Articles by Date : March 01 2007 - March 31 2007

Early years education: Ofsted wants onus put on imaginative play
Education provision for children aged three to five pays too little attention to culture and beliefs and imaginative play, according to a report.... more
(08 March 2007 12:03)

Rainer seeks bids for mentoring scheme
Youth charity Rainer is seeking bids from agencies to help deliver a £1.5m government-commissioned mentoring scheme for 600 looked-after children.... more
(08 March 2007 12:02)

Youth homelessness scheme launched to help cut use of B&Bs
Centrepoint and YMCA England are to lead a government-commissioned national youth homelessness scheme designed to help deliver ministers’ efforts to.... more
(08 March 2007 11:59)

Working with Parents of Young People: Research, Policy and Practice
I like this book, not least because it begins with the premise that blaming parents and punishing them for their children's behaviour is.... more
(08 March 2007 11:27)

Social Work and People with Dementia: Partnerships, Practice and Persistence
This book is a revised and updated edition of a BASW Venture Press volume, which appeared in 1996. That book was very useful for practitioners and.... more
(08 March 2007 11:22)

Children Who Commit Acts of Serious Interpersonal Violence: Messages from Best Practice
Amid the alarm over the shooting of three children within a fortnight, were additional stories about the UK's problem youths and the danger of.... more
(08 March 2007 00:00)

YJB makes case for prevention
The Youth Justice Board launches a new strategy today designed to further its argument that youth crime resources should be shifted out of custody.... more
(08 March 2007 10:37)

Therapy for young people to be tested
The government is to launch four pilots to test behavioural therapy and intensive family support for young people with mental health and conduct.... more
(08 March 2007 09:59)

Re-ablement the new theme in home care: Special report
Government advisers claim to have found a care system that saves money and reduces dependence. Mithran Samuel reports more
(08 March 2007 09:54)

Most foster carers paid less than minimum wage
Three-quarters of foster carers are paid less than the minimum wage and two in five receive no payment at all, according to new figures. more
(08 March 2007 09:54)

Government and councils clash over asylum seeker leaving care services
The government's plans to reform services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children faced a backlash from councils it was alleged this week. more
(08 March 2007 09:44)

Question from Community Care: Independent social workers in demand
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(08 March 2007 09:40)

600 council officials earning over £100,000
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(08 March 2007 09:38)

Question from Community Care: Involving service users in mental health services in Wales
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(08 March 2007 09:33)

Editorial Comment: We should all respond
Has a defining moment in how we deliver health care been reached this week? As Community Care went to press, the Commissioning Framework for Health.... more
(08 March 2007 09:24)

Editorial Comment: Message that matters
Home Office ministers displayed a blatant disregard for the needs of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children last week by suggesting they could be.... more
(08 March 2007 09:16)

Care Matters green paper: conference hears debate ignite on future for children in care
Senior practitioners, council lead members and policy-makers met last week to share their thoughts on the big ideas in the children in care green.... more
(08 March 2007 08:45)

Independent social workers in demand
The advent of social work regulation and division between commissioning and delivery has proved a boon for independent social workers, writes Mark.... more
(08 March 2007 08:43)

Wales and the Children Act
Wales has been encouraged by the UK government to bend the Children Act 2004 to meet its own specific needs, reflecting local needs. Derren Hayes.... more
(08 March 2007 08:37)

Homelessness and hospitals: what happens after discharge?
Returning home from a hospital stay should be a cause for celebration. Unless, that is, the person is homeless and the hospital would prefer to see.... more
(08 March 2007 08:26)

Call for GPs to buy social care gets cool response from council leaders
Government proposals for GPs to commission social care services have been greeted with scepticism by local government leaders, who have warned that.... more
(08 March 2007 08:22)

Abuse claims: former residents of Manchester children's homes offered compensation
Manchester Council has offered over £2.25m in compensation to 168 alleged victims of sexual or physical abuse in children’s homes across the city.... more
(08 March 2007 08:21)

Opinion: Ageism still the real enemy of better care
The study published by the Alzheimer’s Society last week has, for the first time, estimated the true cost of dementia. It puts the figure at £17bn a.... more
(08 March 2007 08:17)

Why are the Netherlands top and the UK bottom of the Unicef children's well-being league table
The Netherlands ranked top in the Unicef league table of children’s well-being in better off countries. So, what are the Dutch doing better than the.... more
(08 March 2007 07:49)

