Articles by Date : April 01 2001 - April 30 2001

Make the evidence count
Will the Social Care Institute for Excellence deliver the sort of research that social work needs to improve practice, asks Frances Rickford . more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Positive news on the tax credit front
Bateman explains why the children's tax credit is good news for families with children, and why it is important for social workers to understand.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Policy Responses To Social Exclusion Towards Inclusion?
Edited by Janie Percy-Smith. Open University Press £17. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

n 17/18 April Practical skills in providing sex education for people with mild/moderate learning.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Voluntary Organisations and Social Policy in Britain
Edited by Margaret Harris and Colin Rochester. Palgrave £15.99 ISBN 0-333-79314-5 To the Thatcherite businessman the issue was.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Prenatal Testing and Disability Rights
Edited by Erik Parens and Adrienne Asch. Georgetown University Press £17. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Top guidance for carers
Luke Clements is full of praise for the guidance accompanying the Carers and Disabled Children Act, which spells out, among other things, which.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

GPs' charges under scrutiny
Older people in residential homes are supposed to receive general medical services free. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Scots offered right to buy
All disabled Scottish people will have the right to buy essential services by 2003. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Call for strategies to deal with rural trauma
RuralMinds, the countryside arm of the mental health charity Mind, is calling on the government to draw up strategies to meet the immediate and.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Call for inquiry to consider caseloads
The British Association of Social Workers has urged the Laming inquiry into Anna Climbie's death to consider wider issues such as social workers'.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Young people wanted for social work
Nearly six out of 10 visitors to Community Care's website believe it would be desirable for more younger people to enter social work as a result of.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Directors spell out cuts danger
Social services leaders have voiced grave concern over the state of children's services in England and Wales. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Private agency wants inclusion
Private and voluntary agencies are being left out of discussions on the future of child care provision in the sector according to the head of child.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Swedes put NHS Plan into reverse
Swathes of the Swedish health care service are being transferred to social services departments, delegates heard. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Commission wage bill to top £57m
The wages bill for all council and health authority inspection and registration staff transferring to the new National Care Standards Commission.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

A place for trust and support
The creation of an environment where children can recognise and confront the abuse they have experienced is a real achievement. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Essex censured over withdrawal of services
Essex Council has been criticised by the local government ombudsman for withdrawing a "putting to bed service" for a 90-year-old man suffering with.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Code of practice for disabled employers launched by minister
An employers' code of practice for disabled people who employ their own staff was launched by Scotland's deputy minister for health and community.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Housing officer wanted
Homeless charity Centrepoint has called for a young person's housing officer to work with social services and registered landlords to help young.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Hutton attempts to soothe takeover fear
Health minister John Hutton urged social services directors not to be afraid of "Big Brother NHS" and actively seek much closer working.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Residents go to court to fight redevelopment
Residents are fighting a decision to redevelop their disabled care home by using article eight of the European Convention on Human Rights. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Social fund is undermining bid to end child poverty, say MPs
The social fund undermines the government's key aim of reducing child poverty, MPs said last week. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Councils failing to exploit Best Value
Councils are not getting the most out of Best Value, according to a new briefing paper from the Audit Commission. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Call for national inquiry into child abuse
Social care chiefs are to be asked to support a national commission of inquiry into child abuse similar to the body launched in Ireland last year. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Cuts challenged
A voluntary organisation is to challenge Birmingham Council's decision to cut its budget in a high court judicial review. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

One-stop checking shop wins cautious welcome
The Criminal Records Bureau will provide a gateway to the criminal records of people applying to work with children. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Compensation should reflect costs, says study
The Home Office should vary compensation levels for local authorities supporting asylum seekers to reflect regional accommodation costs, a report.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

National Care Standards Commission board named
Health minister John Hutton has named the 13 board members of the new National Care Standards Commission. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Bill to add to councils' cash woes
Local authorities are facing significant costs arising from the Health and Social Care Bill, directors heard. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

I hope I die before I grow mould
Yvonne Robertslaments society's obsession with youth, and says it's time senior citizens got bolshy. Age was in last week - after a fashion. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Legal actions can cost users better services
Chris Beckett argues that social services should spend budgets on provision not lawyers. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

One small victory - but at what price?
Health minister John Hutton told social services directors, meeting for their annual Spring Seminar near Oxford last week, not to worry about being.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Low-level services under threat
Low-level community care service users in Enfield could be left without services thanks to a revised version of the eligibility criteria for adult.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Council backs twins' return
Flintshire social services has welcomed this week's high court ruling that the twin girls adopted by a British couple over the internet should be.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

TUC warning on working children
The Trades Union Congress has criticised local authorities for failing to protect school children from unscrupulous employers and has called for.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Women in jail need help
Four out of 10 women prisoners expect to be homeless on release from jail, according to a report published this week. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Inspectors give mixed verdicts on 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
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Minister to study Welsh safeguards
The government has promised to keep under review the possibility of appointing a children's rights commissioner for England, after a Labour MP.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Authorities regain care trust foothold
Local authorities will have powers to select members to represent their interests on the proposed care trusts, the government has confirmed. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Carer awarded £600
The local government ombudsman has criticised Hounslow Council social services department for failing to write to a foster carer about allegations.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

The legal background of the internet twins adoption case
Belinda and Kimberley, the baby girls adopted over the internet by Judith and Alan Kilshaw must return to their home in Missouri, America. more
(11 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
(11 April 2001 00:00)

A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay. more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Better by half
A Leicester Family Service Unit project is helping children to be proud of their mixed race heritage and deal with the racism they encounter in.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Everyone a winner
Ann Raymond says it is time to celebrate the good that care assistants do. "Morning," I said as I passed a senior manager on the stairs..... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Upside down studies
If research is to have an impact on social care, then the users and workers who are studied should carry out the studies -Ênot expensive.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Social Care Work and Depression
David Brandon outlines the many pressures and stresses that face workers in social care, and the aim of research into depression among social care.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)

Breaking the last taboo
Palliative care social work is a mainstay of the hospice movement, but it is facing many challenges as the demand for it grows and funding.... more
(12 April 2001 00:00)