Articles by Date : March 01 2007 - March 31 2007

Keith Brown reveals how Learn to Care's study undermines Skills for Care's claim on training funding
Skills for Care's claims that the system of funding for workforce development is not working is undermined by the results of a survey of local.... more
(29 March 2007 00:39)

Parmjit Dhanda frees up children's social workers with IT funding
Junior children’s minister Parmjit Dhanda today announced £13m would be invested in mobile IT equipment to help children’s social workers manage.... more
(28 March 2007 15:22)

Val Brooks: 'Don't medicalise sadness in children'
Sadness is a fact of life for children as well as adults so we must avoid medicalising it, writes Val Brooks more
(29 March 2007 00:30)

This Life: Never say never again
When Roger Brewston imagined that he was somehow linked with Roger Moore, it was time for treatment more
(29 March 2007 00:28)

The Simon Heng column: A service user's view of social care
Some time ago, an integral part of disability awareness training involved exercises which allowed the participants to experience some aspects of some.... more
(29 March 2007 00:26)

The Big Question
Should women's prisons be replaced with smaller units and more community sentences, as the Corston review demands more
(29 March 2007 00:19)

If you ask me...Scott Everitt
Scott Everitt is a volunteer and a mental health service user more
(29 March 2007 00:15)

Anne Longfield, 4Children and the youth services black hole
Anne Longfield, of charity 4Children, tells Amy Taylor why young people increasingly see themselves as being let down by society more
(29 March 2007 00:08)

Directors admit parenting concerns
Concerns over the ability of adult social services to support their clients' parenting roles are "legitimate", service directors have said. more
(29 March 2007 00:56)

U-turn mooted on media access rights
Social work practitioners have welcomed government hints that it will drop proposals to give the media the right to report on the family courts,.... more
(29 March 2007 00:52)

Services shortfall ‘leaves failed asylum seekers destitute’
Failed asylum seekers are facing destitution because of a “tattered safety net” of services, a report published today warns. more
(28 March 2007 10:46)

Schools spending rise begs question over scale of social care settlement
Social care's prospects for a good funding settlement in this year's comprehensive spending review appear to have worsened following last week's.... more
(29 March 2007 00:42)

Lyons Inquiry report urges more tax and spend power for councils
The government should lead a "clear national debate about how we want to manage social care for older people" in the face of mounting pressures,.... more
(29 March 2007 00:35)

'Improve care or face prosecution'
The Commission for Social Care Inspection has warned an NHS Trust that it must dramatically improve standards in the care homes it runs for people.... more
(29 March 2007 00:21)

Every child to be screened for risk of turning criminal under Blair justice plan
Click on the above headline for more social care related stories from today's papers. more
(28 March 2007 09:48)

Rise in number of UK children in relative poverty prompts extension of “new deal for families” pilots
A "new deal for families" pilot project was announced by the government today, as new figures showed a 100,000 rise in the number of children.... more
(27 March 2007 15:34)

Government moots hybrid prisons for offenders with mental health problems
More offenders with mental health needs could be given community sentences and mental health support instead of prison under government proposals.... more
(27 March 2007 12:41)

County councils to win new powers under Department for Communities and Local Government plans
Ten county councils may gain control of all local government services in their area under government plans unveiled today. more
(27 March 2007 12:35)

Schools exclude victims of bullying, not bullies, claim MPs
Some schools are excluding victims of bullying rather than the perpetrators, according to a report by MPs. more
(27 March 2007 12:27)

Shelter takes Tube to underline plight of children in poor housing
Badly-housed children are starring in new digital adverts on London Underground as part of a Shelter campaign to highlight the problems of.... more
(27 March 2007 12:10)

A social care employer's guide to hiring agency staff
How would you feel if you hired someone from a recruitment agency and later found out, by chance, that they had held more than 30 positions – a.... more
(27 March 2007 10:08)

Boost to Camhs in young offender institutions
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services are to be improved in young offender institutions, the government announced today. more
(27 March 2007 09:42)

Only work ends poverty, says minister
Click on the above headline for more social care related stories from today's papers. more
(27 March 2007 09:37)

Human trafficking: social workers take a stand
This year marks the bicentenary of the Wilberforce legislation that ended Britain's involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Since then,.... more
(27 March 2007 09:07)

