Articles by Date : April 01 2000 - April 30 2000

No equality for the over-45s?
Your article, 'Being set up to fail', addresses issues regarding discrimination for black people in relation to management positions, and states.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Liberal Democrats' key role in benefit rebellion
In congratulating Judy Hirst on her excellent article, 'Welfare to where?' (In Focus, 11-17 December 1997), I hope I may be allowed one.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Money obstacle to refuge work
We completely agree with your anonymous correspondent (Letters, 4-10 December 1997) that there is an urgent need for national funding of services.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Last words
Monday An early call from a worried councillor. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Last wishes granted
Last wishes granted Social worker Peter Pannett tells Henrietta Bond about the case of an elderly man who, when he discovered he was ill.... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Facts and Figures
The Children's Legal Centre has produced a book for professionals working with young people. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Research award
Research award Applications are invited for the 1998 Louise Bashford award sponsored by the Norah Fry Research Centre and Community Care. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Court clears worker over stabbing
A care assistant who was planning to commit suicide stabbed an elderly client because did not want the man to be left in the care of social.... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Working with refugees
An unexpected result of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 was the increased role of social services in meeting the needs of asylum seekers. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Developing the young
Quality Work with Young People - Developing Social Skills and Diversion from Risk by John Huskins Youth Clubs UK 2nd Floor, Kirby House. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Call for choice in services
Campaigners are urging the government to give older people the right to buy their own community care services. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Labour dubbed hypocrites over NHS plans
Disability charity Radar has accused the government of hypocrisy because the White Paper on the future health service fails to recognise the link.... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Caesarian case leads to 'protective' guidelines
New legal guidelines that protect mentally ill patients and prevent the misuse of the Mental Health Act 1983 have been welcomed by mental health.... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Neglecting neglect
For our parents and grandparents, child neglect was probably the most obvious form of child abuse. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

A Significant other
Sue Mapp discovers mentoring, a significant initiative that has established a new way of supporting adults in the community Most social workers.... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Neglect of duty?
Social workers seem unsure where to draw the line on issues of child neglect. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Surest start is two parents
Robert Whelan believes that the government's proposed Sure Start scheme for pre-school children will be another waste of money. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Cash for Change
Under the three-year comprehensive spending review social services were awarded £3 billion. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Making the right claim for lone parent Child Benefit
Gary Vaux takes a look at the options available to lone parents now that the Social Security Act 1998 has abolished the higher rate of child.... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Knowing when to move on
Ratna Dutt finds that African-Caribbean and Asian short-term foster carers are better at helping children to move on because they are more.... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Social services payments to NHS trust cause confusion
Social services payments to NHS trust cause confusion A learning difficulties NHS trust has been found to be exceeding its powers, or.... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Healthy budget: healthy mind
The departure board that for so long displayed "delayed" now shows that the new mental health strategy is about to depart from Whitehall. more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

Playing down the signifance of racism
Playing down the signifance of racism The deep flaw running throughout Marie Macey's attack on same-race adoption (Letters, 23-29 July).... more
(12 April 2000 00:00)

The dimensions of elder abuse-perspectives for practioners
Gerry Bennett, Paul Kingston and Bridget Penhale Macmillan £13. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Ministers call for extra cash for mental health
By community care reporters Health ministers are to press the Treasury for an extra £500 million over the next ten years to improve care in.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Care home owners lose budget battle
By community care reporters Coventry's private care home owners whose payments were frozen by the council had their bid for extra cash thrown out.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Police criticise abuse whistleblower
Former social worker and whistleblower Alison Taylor was again strongly attacked by police chiefs at the North Wales child abuse tribunal last week. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Sheriff condemns tampering with records after death of resident
A sheriff has condemned the 'deplorable tampering' with the records of an 81-year-old woman who died the day after being moved from a residential.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Drug abuse sparks killings
Alcohol and illegal drugs may trigger homicidal attacks by people with mental illnesses, states a study released this week. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Councils move towards youth offending teams
Local authorities have been instructed to set up steering groups to plan the forthcoming multi-agency youth offending teams. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Black elderly people ignored in community care plans
Community care plans are ignoring the needs of elderly people from ethnic minorities, says a report from the Social Services Inspectorate. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Government aims to balance child protection and support
By Natalie Valios A government consultation paper launched this week in preparation for new Working Together guidance is set to stop children.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

The Dying Game
While major companies in the funeral business are coming under fire for their hard sell tactics, further trauma awaits grieving relatives trying to.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

To the bone and deeper
Cuts have become a way of life, with social services managers trimming the 'non-essentials' to preserve statutory provision. But now the scalpel is.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Unlawful detention
A recent Appeal Court judgement means that nursing homes and hospitals are breaking the law if they detain people without their consent unless they.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Chorus of approval
Ian Mallinson has been a member of the Social Care Association since the mid-1980s. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Homes' staff sacked in favour of nurses
Wandsworth Unison has accused a private care home contractor of sacking residential workers to replace them with cheaper nursing staff. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Study decries fall in rehabilitation
Rehabilitation services, particularly those in the community, have declined over the past decade, says a review by the Kings Fund and the Audit.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

West country homes hit by abuse claims
Police and social workers in Devon are investigating allegations of sexual and physical abuse at two former children's homes. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Scots minister rejects call for abuse tribunal
By David Mitchell Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith has ruled out setting up an inquiry into abuse in Edinburgh children's homes in the.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Judge warns no easy route to reforming court procedures
Carers and campaigners fighting for a better justice system for people with learning difficulties must not have too high an expectation of change,.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Punish or prevent?
The Home Secretary's tough talk has disguised the real successes of the probation service, writes Beatrix Campbell, yet if prisons and the police.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

The new feminism
Natasha Walter Little Brown & Co £17.50 ISBN0 316 88234 8 My copy of The New Feminism was white and pristine when it arrived.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

A mental health problem
The news that the Department of Health is to press the Treasury for £500 million over 10 years to improve services for mentally ill people is,.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Growing gains
The Leeds Young Adult Team supports young disabled people in the sometimes difficult move towards independence and adulthood. Chris Rooney and M.... more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

Things can only get better
Times are hard in the probation service. Morale is low, cash is tight and officers are leaving in droves. more
(27 April 2000 00:00)

A failure to engage with real theological concepts
One can only marvel at the lack of theological knowledge displayed by Conrad Russell ('Doing unto others', 11-17 December). more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Slow down - and listen
The government's 'Better Government for Older People' programme sounds like A Good Thing. more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Most mentally ill Scots in hospital
Scottish health trusts are making slow progress in providing more community-based mental health services, according to the Accounts Commission for.... more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Charity urges legal controls to stop hard sell of funerals
By MARK HUNTER Unscrupulous funeral directors should be prevented by law from exploiting vulnerable elderly people and their relatives,.... more
(14 April 2000 00:00)