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Disabled students and staff: disclosing disability - introduction
There is not a lot written specifically about the issue of disclosing disability when studying or working in social care. The report by Stanley,.... more
(10 April 2008 08:07)
Haringey settles case with child protection whistleblower
Haringey Council this week agreed to pay a senior social worker who had claimed children were being left at risk an undisclosed sum.
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(18 April 2008 00:50)
Professionals' views of GP-style social work practices
The green paper on children and young people leaving care in England proposes to establish “social care practices” modelled on NHS-style GP.... more
(17 April 2008 16:17)
NCH: Nearly one-third of children affected by gun or knife crime
NCH said today that nearly a third of children in the UK have been affected by gun and knife crime, in a new report.
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(17 April 2008 14:15)
RNIB-led UK vision strategy urges social care improvements
A UK vision strategy launched today by the Royal National Institute for the Blind has urged social care professionals to do more to help people.... more
(18 April 2008 00:11)
The Big Interview: Young offenders project award winner
In the second of our interviews of BASW Scotland social work award winners Andrew Mickel talks to student Jennifer Lindsay about her young offenders.... more
(16 April 2008 11:33)
UKHCA demand vetting and barring fee waiver for home care staff
The United Kingdom Homecare Association has urged the Home Office to waive the £64 one-off fee for home care staff to join the vetting and barring.... more
(17 April 2008 09:45)
Jersey kids' home pits probe
Other headlines in today's papers include:- Judge: baldness is not a disability; Police charged Down's syndrome boy with mental age of five; End of.... more
(17 April 2008 08:38)
News round up: Jersey kids' home pits probe
Other headlines in today's papers include:- Judge: baldness is not a disability; Police charged Down's syndrome boy with mental age of five; End of.... more
(17 April 2008 08:37)
Relationships dominate GSCC caseload
Social workers forming relationships with service users or their relatives make up over 40% of all conduct cases heard by the General Social Care.... more
(16 April 2008 11:51)
Devon Council wants better outcomes with fewer staff
A radical transformation of adult social work at Devon Council promises to deliver better outcomes for service users at lower cost with fewer staff,.... more
(17 April 2008 08:00)
Adass: DH must do more to implement continuing care framework
Failure to systematically record information is undermining moves to implement national continuing care more
(17 April 2008 07:45)
Black Britain
Paul Gilroy is one of this country's foremost commentators on race issues, writes Mark Drinkwater. Perhaps best known for his scholarly analyses such.... more
(16 April 2008 18:13)
The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice
Weighing in at just short of 1,000 pages, this book is packed with excellent chapters from an A-list of psychology academics, psychiatrists and.... more
(16 April 2008 18:10)
Housing support for people with learning disabilities
Supporting People programmes are part of the personalised care agenda but how do they fare when it comes to meeting service users' aspirations? Bob.... more
(16 April 2008 17:51)
Career Clinic
Q: Do you think the social work role is being de-professionalised by having to ration scarce and under-resourced services?
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(16 April 2008 17:50)
Helping unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
Overview of other research and resources on unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people by the Social Care Institute for Excellence
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(16 April 2008 17:45)
Practice implications
Enabling role for staff
The emergence of personal budgets is a challenge to current arrangements. Should the future model incorporate SP as well.... more
(16 April 2008 17:04)
Parent and child placements on the rise
Councils are choosing to place parents and children with foster carers rather than in family centres to be assessed. Amy Taylor asks whether changes.... more
(16 April 2008 16:58)
The Excellence Network's top user involvement teams
Welcome to the Excellence Network, Community Care's new honours programme which recognises innovative and impressive practice and shares it with the.... more
(16 April 2008 16:21)
Scots and Welsh disabled children miss out on short breaks
Disabled children and their families in Scotland and Wales may miss out on improved access to short breaks and other services because the devolved.... more
(16 April 2008 11:11)
New boss of children's directors wants to flex powers over trusts
The new Association of Directors of Children's Services president has said she favours using the role's "immense powers" to strengthen children's.... more
(16 April 2008 10:06)
Personalisation and individual budgets: Wigan social workers enthusiastic
How will social workers cope with the new world of individual budgets? David Westlake has found that staff are looking forward to change
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(16 April 2008 15:38)
Swedish assistive technology impresses Isabel Schwarz Travel Fellowship winners Greg Brown and Hoa Nguyen