Family court used flawed medical advice to wrongly remove child from parents' care
An innocent couple had their child taken away from them for 12 months after a court wrongly found they had deliberately harmed him. more
(27 March 2007 07:39)

First global social work day is celebrated
Today is the first World Social Work Day, organised by the International Federation of Social Workers to raise the profile of the profession globally.... more
(27 March 2007 00:01)

Alzheimer's Society gains judicial review of Nice drug treatment ruling
A controversial ruling denying people newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease access to effective drug treatment on the NHS is to be challenged in.... more
(26 March 2007 12:39)

Money advice pilots effective finds Legal Services Research Centre study
Nearly one-third of people experiencing financial difficulties do not get the advice they need, according to a new study. more
(26 March 2007 11:42)

NHS trust told to improve learning disability services
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from the weekend and Monday papers. more
(26 March 2007 10:09)

Alzheimer's Society study warns of demetia timebomb and calls for massive service expansion
The UK needs a national strategy for dementia and significant investment from this year’s comprehensive spending review to cope with an explosion in.... more
(26 March 2007 07:44)

Social enterprises can provide answers for social workers
Social enterprises can be used to empower social care workers to tackle problems in the sector, according to a report launched tomorrow in London. more
(25 March 2007 00:01)

Glasgow hosts debate on future of social work
The future of social work and whether it is a profession worth fighting for is being debated in Glasgow today and tomorrow. more
(24 March 2007 00:57)

So tell us what you think the role of social workers should be
The General Social Care Council has invited practitioners to give their views on what the essence of social work is. Amy Taylor gauges the reaction.... more
(23 March 2007 14:52)

CSCI threatens NHS trust over care home standards
The Commission for Social Care Inspection threatened an NHS trust with legal action if it fails to dramatically improve standards in care homes for.... more
(23 March 2007 14:48)

Mental health: Healthcare Commission wants compulsory reporting of ethnicity
The health watchdog today called for mandatory reporting of ethnicity for all patients using mental health services after a report revealed continued.... more
(23 March 2007 13:22)

So young, so sad, so listen
This book tackles a difficult and often misunderstood condition: childhood depression more
(23 March 2007 10:31)

In care and after
As a practitioner working with looked-after children, I found In Care and After a useful tool for updating child care professionals on key messages.... more
(23 March 2007 10:26)

I can tell you what i want
I looked forward to reading this booklet on advocacy and consultation with disabled young people, writes Tracy Rose. more
(23 March 2007 10:21)

Book Review: Financial Help for Young People
Deciding whether to stay on in education or training or fi nd a job once you reach school leaving age makes for both an exciting and daunting time,.... more
(23 March 2007 10:09)

A Service users view: Service user movement scarred by infighting
What is it about the politics of oppressed people that encourages divisiveness, paranoia, self-promotion and in-fighting?, writes Simon Heng more
(23 March 2007 10:08)

Census reveals wide extent of mixed psychiatric wards
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from today's papers. more
(23 March 2007 09:47)

In the Spotlight with
John Chowcat, General secretary of the Association of Professionals in Education and Children's Trusts (Aspect). more
(16 March 2007 09:09)

Opening up of family courts may be dropped after opposition from vulnerable children
Constitutional affairs secretary Lord Falconer has strongly hinted he will drop plans to allow the media automatic access to the family courts in the.... more
(23 March 2007 08:23)

United Nations celebrates social work
The 24th United Nations Social Work Day takes place today, with a focus on best practice around women and development. more
(23 March 2007 00:01)

Mixed reception for media attendance at family court hearings
Vulnerable children, public bodies, lawyers and judges have come out against giving the media the right to attend all family court hearings, the.... more
(22 March 2007 15:10)

Staff in nursing homes fail to relieve residents’ pain, says study
Nursing home residents are suffering from chronic pain in silence, causing depression and reducing quality of life, a Patients.... more
(22 March 2007 10:56)

Gordon Brown’s Budget targets poverty among pensioners and children
Some 200,000 children and 600,000 pensioners will be taken out of poverty under measures outlined in the Budget, Gordon Brown said today. more
(21 March 2007 10:35)

Case Studies
Practice - Physical Disabilities more
(22 March 2007 10:23)

Case Studies
2007 Physical disabilities more
(18 March 2007 10:21)

Welfare Rights
2007 - Physical Disabilities more
(22 March 2007 10:18)