Articles by Date : April 01 2005 - April 30 2005

Social workers face salary reduction
Social workers are facing pay cuts of up to 15 per cent at North East Lincolnshire Council because the authority has attempted to cut costs while.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

'Bureaucracy prevents Scots staff developing effective client work'
Scottish social workers are spending so much time on bureaucracy they are struggling to establish effective relationships with clients, according to.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Centrepoint urges credit crackdown
Youth homelessness charity Centrepoint is calling for a crackdown on companies that target people living in hostels with mailshots for credit.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Book Review - Anarchists in social work: known to the authorities
It seems to me that social work is now dominated by a more practical-based philosophy; long-gone are the heydays of radical social work. This book is.... more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Book Review - Hammered: Young people and alcohol
Hammered is aimed at staff who deliver alcohol education programmes to young people aged 10-25 years, writes Lindsay May. more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Book Review- How to help a clumsy child
Kurtz presents her extensive knowledge of the principles of motor development in an accessible manner, writes Sheena Thomas. more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Mother cleared of killing her babies
A mother jailed for life more than six years ago for murdering her two young children was cleared by the Court of Appeal this week. more
(14 April 2005 00:00)

Government violates Geneva Convention
The government is violating the Geneva Convention by deporting asylum seekers whose claims have failed to warring and dangerous countries, according.... more
(12 April 2005 12:45)

The Big Question
Does the government's policy of taking the children of unsuccessful asylum seekers into care make sense? more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Social workers face pay cuts
Social workers at North East Lincolnshire Council face having their salaries slashed by up to 15 per cent because the authority has attempted to cut.... more
(12 April 2005 15:51)

Further CSA disasters emerge
Staff at the Child Support Agency deliberately entered false information onto the IT system and stockpiled claims resulting in them not being dealt.... more
(12 April 2005 15:19)

Howard launches Conservatives' election manifesto
Michael Howard launched the Conservative party’s election manifesto today pledging discipline in schools, controlled immigration and more police on.... more
(11 April 2005 12:51)

‘Children’s service reforms need more money’ – Commons committee
MPs have expressed strong doubts about the government’s claim that reforms contained in Every Child Matters can be achieved without extra funding. more
(12 April 2005 08:36)

Tuesday 12 April 2005
Mother wrongly convicted of murdering her children freed CRE head warns politicians over racial tensions more
(12 April 2005 09:41)

Consultation on workforce reforms
A single qualifications framework for the children’s workforce to enable people to move around positions in children’s services, was proposed by the.... more
(12 April 2005 08:33)

TV-watching linked to bullying
Watching a lot of television makes four-year-olds more likely to become bullies later on in their childhood, according to new research from the.... more
(12 April 2005 08:31)

Education Bill receives Royal Assent
The Education Bill has been given Royal Assent to become the Education Act 2005, writes Clare Jerrom . more
(11 April 2005 14:51)

Monday 11 April 2005
UN attacks Howard's false asylum claims Care for older people is "a lottery", says MPs more
(11 April 2005 09:59)

New money for play
A new £155 million funding programme for children and young people’s play facilities in England was announced by the Big Lottery Fund last week. more
(05 April 2005 08:02)

Commission's new checks under way
Service providers face a new inspection regime from this month, with more self-assessment and unannounced inspections, simplified registration.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Call for tougher medicine controls
MPs have called for the "lax" pharmaceutical regulatory regime to be overhauled, saying it has let the interests of the industry override public.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Big pay hike for new commissioner
England's new children's commissioner will command an annual salary of £130,000 - nearly double that of his UK counterparts and £30,000 more than the.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Hoping for Rethink
Drug and alcohol misuse and their accompanying problems have rarely been out of the headlines over the past year. But a year on from declassifcation.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Directors to lead training strategy
Children's services directors will be expected to take lead responsibility for local workforce strategies, under proposals published by the.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Charities Anger over lottery's school meals cash
Voluntary sector chiefs have written to the Big Lottery Fund requesting documents under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 about how a decision to.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

MPs insist government child reform agenda will need additional funds
MPs have dismissed the government's claim that implementing reforms in Every Child Matters can be done without extra money. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Targets dropped over acute bias
The Healthcare Commission has dropped 472 targets from draft proposals to reform health regulation after opposition. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Care staff do better in voluntary sector
Voluntary sector care assistants are earning significantly more than their private sector counterparts at all levels of qualification. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Charities Bill expected to lose out to election but others set to succeed
The voluntary sector described this week as "one of the most disappointing for the UK charity sector for a long time" after the Charities Bill was.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Bills receive Royal Assent
The Mental Capacity Bill, the Drugs Bill and the Disability Discrimination Act all received Royal Assent today, writes Clare Jerrom . more
(08 April 2005 10:12)

Special Report: Ruth Kelly's performance so far
“We do not of course agree on everything,” the education secretary admitted at the Secondary Heads Association conference last month, writes Sally.... more
(08 April 2005 14:38)

Round-up of the week
Week beginning 4 April 2005 more
(08 April 2005 14:37)

Advice and support to top family policy
The next phase of family policy is likely to focus on advice and support for parents, children's minister Margaret Hodge told a conference this.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

A Devalued Workforce
Whatever the political complexion of the government after 5 May, children's services will remain one of the most significant challenges. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

A sporting chance
The benefits of sport in helping vulnerable young people are well known but provision can be patchy and poorly organised. Crispin Andrews reports. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

MPs accuse services of neglect by snubbing public order strategies
Social services, children's mental health services and youth organisations are failing to commit to antisocial behaviour strategies, MPs said this.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Peers seek to block voluntary euthanasia
The issue of voluntary euthanasia should be excluded from future assisted dying legislation, say peers. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Executive agrees to give city extra cash
Glasgow Council has won its battle with the Scottish executive and the government for extra funding to meet the added costs of supporting asylum.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Scotland braced for volunteers exodus
Fears remain that volunteers will quit their work due to new child protection laws in Scotland. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Book Review: Religion and Spirituality
There are two main problems with this book, writes Terry Philpot. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Book Review - Depression and Older People: Towards Securing Well-Being in Later Life
Depression in later life is the most common of mental health difficulties experienced by older people, writes Bridget Penhale. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Book Review: Social Work in a Corporate Era
An excellent text that takes a critical stand on the position social work occupies in Western countries, writes Keith Popple. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Schools partnership plan to share data
Schools are to develop partnerships to share information and co-ordinate their provision for vulnerable children. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

At last the buck will stop at the top but prison service gets out of jail
Proposed legislation should make it easier to prosecute large organisations if people die as a result of their negligence. But, although the draft.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Curtains for care homes?
The government is enamoured with the idea of extra care housing - sometimes, it seems, to the exclusion of all other options. But some in social care.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Difference in need
As services become more complex but resources remain finite, the management of a panel that approves funding can spark different ways of thinking,.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Don't ignore the risk of violence
The publicity gained by fathers' rights campaigners must not obscure real threats of domestic violence, says Lee Clark. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Most social care professionals feel government has failed the homeless
The government's approach to tackling homelessness has received a resounding thumbs down from social care professionals, an exclusive Community Care.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

MPs sound warning on travellers policy
Government policy on gypsies and travellers could breach international human rights law, MPs and peers warned last week. more
(07 April 2005 00:00)

Homing in on the first rung
In the first of four articles looking at key social care issues in the run-up to the May election, Anabel Unity Sale reports on how social housing.... more
(07 April 2005 00:00)