services and an.... more
(04 March 2004 11:52)
The big issue
The expanding waistlines of children represent one of the nation's most pressing health time bombs. Natalie Valios reports on efforts to defuse.... more
(26 March 2004 11:34)
Looking for a way back
Social workers returning to the profession after a long break often find themselves at the bottom of the heap, despite their many years of.... more
(12 March 2004 12:12)
Special Report on the Children Bill
While the Children Bill – heralded as the biggest reform of children’s services for three decades – has been broadly welcomed across the social care.... more
(04 March 2004 15:56)
Three out of four say pay offer unfair
A pay rise of 7 per cent over three years for local authority staff is not reasonable, even though the government has threatened to cap council tax.... more
(25 March 2004 00:00)
People moves
The latest new appointments in the social care sector more
(26 March 2004 00:00)
Comments from social workers on GSCC registration
Comments from social workers on GSCC
registration:
• I haven’t asked for the GSCC and I don’t
know of anyone who has. Sounds like another.... more
(31 March 2004 17:34)
Wednesday 31 March 2004
Schizophrenic 'tried to kill women' by pushing them on to tube track.
Britain worst in Europe as self-harm increases. more
(31 March 2004 10:06)
Lords reject murder conviction for silent accused
A new legal clause which would have allowed a person to be convicted of murder or manslaughter on their silence alone has been defeated in the House.... more
(30 March 2004 17:52)
First inquiry into self-harm by young people launched
The first inquiry into self-harm among young people in the UK was launched at the House of Commons on Tuesday. more
(30 March 2004 15:58)
Civil servant warns social services about too much caution on data protection
Over cautious interpretation of the Data Protection Act 1998 by social services departments is preventing information from being shared with other.... more
(31 March 2004 00:00)
Outgoing inspection bodies point to variation in performance
A state-of-the-nation report by the main social care inspection bodies says most services meet clients’ needs, but there is too much variation in.... more
(30 March 2004 14:46)
TUC to educate pupils about job exploitation
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is to train young trade union members to go into schools and talk about workplace issues and the role of unions.
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(29 March 2004 18:00)
Conduct disorders linked to smoking in pregnancy
Mothers who smoke more than six cigarettes a day during pregnancy are more likely to have babies who develop diagnosable conduct disorders during.... more
(29 March 2004 18:08)
Tuesday 30 March 2004
Doctors are prescribing anti-depressants as a quick fix solution to anxiety problems.
Schoolboy wins damages in landmark judgement. more
(30 March 2004 10:02)
One fund created for agencies working with young drug misusers
Government departments have pooled their budgets to create a £50 million single pot fund for work with young people with drug problems, writes.... more
(24 March 2004 12:54)
Parents throw out more than 15,000 children each year
More than 15,000 under-16s are thrown out of their family homes in the UK each year by abusive or neglectful parents, according to research by The.... more
(24 March 2004 16:40)
More than 40 per cent of sex workers who misuse drugs were in care
Forty two per cent of drug misusers involved in the sex trade have experienced the care system, according to a home office report, writes Clare.... more
(25 March 2004 00:00)
Youth clubs are families’ top priority for service improvements
Families with children want better facilities for young people such as youth clubs more than any other local improvement, according to research for.... more
(29 March 2004 18:18)
Experts cast doubt on shaken baby theories
Medical experts have cast further doubt on the diagnosis of “shaken baby syndrome”, which is often cited as evidence of child abuse, writes Craig.... more
(26 March 2004 16:48)
Monday 29 March 2004
Maxine Carr to face 20 charges of fraud.
Britain has highest rate of self-harm. more
(29 March 2004 10:05)
Huntley inquiry reveals deep rooted problems in social services
The inquiry into how Ian Huntley was given a job as a school caretaker has surprised many people with the revelations of mistakes made by social.... more
(19 March 2004 11:20)
Friday 26 March 2004
Ministers cleared of easing entry for eastern Europeans.
Soham police investigators ask for extra £1.4 million. more
(26 March 2004 10:01)
I've had little supervision from my manager MORE...
