Articles by Date : May 01 2003 - May 31 2003

Professsionals say services for asylum seekers are failing
Interviews with more than 150 social care staff show that an overwhelming majority believe services for asylum seekers are failing because they are.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Children Caring for Parents with Mental Illness
By Jo Aldridge and Saul Becker. more
(15 May 2003 14:25)

Executive announces new measures to tackle anti-social behaviour
The Scottish executive has given more detail about its controversial Anti-social Behaviour (Scotland) Bill, which will introduce new measures to.... more
(30 May 2003 16:20)

Appeal against older people centre closure refused
Permission to appeal against the decision to close the Moreton Centre for older people in Hastings has been turned down. more
(30 May 2003 14:25)

Judge backs council decision to close centre for older people
Councils must consider all the right issues when making a decision to close a long term residential care home for older people. more
(30 May 2003 14:38)

Race equality legislation has yet to make enough impact
Councils still have a long way to go to achieve race equality and must start showing improvements within the next year, the Commission for Racial.... more
(29 May 2003 10:36)

Charity demands cut in waits
As many as half of those people who experienced their first episode of psychosis at the end of 2001 and early 2002 have still not received any.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Most councils oblivious to why foster carers back out
Less than 10 per cent of local authorities provide foster carers who leave their service with an exit interview, new research has revealed. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Demand for action on private fostering
The lack of priority given to private fostering by Lord Laming in the Victoria Climbié report is "deeply disappointing", Jan Lord, freelance trainer.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Bed-blocking money released
Health minister Jacqui Smith has announced the details of how the £50m delayed discharge fund will be spent this year. more
(29 May 2003 10:27)

Speechless on asylum
Intolerance towards the persecuted is being allowed to flourish as extreme right-wing opinions increasingly set the agenda and ministers are too.... more
(29 May 2003 10:18)

Charity says children’s services reform at risk
Paul Ennals, the chief executive of the National Children’s Bureau, is concerned that the government is losing its way in its reforms of children’s.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Professionals 'have nothing to fear' from change in mental health laws
Social workers' role in deciding whether to detain patients with mental health problems will not be watered down under the draft mental health bill,.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Transition groups 'a priority' for disabled children
Multi-agency transition groups are needed in all areas to improve services for disabled children moving into adulthood, according to a group.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Asylum Act introduced to 'make life hard' for asylum seekers
The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 is undoubtedly making life more difficult for asylum seekers, according to Alison Fenney, head of.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

GPs 'pass the buck' when treating people with learning difficulties
The co-chairperson of the Learning Disability Task Force has slammed GPs' treatment of people with learning difficulties. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Supporting People given low marks
Delegates gave an overwhelming thumbs down to the government's Supporting People initiative because of its teething problems. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Friday 30 May 2003
Five teenage boys are being questioned by police after a 14-year-old traveller was killed. Vicar jailed for sex with 13-year-old girl. more
(30 May 2003 09:55)

Employers urged to open up
Social care organisations should enable staff to raise concerns about practice in an open way, Public Concern at Work deputy director Anna Myers has.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Newly qualified social workers ask for more support on the front line
Newly qualified social workers are being abandoned at the front line with no information about the services they can offer their clients. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Call for more parental leave
The director of a leading child care organisation has called on the government to increase paid leave for parents. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Store chiefs to hear disability issues
Supermarket bosses are to meet senior personnel from the Family Fund to discuss research which shows that one in six families with severely disabled.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Over-75s screened to reduce risk of hospital re-admission
A preventive programme in north London is screening over-75s who have been taken to hospital but not admitted. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Make rights law more accessible
Values Into Action has demanded that the government acknowledge the need for an accessible version of the Human Rights Act 1998 to be produced so.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

'Bad behaviour must be punished'
Preventing antisocial behaviour has to go hand-in-hand with action to deal with offences, the head of the government's antisocial behaviour unit has.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

New bid to improve social inclusion for mental health services clients
Social exclusion minister Barbara Roche has launched a new consultation on employment and inclusion for people with mental health problems. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Minister has regrets over court service
The minister responsible for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has said that the government rushed into setting up the.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Anger over new assessment guides
The Audit Commission's proposals for reviewing councils' performance this year have been criticised by the Local Government Association for.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Community Fund backs merger plan
The merger of the Community Fund and the New Opportunities Fund will go ahead, following assurances from the culture secretary Tessa Jowell that the.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Campaign calls for fair treatment for refugees and asylum seekers
Community Care has launched a campaign to achieve a fair deal for asylum seekers and refugees and counterbalance their negative portrayal in the.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Many worried about grooming measures
Sixty-four per cent of visitors to Community Care 's website are concerned about the implications for care workers of the new grooming measures in.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Lack of matches for adoption register
Just 5 per cent of the children put forward for possible adoption by the National Adoption Register have been successfully adopted, its first annual.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Challenging the vitriol
The refuge offered by a country to those who seek help in times of terrible danger is a touchstone by which any pretensions to social inclusion,.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Lords consider housing duty for councils under children act
The House of Lords has finally heard three linked cases which may have important repercussions for the way part III of the Children Act 1989 is.... more
(29 May 2003 16:38)

A flea in the ear needed
The National Care Standards Commission needs user-driven regulation if it is to carry out its remit effectively, writes Bryan Heiser, himself a board.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Behind the headlines
Our regular panel comments on a topic in the news. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Social Policy, Social Welfare and Scandal
By Ian Butler and Mark Drakeford. more
(29 May 2003 16:09)

Child Protection Work
By Helen Buckley. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Better data needed to plan workforce
Accurate data on the social work workforce in Scotland were needed if staff shortages are to be successfully tackled, the incoming ADSW president.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Councils must call on executive for cash
Scottish councils need to "put pressure on the Scottish executive for more money" so they can fulfil key duties in the Mental Health (Care and.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Directors and government must help improve social work's image, says MP
A "crisis of confidence" caused partly by poor image is blighting social work in Scotland, an MP said last week. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Command performance
To remain on England's new social care register staff will have to prove their training and know-how is kept up to date - which means finding time,.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Welcome to britain?
Community Care 's Right to Refuge campaign is calling for fairer treatment for asylum seekers and refugees seeking a haven in the UK. Here Janet.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

A little knowledge
Attending courses can help young people with mental health problems improve their quality of life. Here, project worker Nicola Aylward describes new.... more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Simplistic system is no indicator
Would it not be better for local authorities to learn and share good practice from each other, asks Gill Constable. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

We need inspiration
Now in his twenties, care leaver Justin Dickson laments the lack of support for children in care at school we need inspiration. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

McTernan on politics
Vive la difference ? The French hope so, as they try to hang on to their solidarite sociale. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Poor disappear in an illusion of affluence
A pattern of hidden poverty has emerged among older people. But that's Hampshire for you. more
(29 May 2003 00:00)

Great leap backward?
Concerns over data-sharing, working across boundaries, information technology and the stigmatisation of children are all troubling professionals.... more
(29 May 2003 11:45)

Poorer students lose out
Fear of debt and feelings of isolation mean young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who enter higher education are more likely to drop out of.... more
(29 May 2003 14:31)