Articles by Date : May 01 2000 - May 31 2000

Julian Click
Gateshead Council's newly-appointed social services director Julian Click collapsed and died on his first day in the job earlier this week. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Lost and Found: Making and remaking working partnerships with parents of children in the care system
Rose Barton, Des Kelly and Roger Bullock evaluate authoritative studies on the management of DipSW students who are failing, new pointers in.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Managers put cost issues before duty to back children's rights, report says
Basic human rights of children in care are being neglected because of the drive for cost savings, a damning report from the Joseph Rowntree.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Mismanagement led to rel ease of patient
Carstairs secure hospital in South Lanarkshire failed to treat Noel Ruddle, according to an inquiry by the Mental Welfare Commission in Scotland.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

MPs urge tough new pro-adoption laws
Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing increased pressure from an all-party group of MPs and peers to introduce tough legislation compelling social.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

NHS faces biggest test on care of older people
Caring for older people will become the critical issue for the NHS as the percentage of the population above retirement age increases, MPs were.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Ombudsman backs council's care strategy
Owners of a private older people's home in Cumbria had their complaint that the council diverted residents into its own home rejected by the local.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Opening up Care: Achieving Principled Practice in Health and Social Care Institutions
Rose Barton, Des Kelly and Roger Bullock evaluate authoritative studies on the management of DipSW students who are failing, new pointers in.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Beware populism
The implementation of the Human Rights Act in October has immense implications for social services and the people who use them. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Bizarre but sadly true
Normally we would have let something as eccentric as this week's launch of an all-party group of MPs and peers, who want social workers to be.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Charity wants regulator of homes to halt 'business-asset' approach to care
The residential care home industry urgently needs a regulator to ensure that older people are not being treated as business assets by local.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Children in care speak out
Children in care speak out A survey of over 2,000 children who responded to a questionnaire about their lives in children's homes and in.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Connexions will weaken standards says union
The government's proposed youth support service will weaken standards by forcing careers advisers to take on welfare responsibilities normally.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Councils face legal risk through bad contractors
Social services directors have been warned that they face an increasing risk of legal action prompted by poor standards in the private care sector. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Cutting Loose?
How far have Scotland and Wales gone in pursuing social care policies distinct from those of Westminster? Maggie Mellon and Lynda Bransbury.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Doctors call for response to long-term care commission
The unfair system of funding long-term care for older people is "a national disgrace", say top doctors. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Eviction not the solution
Government research into anti-social behaviour has concluded that local authorities should put more emphasis on prevention than on evicting problem.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Fees discourage private care home investment
Private investment in the UK care home market came to a halt in the past year, according to the latest statistics from care analyst Laing &.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Former trust manager jailed on fraud charge
Wally Hurley, a former manager of the Lifecare NHS Trust in Surrey, has been jailed for almost three years for conspiring to defraud the Department.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Recipe for success
Practitioners who want to adhere to professional standards and help service users define good practice should welcome the General Social Care.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Report urges joined-up equipment provision
Social services departments have come under fire in an Audit Commission report on the provision of equipment to older and disabled people. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Scrutiny continues for improving council
Inspectors are keeping North East Lincolnshire Council under scrutiny after criticising child protection services for being substandard in many.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Social Policy, The Media and Misrepresentation
Robert Pinker reviews an analysis of the media and social work Edited by Bob Franklin, Routledge, £15. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Social services fail black children
Black children are still being placed in white families with inadequate support and their basic needs left unmet, says a critical report from the.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Social services must fight for a share of NHS cash
More money for the NHS, further measures to tackle poverty and tax breaks for gifts to charities were all welcome parts of the budget. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Staff call for pay increases
Ministers have been warned that they must find new cash to fund pay rises for social workers or measures to tackle the recruitment crisis will fail. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Task force calls for early action on Waterhouse
A ministerial task force on safeguarding children which is considering the Waterhouse report's recommendations has identified a number of.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Team calls for youth ministers
A cross-party youth unit and ministers in charge of youth issues would help to resolve the fragmentation of policy thinking and service delivery,.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Youth Justice Board praises councils for youth crime funds
The Youth Justice Board has praised local authorities for "putting their money where their mouths are". more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

A Quality start
Frances Rickford finds that the first year of Quality Protects has been welcomed by professionals working in children's services while, on page.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Joining New Families
A book review: David Quinton, Alan Rushton, Cherilyn Dance and Deborah Mayes John Wiley, £15. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Keeping sight of priorities
Advice Shop The scramble to win and keep funding for projects means that it is a tempting for managers to put service users' needs below the need.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

New powers help to kick-start partnerships
About 80 local and health authority partnerships started this week as new powers to help them work together more effectively came into force. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

No hiding place
Structural reform is too often seen as a panacea for problems that would have been better cured by good management. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

No malpractice in work of jailed Welsh inspector
An independent inquiry into the Social Services Inspectorate in Wales has found no evidence of malpractice in the case of jailed inspector Derek.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Ombudsman to investigate mistreatment allegations
The health service ombudsman has agreed to investigate a complaint by carers of an autistic man that he was detained in hospital against his will. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Poor of taste and small of portion
One omelette cut into four. One small chicken divided into 12 portions. One cream cracker for supper. One yoghurt for tea. These are not the.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Professionals in all areas back social work image campaign
Social workers in both statutory and voluntary bodies are tackling some of society's most difficult and challenging issues, and getting little.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Pushed to the margins
Why, when government coffers are filled to the brim, is the eligibility criteria for gaining social services support so difficult to meet, asks.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Question of identity
Children with no hearing often feel isolated and excluded. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Council operates a harsh management culture but has good staff and services
A dictatorial management culture that ignores staff views and poor working relationships with the health authority top the list of faults found in.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Council to pay costs after failed residential care case
A council has conceded defeat in its bid to prosecute a couple for allegedly overfilling their private residential care home after losing its claim.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Counting the cost
Supporting People - two words currently striking fear into the hearts of local government managers. The plan means a leap in councils'.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Ealing socia l services department taken out of special measures
Ealing Council has become the first social services department to be taken off the Department of Health special measures list after it transformed.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Exclusion through recruitment
Exclusion through recruitment Your profile of Atul Patel, deputy director of the Social Exclusion Unit (People, 2-8 March) noted that.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Falling through the Gap
Clients whose needs are not easy to pigeon-hole often get a bad deal from health and social services. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Good practice to be rewarded
Councils providing innovative independent living services that help older people stay in their own homes are to be rewarded with government money.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Hoorays and boos for Sure Start
Welfare rights Having a baby is expensive and parents on low incomes need all the help they can get. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Hutton supports safety
A national action plan on tackling violence against social workers will be ready by November, health minister John Hutton has promised. more
(17 May 2000 00:00)

Inspectors urge authority to modernise services
Carmarthenshire Council has a "paternalistic" attitude towards care and needs to make efforts to modernise social services, according to its joint.... more
(17 May 2000 00:00)