Articles by Date : May 01 2000 - May 31 2000

"Second Class Citizen"Children
Children are too often treated as second-class citizens and social work should radically alter the way it delivers services to them. more
(15 May 2000 00:00)

70 per cent users praise social services
Social services are valued positively by 70 per cent of the service users - a much higher rate than any other local authority services according to.... more
(15 May 2000 00:00)

New leader could signal merger
The election of a new chairperson of the National Association of Primary Care could herald merger talks with the association's historic rival, the.... more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

GPs urged to use new powers
GPs have been urged to make use of their new right to vote on proposals to convert primary care groups to trust status. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Care leavers given greater housing priority
The government's housing Green Paper has proposed extended priority need categories for housing 16 and 17-year-old care leavers. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Consultants to help with understanding of young people
Castle Vale Housing Action Trust has appointed consultancy Life Research to develop a youth training and development programme. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Reasoned argument is the way
Young children should be taught how to deal with arguments without resorting to force, according to a new government guide for child care staff. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Village plan for older people
A charity has unveiled a 10-year development plan to create a new generation of retirement villages for older people in the UK. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Religion not key to foster placement
A girl born with Down's syndrome is to stay with Roman Catholic foster parents after her birth parents, who are orthodox Jews, lost their six-year.... more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Crime and Social Exclusion
Edited by Catherine Jones Finer and Mike Nellis Blackwell Publishers £12. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Antisocial Behaviour by Young People
Michael Rutter, Henri Giller and Ann Hagell Cambridge University Press £13. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Spirituality and Ageing
Edited by Albert Jewell Jessica Kingsley £14. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

From Disaffection to Social Inclusion: A Social Skills Approach to Developing Active Citizenship
John Huskins £16.00 No ISBN Social exclusion is now very much a part of the policy agenda in the United Kingdom. more
(12 May 2000 00:00)

Residential care for adults
The development of policy and practice for residential care that seeks to value older people as individuals with rights to choice, privacy, dignity.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Association slates benefit rise
The rise in Income Support for residents with preserved rights is outrageously inadequate, according to the National Care Homes Association. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

The runaway train
Conrad Russell argues that if the government is to ease the plight of young runaways on our streets, it is time to make an investment in children's.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Aid keeps people homeless
Homelessness "tsar" Louise Casey's controversial comments that soup runs and sleeping bag hand-outs keep people on the streets were supported by.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Huge shortfall on service targets
A staggering number of social services departments are failing to meet average targets for service provision in their type of authority, according.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Size shouldn't count
Small charities are in many ways more accountable than the largest. But the big fish are responsible for a lot of money and it's time to reel them.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Members call for new thinking from 'elitist' BASW
The British Association of Social Workers is a "pompous, elitist organisation" of older members which has lost touch with grass roots staff,.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Review cites Bury's failure to deliver
Bury social services department has been advised to take major and decisive action to remedy shortcomings that have been exposed by inspectors. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Census shows staff numbers on the decrease
The number of whole time equivalent social services staff dropped by about 4,500 in the year to September 1997, according to the latest government.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Join us for a day, MPs told
MPs should shadow social workers for a day at work to find out what happens at the coal face, David Hinchliffe, chairperson of the Commons health.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

After Waterhouse, what?
The closing statement by Gerard Elias QC to the North Wales child abuse inquiry might serve as a useful summary of recommendations for the final.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Benefit rules may hamper new deal
Housing Benefit restrictions are forcing young people in Devon into homelessness, claims a report from the charity Centre-point, published last.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

New body will tackle homelessness issues
The government is to create a new organisation charged with tackling drugs, alcohol and mental health problems among homeless people in London. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

After the Act
New legislation means that local authorities have a legal duty to pay home care fees if a resident's savings fall below £16,000. Kristiina.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Cuts hit elderly homes
Elderly people's homes have yet again become the victim of cuts to social services department budgets. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Ethnic minorities face housing discrimination
Thousands of families from ethnic minorities are facing housing discrimination, says a study by homelessness charity Shelter. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Couples in care homes can gain by claiming separately
Social services stand to benefit financially if mixed-sex couples in care homes claim income support individually, writes Neil Bateman. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Tough love
With youth justice in flux and additional secure accommodation under construction, a new unit in Essex shows how detention with care rather than.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Owners threaten action over freeze
More than 200 private care home owners in Coventry may sue the council if it persists in freezing their payments, the High Court heard last week. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

New inspection standards for London homes
Concern over the fragmented system of inspecting and regulating London children's homes has triggered a new set of common standards. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Relatives want a say in homes
Staff in elderly people's homes must build better relationships with residents' relatives, says a study published by the Relatives' Association.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Care homes should set their own standards and tasks
John Burton ('What's to celebrate?' 15-21 January) was interesting, stimulating and either partially misguided or perhaps glowingly idealistic. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Race claim thrown out
An industrial tribunal has rejected claims of racial discrimination by a former deputy officer in charge of a residential care home in.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Maternity matters
More than four out of five social care workers are women, so agencies should ensure that they have effective policies covering the health of.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Charity furious over murder report delay
Mental health campaigners are furious over the three-year delay of a report commissioned into a mental health homicide, which is finally expected.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

The buzz at the conference
The interest of Health Secretary Frank Dobson's speech to the annual social services conference last week lay more in the tone than the content. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

New drug guidance launched
The Standing Conference on Drug Abuse and the Children's Legal Centre this week launched guidance on developing drug services.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Where are Holby social services?
Flora Luck gets square eyes trying to locate the social services in the television soaps It can't just be me who's noticed the strange absence of.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Special hospitals to get more government money
The government has decided to ignore recommendations to close Ashworth special hospital and instead will pump more money into all three special.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

NHS care confusion will continue
Sally Greengross looks at the implications of last week's important Appeal Court decision There is huge confusion about who should be responsible.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Tipping the scales
Treating eating disorders in young people demands a multi-disciplinary approach and social workers can play a major role, writes Hilary.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Carry on caring
When children with learning difficulties grow up, but don't leave home, at what point should social services become involved in caring for them, or.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Warning follows hypnosis
The National Schizophrenic Fellowship is warning people with a family history of mental illness not to volunteer for hypnosis following last week's.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Labour dubbed hypocrites over NHS plans
Disability charity Radar has accused the government of hypocrisy because the White Paper on the future health service fails to recognise the link.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Balancing care and protection
Parents with mental health problems can sometimes pose a threat to their children but may also have their own needs. more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Book reviews
Terry Bamford on taking a scientific approach; Sharon Mayne looks at children's rights; Linda Ward gets an insight into what life is like for.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)

Galbraith moves to soothe row over campaigning
The British Association of Social Workers has received an assurance from the Scottish Office that it is not trying to "gag" social workers who.... more
(11 May 2000 00:00)