Articles by Date : March 01 2004 - March 31 2004

Proceed with caution
The Children Bill and the Budget bring good news for children. Establishing a set of common outcomes, influenced by children’s own response to the.... more
(25 March 2004 09:37)

More homes for older people meet standards
Almost half of older people's registered care homes now meet all of the national minimum standards compared to just 25 per cent a year ago, according.... more
(24 March 2004 12:11)

Mixed blessings
Diary of a Children's Fund manager. more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Connexions case notes
A personal adviser writes. more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Budget boost for early years services
Chancellor Gordon Brown has boosted funding for child care and early years services by £669m by 2008 - an annual growth rate of more than 17 per cent. more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Letters
Fitness comes through play Your editorial on child obesity (leader, March), was spot on: while diet is important, young people are unfit.... more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Roll up, roll up
Will even more young people be attracted to cannabis, despite its risks to their mental health, now it has been reclassified, asks Mark Hunter. more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Fitted up?
Brendan Martin finds little to back up ministers' bold assertions about the benefits of school uniforms. more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Can't pay won't pay
As the government looks to on-the-spot fines for children as young as 10 to bolster its crackdown on antisocial behaviour, Sarah Wellard asks who.... more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Action on obesity
Adverts promoting foods high in fat, salt and sugar to young people should be matched by messages selling a healthy diet according to the Foods.... more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Truancy powers flawed
Britain's biggest parent support charity has warned the government that there are not enough good quality parent support services in the UK to.... more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Seen but not heard
When schools pay lip service to student participation they make poor decisions and create cynicism and resentment, Kate Coxon discovers. more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Beyond the fairytales
Children living in stepfamilies face unique challenges which should not be overlooked, Rachel Foggitt reports. more
(24 March 2004 00:00)

Wednesday 24 March 2004
Property drive 'not enough to help key workers'. Truant's mother jailed again. more
(24 March 2004 10:05)

January 2004
Butterworths Family and Child Law Bulletin Bulletin Editor: Jonathan Montgomery, BA, LLM Professor of Law, University of Southampton.... more
(23 March 2004 17:37)

Write here, write now
Advice here on confidentiality, the curriculum vitae, the use of tenses, and how to write summaries to reports. more
(23 March 2004 13:10)

The Inside Track
In the latest of our web exclusive practice features, Amy Taylor looks at the use of creative writing and theatre in women’s prisons; and.... more
(23 March 2004 16:27)

New cash to help key workers buy homes
One-stop shops will market a new £690 million ‘key worker living’ programme designed to attract new social workers, teachers and nurses to areas.... more
(23 March 2004 15:05)

NHS staff not given training for working with children
The first audit of child protection in the NHS in Wales has found that not all staff who came into contact with children had been properly trained, .... more
(23 March 2004 14:41)

Chancellor gives boost to childcare and early years services
Chancellor Gordon Brown has boosted funding for childcare and early years services by £669 million by 2008 – an annual growth rate of more than 17.... more
(22 March 2004 17:33)

Tuesday 23 March 2004
Children's author 'raped girl fan and molested seven others'. Ministers step up home loan scheme. more
(23 March 2004 10:00)

Social exclusion still blights ethnic minority groups
Ethnic minority groups are still socially excluded, despite the government’s pledges to tackle the issue since it came to power, a social exclusion.... more
(22 March 2004 15:37)

Executive lays out plans for child protection
First minister Jack McConnell outlined the next steps in the government's three-year child protection programme, writes Maggie Wood. more
(22 March 2004 14:46)

Children's Fund extension given cautious welcome
News that the Children’s Fund is to be extended until 2008 has been greeted cautiously by programme managers, writes Katie Leason. more
(22 March 2004 16:25)

Monday 22 March 2004
Infant left in care for 5 hours as mother got drunk. NHS to pay for first 'designer' baby. more
(22 March 2004 10:10)

Council concedes child protection work always carries risk
Risk in child protection social work can never be eliminated, Edinburgh Council acknowledged, writes Maggie Wood. more
(19 March 2004 16:09)

Debate on the BBC's portrayal of social care staff
We asked people:- How accurately were social care staff portrayed in the BBC's Taking Care season? more
(19 March 2004 10:58)

Friday 19 March 2004
Husband's rape appeal fails. Social worker cleared of rape. more
(19 March 2004 10:01)

Exclusive: Strategy for older people to cross all government departments
The government is to develop a strategy for older people that will set shared objectives across all central government departments, Community Care.... more
(18 March 2004 18:00)

Executive orders care homes to install sprinklers after fire tragedy
New regulations for fire prevention in residential care homes have been announced by the Scottish executive following the death in January of 14.... more
(18 March 2004 17:31)

Government fails again to set date for mental health bill
The government has again failed to give any indication of when it plans to take its next step in updating mental health legislation, writes Katie.... more
(18 March 2004 17:25)

Training materials
No Secrets - an Adult Protection Video more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

In safe hands?
A new study investigates what inmates in young offenders institutions feel about violence and harassment inside and who should be responsible for.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Two-way stretch
From next month children in local authority care have the right to independent advocacy - provided by councils. Advocate Kristyn Wise argues that a.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

The bill does not add up
There are three main areas of concern in the Children Bill, writes Janet Snell: the lack of power for England's children's commissioner, the focus on.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

All together now?
Anabel Unity Sale attends a Together Academy training day to find out how practitioners are responding to the government's efforts to tackle.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Olympic ideal?
Could a successful London bid for the Olympics lead to serious cuts and, perhaps, closure for projects, asks Natalie Valios. more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Behind the headlines
Our regular panel comments on a topic in the news: this week, the Children Bill. more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Gunn on Politics
A spell overseas helping the poor might cure some boys of their troublesome ways. more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

There was no empathy
Jan Winster's marriage failed because her partner's reticence was diagnosed as a symptom of Asperger's. more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Time to assure confidentiality
New legislation stresses sharing information about young people, but what about confidentiality, asks Anne Weyman. more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Poverty gap extends to cancer treatment
Poorer people with cancer are more likely to die of the disease than richer patients. Why? more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Bill is a good start
There are excellent proposals in the Children Bill that will raise the standards of care. But wider reforms are needed if the position of children in.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Child protection services face crisis as professionals tire of intimidation
Tales of gun threats and hostage-taking are deterring many professionals from child protection work, with dire consequences for vulnerable children,.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Lack of national guidance blamed for delays to single assessments
Many councils may fail to meet April's deadline to introduce a single assessment process because of difficulties in implementing local systems..... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

One-stop shop call for deprived areas
The Institute for Public Policy Research has called for a network of care centres to be established to act as one-stop shops for people with multiple.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Family duties force many out of jobs
Nearly one in five carers has had to leave a job or has been unable to take one because of their caring responsibilities, according to new research. more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Health and social care merge in Wales
The Welsh assembly has merged its health and social care departments, following calls in the Derek Wanless report last July on resources and.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Unions reject 'derisory' pay offer
Local government unions have slammed the pay offer made by local government employers as "derisory", claiming it would cause dismay among council.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)

Case review follows father's conviction
Blackburn with Darwen's area child protection committee is carrying out a serious case review into the case of a 14-year-old girl with learning.... more
(18 March 2004 00:00)