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Bowis owns up on cash shortfall
Junior health minister John Bowis has admitted that inadequacies
in the government's funding formula contributed to community care
cash problems on.... more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Rights-to-care guidance out
The launch of the long-awaited continuing care guidance was due
this week as Community Care went to press. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Revised diploma makes the grade
The revised Diploma in Social Work could be implemented next
year, said training council CCETSW, which is expected to approve
the revisions this.... more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
The Nature of Adolescence: Working with Young People in Custody
By Juliet and John Coleman.
Available from: TSA Publishing Ltd. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Paperwork
The review of DipSW's Paper 30 may lead to the omission of
annex five, its anti-racist policy statement. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Neighbourhoods: Implications for Policy and Practice. A Training Guide for Professional Workers in Urban Neighbourhoods
By Dorit Brown and Duncan Scott.
Available from: Community Education Development Centre
Lyng Hall, Blackberry Lane
Coventry CV2 3JS
Price.... more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Bottomley bows out
I have to declare my confusion about Health Secretary Virginia
Bottomley. Not that this revelation is anything new to this page. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Radical movement
Have the grey suits taken over voluntary agencies? Our roving
reporter at the recent National Council of Voluntary Organisations'
annual conference.... more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By David Callaghan and Reg McKay.
Court ruling on compensation hits disabled
An appeal court ruling could mean thousands of disabled.... more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Children dumped in unregistered Lambeth homes
Local authorities are dumping children in unregistered
residential homes in the London Borough of Lambeth, despite
warnings from the council that.... more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Friction as faction fights for freedom
War has broken out at universities as a group of social work
academics make a bid to break away from the control of training
council CCETSW. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Survey spurs inspection call
Services for care leavers in all local authorities are to be
inspected next year. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Health defence delays hearing
A decision by the Department of Health to appear at a judicial
review hearing against Gloucestershire Council for cutting
community care services.... more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Fellowship backs right to secure beds
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship plans to appeal for a
judicial review of the right of offenders with mental illness to a
medium secure bed. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
The outrage of forced migration
By Margaret Humphries.
Doubleday
£14. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Sexuality, young people and care
By Jeni Bremner and Anthony Hillin .
Russell House Publishing
£9.95 + £1. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Sexual Offending Against Children: Assessment and Treatment of Male Abusers
Edited by Tony Morrison, Marcus Erooga and Richard C
Beckett.
Routledge
£40 (hardback) £13. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
You Choose: A Handbook for Staff Working with People who have Learning Difficulties, to Promote Self-Esteem and Self-Advocacy Jenny Mosley
By Jenny Mosley.
LDA
£17. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Written by and for abuse survivors
Edited by Pauline Kirk.
Yorkshire Art Circus
£4. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Growing up in Groups
By Barbara Kahan.
HMSO
£11.50
ISBN 0 11 701843 0
Residential child care is still seen as a last resort. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
A summary of social care stories in the main newspapers
Including Sunday newspapers,
By David Callaghan and Reg McKay. more
(09 April 2001 00:00)
Care standards commission board members announced
Health minister John Hutton has named the 13 board members of
the National Care Standards Commission (NCSC), which was officially
launched on.... more
(09 April 2001 00:00)
Council leaders claim victory over care trust appointments
Local authorities will be responsible for selecting members to
represent their interests on voluntary care trusts, the government
has confirmed. more
(09 April 2001 00:00)
Homeless people could suffer under new landlords
People in Scotland who become homeless will suffer after housing
stock transfer if support services are not adequately provided,
according to new.... more
(09 April 2001 00:00)
Ministers challenged to try work
Health ministers have been challenged to spend one day in a
social services department to see what social workers face. more
(09 April 2001 00:00)
Baring Foundation to relaunch
The Baring Foundation, which suspended grants to voluntary
agencies following the collapse of the Baring Bank in February, is
to be relaunched in.... more
(09 April 2001 00:00)
Baring Foundation to relaunch
The Baring Foundation, which suspended grants to voluntary
agencies following the collapse of the Baring Bank in February, is
to be relaunched in.... more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
INTERNET TWINS TO RETURN TO UNITED STATES
The couple from north Wales who adopted baby girl twins over the
internet have lost their bid to keep the children. more
(09 April 2001 00:00)
MOVES UNDERWAY TO SET UP COMMISSION ON ABUSE
Social care leaders are to be asked to support a national
commission of inquiry into child abuse similar to the body launched
in Ireland last year. more
(09 April 2001 00:00)
Cash prize for Holman
It's not every day that £12,000 comes through the post,
especially if you are a hard-pressed, small, user-run voluntary
agency in Scotland. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Rights letter withdrawn following clash
Devon Unison has been forced to withdraw a letter advising
clients of their rights after it clashed with social services
management. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Nurses may have care leavers' places
Nurses may benefit in Wandsworth, where the opening of a hostel
for black care leavers has been blocked. more
(10 April 2001 00:00)
Keeping it in the family
A Maori method of family support used in child protection is
earning almost universal praise from its participants, writes Ruth
Winchester. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
MOVES UNDERWAY TO SET UP COMMISSION ON ABUSE
Social care leaders are to be asked to support a national
commission of inquiry into child abuse similar to the body launched
in Ireland last year. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
`Super carers`needs unsupported, new research shows
A generation of `super carers` previously unidentified and
unsupported, have been revealed in new research in Scotland. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
Moves underway to set child abuse commisssion
Social care leaders are to be asked to support a national
commission of inquiry into child abuse similar to the body launched
in Ireland last year. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
MOVES UNDERWAY TO SET UP COMMISSION ON ABUSE
Social care leaders are to be asked to support a national
commission of inquiry into child abuse similar to the body launched
in Ireland last year. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
Mixed reports for young offenders institutes
Swinfen Hall young offenders institute in Staffordshire has been
declared a centre of excellence in a "unique step" by the chief
inspector of.... more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
MPs call for overhaul of social fund
The Social Fund undermines the government's key aim of reducing
child poverty, MPs said last week. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
MPs call for overhaul of social fund
The Social Fund undermines the government's key aim of reducing
child poverty, MPs said last week. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
Directors told not to be afraid of `Big Brother NHS`
Report from ADSS spring seminar in Oxford. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
Mixed reports for young offenders institutes
Swinfen Hall young offenders institution in Staffordshire has
been declared a centre of excellence in a `unique step` by the
chief inspector of.... more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
Mixed reports for young offenders institutions
Swinfen Hall young offenders institution in Staffordshire has
been declared a centre of excellence in a `unique step` by the
chief inspector of.... more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
MPs call for overhaul of social fund
The social fund undermines the government's key aim of reducing
child poverty, MPs claimed. more
(06 April 2001 00:00)
Framework marks assault on age discrimination
The needs of older people took a significant step towards the
top of the government's agenda last week with the announcement of a
National Service.... more
(05 April 2001 00:00)
Let residents speak out
How can I empower a resident to speak out?
This question came from a deputy manager in a residential unit
for older people. more
(05 April 2001 00:00)
Must have experience
The government wants more qualified staff in residential care
settings, but how highly do employers value qualifications? Tim
Goadby's national.... more
(05 April 2001 00:00)
Framework marks assault on age discrimination
The needs of older people took a significant step towards the
top of the government's agenda last week with the announcement of a
National Service.... more
(05 April 2001 00:00)
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