'We are in the eye of the storm'
Since 2004 Sister Ellen Flynn has been on the front line as eastern Europeans arrive full of hope in the UK only to have their prospects dashed. She.... more
(08 March 2007 00:00)

Study demands action on delays
Scottish councils should be asked to report to the executive on how they are tackling staffing issues that affect delivery of free personal care,.... more
(08 March 2007 00:18)

No improvement for black people
The experience of black people in the mental health system has seen almost no improvement during the past year, according to a leaked report. more
(08 March 2007 00:16)

Skills for Care: training budget request sparks debate
Skills for Care's bid to wrest control of training funds from councils for the independent sector has sparked controversy. Amy Taylor reports on.... more
(08 March 2007 00:12)

Wages for fostering campaign launched
A campaign calling for all foster carers to be given a wage for their work was launched this week by the Fostering Network. more
(08 March 2007 07:26)

'No robust evidence' on effects of mental health community treatment orders
A major government-commissioned study into the international experience of mental health community treatment orders has found it impossible to say.... more
(07 March 2007 15:21)

GPs likely to be sceptical about NHS funding of social care
A GP leader has warned that government calls yesterday for NHS funding of social care should not be motivated by a desire to “bail out social.... more
(07 March 2007 14:53)

Massie highlights single duty fears
Government proposals to place a duty of equality promotion on public sector bodies should not be at the expense of tackling inequalities faced by.... more
(08 March 2007 00:46)

Family lawyers shun new fee plan
Family lawyers have warned that revised proposals published last week on reforming legal aid have not allayed fears many practices will go bust,.... more
(08 March 2007 00:42)

Union backing peers to deny MPs victory
The main probation union is confident that a House of Commons vote to centralise commissioning and open up the service to the independent sector can.... more
(08 March 2007 00:27)

Funding fears for new joint regulator
Service users could be put at risk by the financial pressure that the new joint health and social care regulator is likely to face, it is claimed. more
(08 March 2007 00:22)

'Pennies' separate pay between NVQ levels 2 and 3, survey reveals
The pay difference between care workers qualified to NVQ levels 2 and 3 is just "pennies", according to early indications from a national survey of.... more
(08 March 2007 00:18)

The Insider: Orphanages
The government doesn't like them. Councils have sold them off or closed them down. Generally vilified, they are seen as the last resort. Fostering is.... more
(08 March 2007 00:58)

Prisoners with learning difficulties ‘unseen and unsupported’
Prisoners with learning difficulties are not routinely identified before entering prison and once inside receive inadequate support and are more at.... more
(07 March 2007 12:17)

Safeguarding children at licenced premises in Sheffield. A Community Care Award winner
A project in Sheffield which ensures the city's public venues are aware of their child protection responsibilities has won a Community Care award..... more
(08 March 2007 00:13)

Involving service users in mental health services in Wales
User involvement in planning and developing services is becoming a reality in Wales for mental health service users, writes Christopher Moss and.... more
(08 March 2007 00:41)

The Big Question
Are carers getting a better deal than they were five years ago? more
(08 March 2007 00:01)

If you ask me...Thomas Wright
Thomas Wright is a volunteer and uses mental health services more
(08 March 2007 00:57)

This Life: My coping strategy
What support do those with borderline personality disorders need? What worked for Alex Williams? more
(08 March 2007 00:54)

The Simon Heng column
Our benefits system is there to ensure that people who can't earn enough money on which to live, such as most disabled people and those who care for.... more
(08 March 2007 00:43)

Open Forum
Claiming the moral high ground is not enough to eradicate slavery, writes Blair McPherson more
(08 March 2007 00:40)

Frontlines: The Medicalisation of Mental Health
Medicalising behaviour has always been wrong. Yet the government persists with its Mental Health Bill, writes Nigel Leaney more
(08 March 2007 00:35)

Welfare Rights: A botched extension
A scheme to increase the period of entitlement to child benefit has backfired, writes Gary Vaux more
(08 March 2007 00:57)

Children in care ‘dumped on coast’
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(07 March 2007 09:38)

Commissioning framework for health and well-being: NHS commissioners asked to boost independence
The government has today called on NHS commissioners to invest in social care to promote independence and prevent illness, in its long-awaited.... more
(06 March 2007 16:54)

Ivan Lewis kicks off recruitment campaign for social care
A campaign designed to attract more people to the social care profession is launched today by care services minister Ivan Lewis. more
(07 March 2007 00:01)