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The History of Shirley Oaks Children's Home
Jad Adams and Gerry Coll
Deptford Forum Publishing
£12. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
The Politics of Old Age in Europe
Edited by Alan Walker and Gerhard Naegele
Open University Press, £16. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Lifemaps of People with Learning Disabilities
Barry Gray and Geoff Ridden
Jessica Kingsley, £13. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
A dangerous game
Ministers are playing pre-election politics with children's
rights, in an attempt to put some distance between themselves and
Labour. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Leicestershire to Tackle Childrens Mental Health
Leicestershire social services department has set up a child
behaviour team as part of an inter-agency plan to improve the
mental health of.... more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Peers laud villages
Village communities for people with learning difficulties have
supporters in the House of Lords writes Ian Hernon
An angry debate about the role.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Do not pass go
Under proposals in the Police Bill, employers will be able to
gain access to job applicants' criminal records. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Commissioning Domiciliary Care
Colleen Rothwell-Murray, Radcliffe Medical Press,
£19.95
ISBN 1 85775 333 X
Best Value will be a driver for change in the provision.... more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Good Grief
Sydney Callaghan, Colourpoint Books, £4.99
ISBN 1 898392 51 X
There are many books now being published about bereavement. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Older people get rationed NHS care
Most GPs claim that the rationing of care for older people
occurs in the NHS, according to an Age Concern England survey. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Probe into "pensioner poverty"
The House of Commons social security committee is to hold an
inquiry into "pensioner poverty". more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Better health links with homeless women
The Medical Women's Federation has called for improved
communications between health professionals working with homeless
women and doctors. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Older people face bullying and threats
Bullying, threats and humiliation are the most common form of
ill-treatment experienced by older people, professionals heard at a
conference this.... more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Voluntary view
Due to the end of a three year grant we have just lost our
volunteers co-ordinator, but we still have plenty of volunteers to
manage. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Rural Drives: A Journey Through English Housing Policy
Will Hatchett
York Publishing Services
£9.95
ISBN 1 902633 57 1
This book is a joy to read. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
"Mood Food" Keeps Blues at Bay
One quarter of first-time mental health problems are triggered
by relationship problems, according to respondents to a Mind survey
this week. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Leicestershire to Tackle Children's Mental Health
Leicestershire social services department has set up a child
behaviour team as part of an inter-agency plan to improve the
mental health of.... more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
State Child Care: Looking After Children?
Carol Hayden, Jim Goddard, Sarah Gorin and Niki Van Der Spek
Jessica Kingsley
£16. more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
'Gimmicks' of no benefit to youth justice
Some of the orders to deal with young offenders are too gimmicky
and will not deal with the real problems, said Rob Allen, a member
of the Youth.... more
(16 May 2000 00:00)
Child Sexual Abusers
Jackie Craissati
Taylor & Francis
£22. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Making Research Work: Promoting Child Care Policy and Practice
Edited by Dorota Iwaniec and John Pinkerton
John Wiley
£16.99
ISBN 0 471 97952 X
The Centre for Child Care Research was set up at.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Growing up with Parents who have Learning Difficulties
Tim Booth and Wendy Booth
Routledge
£14. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
To Challenge or not to challenge
R M Neale
Curlew Productions
£4.50 + 75p for p&p
ISBN 1 900259 03 6
This is a mother's account of a young man's breakdown.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Unsettling Welfare: The Reconstruction of Social Policy
Edited by Gordon Hughes and Gail Lewis
Routledge
£14. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
The Essential Communitarian Reader
Edited by Amitai Etzioni
Rowman and Littlefield
£16. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Can private homes solve bed crisis?
Plans to use private nursing homes to care for older NHS
patients recovering from treatment might alleviate the pressure on
hospital beds and make.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Leave it to the doctors
The decision whether to resuscitate a service user only involves
medical practitioners and the family of the user, but should care
workers also be.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
New rights, many wrongs
Robert Whelan believes the Human Rights Act will work against
service users as well as social workers. It will also put new
strain on budgets, to.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
The ideal home show
For people with mental health problems, living in a home that is
well-maintained and decorated can mean they are able to make a
success of living.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Policing urban policy
Chris Crowther
Macmillan Press
£42.50
ISBN 0 333 74858 1
This is an academic book written by an academic in academic
jargon for.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Key working
Report of a project which explored the development of key worker
services for families with disabled children
Key working has been identified as.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Councils condemn prison tendwers
Scottish councils have voted unanimously to condemn moves to
contract out prison-based social work services. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Charities issue warning over using private nursing homes
Private nursing homes must not be used as a "cheap, quick fix
solution" to the blocking of acute beds, Age Concern England said
this week in.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Hackney services are 'falling apart'
Hackney social services department is "falling apart" under a
continuing staffing crisis only months before a crunch visit by
government.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Are special measures working?
Local authority leaders are confident none of the social
services departments under special measures will lose control of
services. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Living the asylum rhetoric
As witnessed in campaigning for last week's local elections, the
issue of asylum seekers is the hottest political potato of the
moment. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
Extra Care for North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Council is to develop extra care housing schemes
after last year agreeing to close three older people’s homes,
sell off three.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Many Are Called
Pat Arrowsmith
Onlywomen Press
£6. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
First private children's home for N. Ireland
Care Northern Ireland has made history in Northern Ireland by
opening the country's first private residential children's
home. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Guiding Recovery from Child Sexual Abuse: Horizons of Hope
Dave Simon
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
£15. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Moving On: The Gypsies and Travellers of Britain
Donald Kenrick and Colin Clark
University of Hertfordshire Press
£9. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
The meanness of means tests
WELFARE RIGHTSFor Neil Bateman the poverty trap, where people
who have gained work see their standard of living remain low as
they lose their.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)
NHS accused of diverting money
Money saved by the closure of long-stay hospitals may be being
diverted from mental health services to other parts of the NHS,
warns a major report.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Towards a Full Life: Researching policy innovation for people with learning disabilities
David Felce and Gordon Grant
Butterworth Heinneman
£15. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)
An End To Welfare Rights
David G Green
Institute of Economic Affairs
£7.00
ISBN 0 255 36452 0
David Green is the director of the Health and Welfare Unit.... more
(12 May 2000 00:00)
Research in Practice
Roger Bullock, Daniel Gooch, Michael Little, Kevin Mount
Ashgate
£9. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)
Still Screaming
Lynn Charlton, Maureen Crank, Kinni Kansara, Carolyn Oliver
After Adoption
£8. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)
Millions Wasted on Bed & Breakfast
London's local authorities are wasting millions of pounds a year
by housing people in expensive bed and breakfast accommodation, a
new report.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
Social Workers to Surf The Net for Good Practice
Social workers could have Internet access to a one-stop source
of good practice following a National Institute of Social Work
project for the.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
'Race', Communication and the Caring Professions
Lena Robinson
Open University Press
£45.00 (hardback)
£14.99 (paperback)
ISBN 0 355 19551 2 £45.00 (hardback)
ISBN 0.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)
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