Articles by Date : April 01 2000 - April 30 2000

Ombudsman slates council failures
Newcastle Council has been criticised by the local government watchdog for delaying an investigation into child sexual abuse allegations for almost.... more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Director calls for evidence
Police and social workers investigating claims of abuse at a former children's home, Skircoat Lodge in Yorkshire, fear vital facts are being.... more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Charities condemn 'tawdry' documentary on paedophiles
A 'tawdry, sensationalist and unbalanced' TV documentary on paedophiles should never have been broadcast, the National Association for the Care and.... more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Directors angered by rush to draft changes
By MARCIA WHITE Council leaders are annoyed at being given just five weeks to draft ideas to revolutionise services for older people. more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Safety first
The inquiry into Hackney Council's handling of the case of social worker Mark Trotter clears the council of a cover-up but leaves lingering doubts. more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Goodbye to all that
The end is in sight for social work training council CCETSW, but many questions about the new structures have yet to be addressed. more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Axe falls on care homes
Residential homes for elderly people are facing sell-offs or the axe around the country. more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

Budgets face spring pruning
Further cuts to social services budgets are being agreed around the country. more
(14 April 2000 00:00)

More MPs add weight to campaign
A total of 114 MPs have signed an Early Day Motion tabled as part of Community Care's A Fair Hearing: Justice for People with Learning Difficulties.... more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Disability charities vow to fight benefit means testing
Disability charities have vowed to maintain pressure on the government after Social Security Secretary Harriet Harman again refused to assure them.... more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Ready,willing and able to work
Many disabled people want to get back into work. more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Disability task force continues fight against discrimination
The Disability Rights Task Force is to meet later this month to continue its bid to stamp out discrimination against disabled people. more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Liverpool slated on assessment
Liverpool Council's nine months of inaction following a community care assessment of a child with special educational needs in 1994 amounted to.... more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Social care rings in the new with gongs
Social care leaders are among the 976 people whose hard work and dedication have been publicly recognised in the New Year Honours List. more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Training body axed for promised care council
The UK's social work training body is to be axed and its role taken over by the proposed General Social Care Council, health minister Paul Boateng.... more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

McLeish drops uniforms plan
 Scottish home affairs minister Henry McLeish has scrapped a controversial requirement that offenders on community service orders should wear.... more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Truants help fight for zero tolerance
Social workers are enlisting the help of persistent truants in a unique scheme to help tackle pupil absenteeism feared to be approaching epidemic.... more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Former director is criticised by Hackney 'cover up' inquiry
The London Borough of Hackney's former social services director and an ex-assistant director have been criticised in an independent inquiry report.... more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Housing race law call
The Commission for Racial Equality has urged the government to force local authorities to investigate housing providers' records on racial equality. more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

The right break
There is something about Vicky Jones that makes you want to confide in her. more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Man who killed mother had 'inadequate care'
By NATALIE VALIOS The social and health care given to a man diagnosed with schizophrenia who killed his mother were inadequate, according to an.... more
(13 April 2000 00:00)

Pull together if money is tight
Kendra Inman's article about eligibility criteria for long-term care ('National lottery', 18 December 1997 - 7 January 1998) makes disturbing.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Charity cash
Journal: Community Care Section: Title: Issue Date: 05/02/98 Author: Page Number: 2 .... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Violent Impact
Mike George talks to a male social worker who helped an unassertive woman break free of her dominant and abusive partner but faced the danger of.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Survival
Non-abusing fathers may need help after their children are abused - a fact that is often overlooked. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Scots minister warns councils over work with sex offenders
Scottish home affairs minister Henry McLeish has pledged to take tough action against councils that fail to meet national standards for dealing.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Burden of proof
It is seven years since the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and nearly a decade since the Pigot report on provision for child witnesses. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Child prostitution figures show dramatic increase
Latest Home Office figures have shown an 80 per cent rise in the number of children convicted of prostitution-related offences between 1995 and.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

A very fair hearing
Home Office Minister Alun Michael's acceptance, at this magazine's parliamentary briefing last week, that the legal system needs changing to meet.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Disability benefits review bites
Thousands of disabled people have had their Disability Living Allowance stopped under a government review. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Councils close homes in search for savings
The future of many elderly people's and children's homes is uncertain as local authorities opt for closures to save money. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Beds crisis as winter cash runs out in Gloucestershire
By MARCIAWHITE Gloucestershire social services department last week said it needs an extra £1 million to tackle bed-blocking across.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Association shuts down
The Association of Professional Social Workers has folded. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Councils face massive cuts in jobs and services
Derby Council has to save £2. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Inspectors go to Coventry
Coventry Council has asked the Social Services Inspectorate to carry out an inspection after a report raised serious concerns about its child.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Social work director to step down from Glasgow hot seat
Glasgow social work director Mary Hartnoll, who has attracted controversy since taking up the job two years ago, is to step down at the end of.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Allen to face tribunal
The North Wales tribunal has started its second year of taking evidence and was due to hear this week from serving and former police officers as.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

New law will force councils to provide bail support schemes
By Natalie Valios Young offenders are up to three times more likely than adults to offend while on bail, according to preliminary findings from.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Campaign sparks ministerial move
By RACHEL DOWNEY Home Office minister Alun Michael last week pledged to improve the criminal justice system for people with.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Child hearings
Alan Miller, principal reporter from the Scottish Children's Reporters Administration, urged the government to copy Scottish children's hearings.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Boateng promises regulation of private fostering agencies
By RACHELDOWNEY Private fostering agencies will be subject to inspection and regulation under proposals in the forthcoming social services.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Minister pledges better employment hopes for young people leaving care
The government intends to tackle the 'shaming reality' that the majority of care leavers are poorly educated with few employment prospects. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

An everyday tale-
A new report on services for elderly people from the Rural Development Commission is set to shatter the idyllic image of life in the.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Unions pursue above-inflation pay rise claim
Social work union leaders say they will not be put off by last week's below-inflation public sector pay rise when they meet to discuss their.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Killer wins settlement against Leicestershire
By COMMUNITY CARE REPORTERS A convicted child killer who sued Leicestershire County Council for damages over abuse he suffered in a children's.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Court upholds convictions
Angela Rowe, director of two homes for people with learning difficulties, last week lost her appeal against a prison sentence for abusing residents. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Courts deny video link to child abuse victims
By JO WATERS Child abuse victims are still not getting special treatment to help them give evidence in court, says a new report by the.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Relatives want a say in homes
Staff in elderly people's homes must build better relationships with residents' relatives, says a study published by the Relatives' Association.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

Review teams urged to reveal their pasts
Journal: Community Care Section: News Title: lga Issue Date: 05/02/98 Author: Natalie Valios Page Number:.... more
(17 April 2000 00:00)

The limits of preventive strategy
The more we encourage ourselves to expect, the greater the disappointment when it all goes wrong, writes Yasmin Alibhai Brown. more
(17 April 2000 00:00)