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Kathryn Stone of Voice UK and Peter Saunders of Napac on life running a small charity, while Nick Aldridge of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations puts his finger on the challenges facing them
It is becoming ever more difficult for smaller charities to compete with the full-time fundraising machine of the big players more
(12 April 2007 08:12)
Who Cares? How State Funding and Political Activism Change Charity
When does a charity cease to be a charity and become an arm of the state instead? The more charities sign up to public service contracts egged on by.... more
(12 April 2007 08:11)
Nick Seddon's new book challenges the idea of big charities delivering public services. Mark Ivory talks to the author
Nick Seddon claims to have been pleasantly surprised by the media reception for his book, Who Cares? How State Funding and Political Activism Change.... more
(12 April 2007 08:09)
What must smaller charities do to gain public sector contracts?
Natalie Valios considers the struggle that smaller charities are having in gaining contracts to provide public services more
(12 April 2007 08:06)
Editorial Comment: The downside to growth
In recent years, councils have significantly contracted out more social care to the private and voluntary sectors. more
(12 April 2007 08:05)
Voluntary Sector: special report
All the articles from our recent special report on the voluntary sector more
(12 April 2007 08:01)
If you ask me...Jethro Dykes
Jethro Dykes uses services at Westminster
Mind in London and is a writer more
(12 April 2007 00:17)
Frontlines: Jennifer Harvey on the misuse of drugs for Alzheimer's disease
The drugs don’t work. They certainly make things worse for the 45 per cent of people with dementia in care homes, who are prescribed neuroleptic.... more
(12 April 2007 00:04)
Funding howler could hit educational psychologist numbers
The supply of educational psychologists could “collapse” after a funding blunder by local government chiefs, a charity claims. more
(12 April 2007 00:01)
The Department of Health wants a radical shake-up of commissioning health and social care services. Barbara Allen and Elizabeth Wade assess the potential of its new framework
The Department of Health wants a radical shake-up of commissioning health and social care services. Barbara Allen and Elizabeth Wadeassess the.... more
(12 April 2007 00:03)
Age Concern highlights benefits confusion for older people
Some of the poorest and most excluded older people are missing out on benefits because they do not understand their entitlements, charity Age Concern.... more
(12 April 2007 00:01)
The challenges involved in GPs commissioning social services
Can GPs' surgeries provide a one-stop shop for health and social care needs? Claire Seneviratna looks at some of the pitfalls and benefits to.... more
(12 April 2007 00:54)
Quarter of Britain’s children from single-parent households
Nearly a quarter of children in Britain live in lone-parent families, figures published today reveal. more
(11 April 2007 14:19)
PCTs hit children’s mental health target but learning disabilities services suffer
Most primary care trusts in England have now met a key child mental health target, but services for children with learning disabilities are still.... more
(11 April 2007 13:57)
This life: Talking therapy has helped Alex Williams, who has a borderline personality disorder, immensely
Where would I be today if I hadn't had access to talking treatments within the mental health sector? more
(12 April 2007 00:31)
Simon Heng on pointless committee meetings
A service user's view of social care more
(12 April 2007 00:28)
The Big Question
What would you say is the single main attribute of a good social worker?
