Articles by Date : March 01 2005 - March 31 2005

Bichard issues database warning
Scottish and Northern Irish sexual offender databases are incompatible with systems being developed by police in England and Wales, Sir Michael.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Premature deaths set to be probed
The government has announced a confidential inquiry into premature deaths among people with learning difficulties. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Boost for offender prevention schemes gain
The Youth Justice Board received an extra £25m for programmes to prevent offending and antisocial behaviour by young people as part of last week's.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

'Promoting social care will be harder' after care inspection body is merged
Social care leaders will have to redouble their efforts to represent the sector because of the government's decision to dismantle the Commission for.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Wandsworth wins support test case
The parents of two severely disabled children who claimed they received inadequate support from their local council have failed in their Court of.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Voters gain wish as helpline saved
More than 80 per cent of visitors to Community Care's website called on the government to provide funding to the Missing Persons' helpline to save it.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Lack of progress in finding jobs
Fewer than one in 10 people with learning difficulties are in paid work in many parts of England. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Social workers will be 'navigators' of adult social services in new plan
Social workers must become "navigators not gatekeepers" of services to achieve the government's 15-year vision of an adult social care system geared.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Art Exhibition - BlindArt: Sense and Sensuality
The author draws on her own experience to produce a compendium of strategies for people working or living with someone on the autistic spectrum,.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Access all areas
In Edinburgh a project has successfully engaged older people from ethnic minorities. In the final article on Community Care Awards 2004 winners.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

The Big Question
Should people with Alzheimer's have to put up with the planned withdrawal of four drug treatments? more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Book review: Parenting a child with asperger syndrome: 200 tips and strategies
The author draws on her own experience to produce a compendium of strategies for people working or living with someone on the autistic spectrum,.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Waiting for justice
It can take an age before a child witness is asked to testify. Natalie Valios looks at help on the way to prepare children for their day in court. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Thursday 24 March 2005
Overworked teachers can sue Prostitution becoming unionised job more
(24 March 2005 09:53)

Book review: The RHP Companion to Youth Justice
If you are looking for a "companion" that provides knowledge, debate, common sense, principles and guidance on good practice in youth justice, then.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Book review - Staff Recruitment and Retention: A Good Practice Guide
Although written for a social housing readership, Helen Green covers topics that are broadly applicable to social care, writes Neil Thompson. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Book review: Diversity and Rights in Care
The interaction between the social worker and service user is explored here, and the empowerment that occurs when diversity is respected, writes Joy.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Take me as I am
Al Aynsley-Green will be looking to "child-proof" legislation and improve policies affecting young people as soon as he gets his feet under the.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Aynsley-Green is raring to go
England's first children's commissioner has promised some "quick wins" once he takes his post up full-time in July. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Extended school funding sought
Children's trusts will be asked to help fund co-ordinator posts to run extended hours and services in schools, the children's minister Margaret Hodge.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Stability up in smoke
It is ironic that the government should have published its vision of the future of adult social care only days after it had torpedoed one of the.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Poverty target 'lacks a vision'
Chancellor Gordon Brown is trying to give children a better start. But critics say his Budget fails to address the needs of the poorest of the poor,.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Health department 'misled' watchdog
The health ombudsman's office says the Department of Health misled it over deadlines for completing case reviews for people denied NHS continuing.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Key worker scheme eludes social care
A scheme to provide affordable homes for public sector workers has helped 3,347 people over the past year and is on course to meet its target,.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Matter of discourse
A sound understanding of language through discourse analysis can help social care workers in their practice, writes Liz Forbat. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

How to handle stress
Stress is a huge problem for a lot of people working in social care, writes Nathalie Towner. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

If you ask me...
David Wright lives in Turning Point's supported housing project in west London for people once dependent on alcohol. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Will social care play second fiddle when inspections regime merges?
The Commission for Social Care Inspection is to be dismantled in 2008, with its responsibilities rolled into health and education. Critics are now.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Councils acclaimed for excellent work
Forty-eight councils were recognised this week for their excellent services under 10 themes in the sixth annual beacon councils awards. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Acting their age
By using older people to provide training, and linking it to a standard on age discrimination, Ruth Molloy tells Graham Hopkins how age awareness is.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

MPs and lords say bill's compulsory orders are a threat to civil liberties
Measures within the draft Mental Health Bill will force too many people into compulsory treatment and erode their civil liberties, MPs and lords.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Conservatives warn government not to let murders influence draft bill
The Conservatives are warning the government against allowing a handful of high-profile murders by people with mental health problems to influence.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Commission head 'shocked' by abuse of rights
Abuses of patient rights in psychiatric hospitals take place "all the time across the country in one way or another," the Mental Health Act.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

My practice
Meic Phillips explains how a north London support service for vulnerable families produced benefits for users and council alike. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Double the dilemma
After a stroke an older man needed 24-hour care. This would be cheaper and safer to offer in a nursing home. But neither he nor his devoted wife.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

The Simon Heng column
Someone looks at your wheelchair and jokily says: "I could do with one of those right now." Or (and this is really funny): "Careful don't me over." more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

What fun my illness is
Richard Jameson has hypomania, the cheeriest affliction in the book. If only others could understand that. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Alarm bells sound in Scotland at wider mental health role
It is clear Scotland is not ready for new mental health legislation, even though training is in full swing, writes practitioner Maggie Wood in a.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Tories' traveller policies 'spurious'
Conservative policies to tackle illegal traveller camps are "spurious" and may exacerbate the problem, say campaigners. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Squalor that is damaging young
The lives of too many children get off to the worst possible start in temporary accommodation, says Mark Foster. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Strike called off as unions reach pensions plan truce with Prescott
Unions representing 1.4 million council staff called off a 24-hour strike this week after an agreement with John Prescott over changes to the local.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Prejudice stifling cohabiting couples
It is time for policymakers to make an effort to strengthen the rights of young cohabitees. more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

No need for heroes
Much has been made of the growing role of advocates in decision-making across social policy. But, warns Sally Witcher, their presence should be no.... more
(24 March 2005 00:00)

Happiness in short supply among staff
A survey has placed social work at the bottom of the job satisfaction league. more
(23 March 2005 15:36)

Scots charity can't compete for staff
One of Scotland's largest charities is struggling to fill social worker posts because it cannot compete with salaries offered by councils. more
(23 March 2005 15:31)

'Employers fail to support staff'
A lack of support from employers is hindering candidates in social work education and training. more
(23 March 2005 15:19)

Workforce training target is missed
Fifty-three per cent of residential child care workers are expected to achieve NVQ level three by March, well short of the government's target. more
(23 March 2005 15:17)

New skills for children's workers
The children's workforce strategy is likely to contain a common core of six competences that all children's services workers will have to meet. more
(23 March 2005 15:14)

Headteachers would be given powers to search pupils for weapons
Head teachers would be given new powers to search pupils for knives and other weapons under plans outlined in a Labour children’s manifesto launched.... more
(22 March 2005 11:13)

Behan insists that CSCI merger is not a takeover
The chief inspector of the Commission for Social Care Inspection today insisted that its merger with the Healthcare Commission does not signal a.... more
(22 March 2005 09:11)