Despite recent social welfare cuts, few would be surprised to learn that Sweden is leading the way when it comes to assistive technology. Two Isabel.... more
(16 April 2008 15:20)
Corina Modderman looks at child protection in the Netherlands with Isabel Schwarz Travel Fellowship
Isabel Schwarz Travel Fellowship Award winner Corina Modderman took a break from social work in Wales to study the effects of a shake-up of child.... more
(16 April 2008 15:19)
CSV: Volunteering is good for mental health service users
Research out today has revealed that up to 58% of mental health service users can see their condition improve as a result of volunteering. more
(23 April 2008 00:18)
National Aids Trust: Make HIV treatment free for failed claimants
The National Aids Trust has called for free HIV treatment to be made available to failed asylum seekers in a guide for professionals launched today. more
(21 April 2008 00:07)
Two systems, one goal: to protect children from harm
German social workers Martha Achatz and Anja Hess, now based in Norfolk, explain what the UK and Germany might learn from each other more
(16 April 2008 14:36)
Press ganged
The death of social worker Philip Ellison, stabbed to death in Lancashire last week, has yet again put social work in the spotlight - or has it? more
(16 April 2008 12:17)
From the vaults
Keith Sellick trawls the Community Care archives more
(16 April 2008 12:13)
Staff and users left in limbo at personality disorder unit
Staff "confused" over jobs and user morale low as unique hospital faces closure more
(16 April 2008 10:53)
Jersey: Bellwood slams chief minister's 'scapegoating' attempt
Jersey The UK social worker sacked last year from a Jersey secure unit for children has accused the island's chief minister of attempting to use.... more
(16 April 2008 10:35)
Editorial Comment: Remember those who died
Social worker Philip Ellison's tragic death last week reminds us never to underestimate the dangers of the job. Support worker Ashleigh Ewing, in.... more
(16 April 2008 10:31)
Editorial Comment: Continuing care muddle
Age Concern rightly draws attention to the fact that thousands of older people still miss out on continuing care paid for by the NHS, in spite of.... more
(16 April 2008 10:28)
Migrant crime wave a myth, police association finds
Other stories include psychiatric hospital to close. more
(16 April 2008 09:20)
News round up: Migrant crime wave a myth, Acpo study finds
Other stories include psychiatric hospital closes its doors. more
(16 April 2008 09:18)
Alcohol Concern demands action for children of problem drinkers
Alcohol Concern and the Princess Royal Trust for Carers have called for concerted action from government, substance misuse and children's services to.... more
(15 April 2008 13:34)
CWDC prioritises social workers in training plans
The Children's Workforce Development Council has prioritised training for children's social workers in its three-year business plan for 2008-11,.... more
(15 April 2008 12:21)
Social workers across globe celebrate World Social Work Day
Social workers from around the world are joining together today to celebrate World Social Work Day. more
(15 April 2008 12:08)
Rapist preyed on foster kids
Other headlines in today's papers include: Carer who snapped and killed her Alzheimer's grandmother is spared jail; 'Half of single pensioners living.... more
(15 April 2008 09:23)
News round up: Rapist preyed on foster kids
Other headlines in today's papers include: Carer who snapped and killed her Alzheimer's grandmother is spared jail; 'Half of single pensioners living.... more
(15 April 2008 09:22)
Howard League slams 'national scandal' of self-injury in prisons
Incidents of self-injury by prisoners have "rocketed" over the past five years, figures show.
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(14 April 2008 16:49)
Camhs review chair calls for evidence from professionals
Child and adolescent mental health professionals are being invited to submit evidence to an independent review of Camhs.
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(14 April 2008 15:44)
YJB and secure homes in row over transfer of 15-year-olds
A row has broken out between secure children's homes managers and the Youth Justice Board over the removal of vulnerable 15-year-olds from secure.... more
(14 April 2008 15:03)
Asylum: Health fees unlawful for failed claimants who cannot leave
Thousands of failed asylum seekers who cannot return to their home countries should be entitled to free NHS treatment, a High Court judge has.... more
(14 April 2008 13:53)
Big rise in rate of self-harm in jail, says charity
Other headlines in today's papers include:- Let dads bond with newborns, says study; Mum who left kids escapes jail; Women at risk of assault failed.... more
(14 April 2008 07:29)
News round up: Big rise in rate of self-harm in jail, says charity
Other headlines in today's papers include:- Let dads bond with newborns, says study; Mum who left kids escapes jail; Women at risk of assault failed.... more
(14 April 2008 07:29)
Human rights in care homes
The government is to extend the Human Rights Act 1998 to cover people that councils have placed in privately-run care homes. What are the risks care.... more
(11 April 2008 14:51)
Ivory Tower social care podcast edition 2
Social work safety, training for the children's workforce and local government pay are all under the spotlight in the second edition of Ivory.... more
(11 April 2008 12:20)
Should I live near where I work, and near my clients? MORE...