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(12 April 2007 00:26)
Open Forum: how staff training and risk assessments can play their part in limiting violence and anger among people mental health problems
Huge gaps in mental health training must be addressed if service user violence is to be reduced, writes Steve Jones more
(12 April 2007 00:23)
Inspectors seek views on restraint
The Commission for Social Care Inspection is seeking professionals' experiences of the use and observation of restraint in care homes and home care.... more
(12 April 2007 00:12)
Department of Health aims for real terms increase for adult social care
The Department of Health is gunning for a real-terms increase in adult social care funding in this year's comprehensive spending review. more
(12 April 2007 00:04)
Strategy for youth staff is announced
A youth workforce strategy will be produced by the Children's Workforce Development Council in 2007-8, it announced in its business plan last week. more
(12 April 2007 00:56)
User focus could be target of inspectors
Ofsted could be required to show it is taking account of a high number of service users' views by 2010 in order to meet its performance targets, it.... more
(12 April 2007 00:39)
Directors call for strong leadership to hasten move to electronic records
English councils are facing significant barriers to implementing electronic social care records including a reluctance among front-line staff in.... more
(12 April 2007 00:30)
Funding shift puts health checks at risk
Wales's policy of providing annual health checks for people with learning difficulties is in jeporardy, it was alleged last week, after a.... more
(12 April 2007 00:11)
Psychologist Nick Maguire on cognitive behavioural therapy for homeless people
Psychologist Nick Maguire tells Simeon Brody how cognitive behavioural therapy can change the lives of some homeless people more
(12 April 2007 00:44)
Parents denied ‘Megan’s law’ information on paedophiles
Click on the above headline for more social care related stories from today's papers. more
(11 April 2007 10:14)
Editorial Comment: Populist manoeuvring
The Home Office's latest supposed clampdown on paedophiles is as wrong-headed as it is unexpected. more
(12 April 2007 09:41)
Children's charities attack UK pilots of 'Megan's law'
A pilot scheme similar to Megan¹s law that will allow parents to identify paedophiles in their area will run in north east Somerset, the Home Office.... more
(10 April 2007 15:19)
Community Care Survey
Community Care is launching a campaign aimed at raising aspirations for people with learning disabilities. The launch will take place at 10.30am.... more
(10 April 2007 13:36)
HIV and Aids services must be national priority, say charities
People living with HIV are being failed by “chaotic and fragmented” services, a report, The Growing Challenge, out today says. more
(10 April 2007 12:46)
Ofsted highlights challenges on improving children’s outcomes
Most councils are making a good contribution to improving outcomes for children, but “narrowing the gap” between the majority of children and those.... more
(10 April 2007 12:39)
Put children at risk of offending on Sure Start programmes, says Institute for Public Policy Research
Primary school age children at risk of offending should be put on enhanced Sure Start-style programmes, a think-tank said today.
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(10 April 2007 12:25)
£40m health department fillip for hospice improvements
Hospices have been given a £40 million boost by the government. more
(10 April 2007 11:33)
‘Sarah’s Law’ scheme could backfire, say child workers
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from today's papers. more
(10 April 2007 09:58)
Monty Don to front Howard League for Penal Reform community programme for offenders
Celebrity gardener Monty Don will present an award for the best community programme for offenders in a scheme run by the Howard League for Penal.... more
(10 April 2007 08:57)
Local elections: Labour talks tough on 'yobs' and slams Conservatives and Liberal Democrats on crime
Labour has pledged a “crackdown on yobs and criminals” by “getting tough” on serious and persistent offenders in the run-up to next month’s local.... more
(09 April 2007 00:01)
Barnardo's head Martin Narey calls for action on child poverty and discrimination
Children have become a “demonised minority,” Martin Narey, the chief executive of children’s charity Barnardo’s will warn this month.
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(07 April 2007 00:01)
Harrow Council/JobCentre Plus to pilot lie-detection technology to reveal benefit fraudsters, government minister John Hutton announces
People who commit benefit fraud could be caught by new lie-detection technology, the work and pensions secretary John Hutton said today.
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(05 April 2007 11:11)
Councils are cost-shunting onto PCTs, says NHS Confederation
Councils’ cash problems are having an adverse effect on NHS services, according to a report published today. more
(05 April 2007 10:41)
Joint commissioning problems for trusts
Children's trust pathfinders have faced problems involving schools and GPs in the joint commissioning of services, a government-sponsored evaluation.... more
(05 April 2007 10:39)
British parents spend least time with children
Click on the above headline for more social care news from the national newspapers. more
(05 April 2007 09:48)
The Big Question
Should clients be worried by cursory criminal record checks on European care assistants and care workers? more
(05 April 2007 09:04)
Memory boxes: helping older people with dementia keep links to their past. A scheme by Kirklees Council
Our past, and memories of it, defines us. A scheme in West Yorkshire is helping people with dementia recall their past and retain their identity..... more
(05 April 2007 08:54)
Question from Community Care: A practice placement in South Africa: working with orphaned children, children with Aids...
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(05 April 2007 08:39)
Question from Community Care: Response to the GSCC survey by James Blewitt
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(05 April 2007 08:37)
Welfare Rights: Double standards
The benefits system has not been kind to adult placement providers, writes Gary Vaux more
(05 April 2007 00:29)
Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism
A social anthropologist with an autistic daughter, Roy Grinker provides a welcome critique of the notion of an "autism epidemic" that has become an.... more
(04 April 2007 18:27)
Policy and Practice in Health and Social Care: Hidden Carers
Joyce Cavaye offers valuable insights from a group of carers who actively choose not to use support services, writes Marjory Booth. more
(04 April 2007 18:24)
How can I cope with interview nerves? MORE...
