Articles by Date : May 01 2006 - May 31 2006

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(22 May 2006 09:53)

People who download child pornography may pose low risk to children, says expert
People who download child pornography may pose a low risk to children and should be assessed accordingly, sexual crime expert Ray Wyre told delegates.... more
(18 May 2006 12:03)

Hutton to unveil plan to help carers qualify for full pension
A new carer’s credit to help people who look after elderly and infirm relatives obtain a full state pension will be offered as part of reforms to be.... more
(19 May 2006 09:56)

If you ask me...Katrina Miller
18 May 2006 more
(18 May 2006 17:18)

The Big Question
Is the Not Dead Yet UK campaign by disabled people right to oppose assisted dying legislation? more
(18 May 2006 17:14)

The Simon Heng Column
18 May 2006 more
(18 May 2006 17:11)

Winning over minds
Since 2001 I have been a media volunteer for the Scottish executive’s See Me… campaign against the stigma associated with mental health problems. more
(18 May 2006 17:08)

Open Forum
18 May 2006 more
(18 May 2006 17:06)

Frontlines - Funding older people's care
I sometimes wonder if the Wanless recommendations will come in time to protect my inheritance, or if it will be whittled away by means-testing. more
(18 May 2006 17:02)

Schools to face admissions duty
Council-maintained schools in England will be forced to admit looked-after children at any time during the academic year after the government last.... more
(18 May 2006 16:54)

Charities fail to file accounts in time
Four social care charities were among 11 leading charities that failed to file their accounts with the Charity Commission in time last year, leaving.... more
(18 May 2006 16:50)

Talking therapies pilots launched
Campaigners have urged the government to make the long-awaited talking therapy pilot projects, launched last week, the start of a new approach to.... more
(18 May 2006 16:48)

Call to limit work to accredited staff
The British Association of Social Workers has written to the UK’s social work regulators asking for their views on whether professionals should have.... more
(18 May 2006 16:45)

Councils’ promotion body in policy cull
The Local Government Association could lose up to 40 per cent of its policy staff, it has been claimed, as part of a move to bring in “big hitters”.... more
(18 May 2006 16:41)

Proud, yes : Happy, no
Social work can be a thankless and often gruelling job so it’s perhaps surprising, but also encouraging, that 88 per cent of staff who took part in.... more
(18 May 2006 16:38)

Professional pride intact as social workers struggle with effect of cuts
Morale among local authority social workers is high even though many are struggling with increasing workloads and other fallout from budgets cuts, an.... more
(18 May 2006 16:33)

Thinking too big
“Small is beautiful” goes the old economist’s slogan, and if you’re a gnat on the back of the NHS giant the attractions of the sentiment are obvious. more
(18 May 2006 16:29)

Lukewarm reaction to plan for adult services directors to have wider role
Directors of adult social services will be encouraged to take responsibility for all council services for adults and may be forced to do so in the.... more
(18 May 2006 16:25)

Children of alcohol misusers neglected
Professionals working with parents who misuse alcohol are often ill-equipped to meet their children’s needs, a new report claims. more
(18 May 2006 16:22)

Tony Blair slammed for continually moving social care ministers
Peter Beresford has lambasted prime minister Tony Blair for continually moving ministers with the brief for social care to other departments and not.... more
(18 May 2006 16:14)

Plea for action on hospice cash crisis
Children’s palliative care chiefs have called for funding reforms to tackle the financial crisis in the sector, which is worsening as lottery funding.... more
(18 May 2006 16:09)

Havering care home plans ‘breach rights’
The government has entered a High Court battle over Havering Council’s plans to transfer two care homes to the private sector because it could affect.... more
(18 May 2006 16:06)

Harman launches proposals to improve systems for taking children into care
Government ministers have announced new proposals designed to ensure that the welfare of children is at the heart of the processes involved in taking.... more
(18 May 2006 16:02)

Ruling paves way to free trade in sector
A European Commission ruling that defines social services as an “economic activity” could open the door to more foreign competition. more
(18 May 2006 16:00)

Agencies struggling to meet demands
More than a quarter of foster agencies in England have too few staff or carers and many are failing to address the problem, according to inspectors. more
(18 May 2006 15:56)

Repeal of Section 9 could increase use of asylum detention
The possible repeal of a government policy which can lead to failed asylum seekers who refuse to leave the UK voluntarily having their children taken.... more
(18 May 2006 15:42)

Unison demands action on ‘culture of violence’ against professionals
Public sector union Unison has launched a campaign to give Scotland’s social workers and care staff more protection from violence and abuse. more
(18 May 2006 15:36)

Appleby calls for race equality assessment on amended mental health act
The government has not yet decided whether to carry out a race impact assessment on the amended mental health act or just the proposed amendments,.... more
(18 May 2006 15:31)

New president accuses fast-track courses of failing to prime students for the front line
The new president of the Association of Directors of Social Work has hit out at fast-track training schemes, claiming they fail to prepare social.... more
(18 May 2006 15:28)

Staff set for larger visual health role
Scotland’s social workers could play an earlier role in assessing clients for loss of eyesight or blindness under Scottish executive proposals. more
(18 May 2006 15:24)

Hughes admits more is needed to be done to support looked-after-children
Children's minister Beverley Hughes today admitted that the government needed to do more to support looked-after children. more
(18 May 2006 13:17)

Treasury highly unlikely to fund Wanless's call for a guaranteed free minimum level of service for all older people
The Treasury is examining how a more modest version of the funding proposal put forward by the Wanless social care review may work in practice,.... more
(18 May 2006 07:27)

Casey: antisocial parents need to be tackled to reduce children at risk
Social workers could reduce the number of children at risk by tackling the behaviour of "antisocial" parents more effectively, Louise Casey, head of.... more
(18 May 2006 15:16)

Family judge warns on split in services
The splitting of adult and children’s services could lead to more children of parents with learning difficulties being taken into care, a senior.... more
(18 May 2006 15:12)

‘Trust at fault over man held by police’
A mentally ill man was held unlawfully in a Manchester police cell for three days because of “inaction” by a local care trust, an investigation has.... more
(18 May 2006 15:09)

Difficulties smoking ban will cause not yet known
The difficulties that the smoking ban will raise for social care staff and service users have yet to be ironed out, an expert warned at Community.... more
(18 May 2006 15:03)

Critical committee will reconvene to ensure new plans face scrutiny
A committee of MPs and peers that scrutinised the draft Mental Health Bill is set to reconvene unofficially to consider the government’s new.... more
(18 May 2006 15:00)

New policies vow for poverty target
The government has promised to produce fresh policies this year to accelerate progress to its target of halving child poverty by 2010. more
(18 May 2006 14:56)

£30 fee ‘may doom care staff register’
Plans to register all residential and home care staff will fail without significant government funding, the English Community Care Association (Ecca).... more
(18 May 2006 14:55)

Rowe slams NHS investment bias
Skills for Care chief executive Andrea Rowe has attacked the investment bias towards developing new roles in the NHS rather than in social care. more
(18 May 2006 14:51)

Blair subtracts the divisions
Moves to improve the co-ordination of policy-making in key areas for social care were announced last week in a Whitehall restructure, reports Mithran.... more
(18 May 2006 14:38)

Department of Health calls for social workers' views
The Department of Health is seeking social care staff’s views on and experiences of the treatment of older people in the care system, as part of.... more
(18 May 2006 14:27)

When the mask slips
After a working day helping clients with alcohol-related problems Ben, a social care worker, spent all evening getting drunk. Is this acceptable? If.... more
(18 May 2006 14:25)

The past is always present
An organisation is bringing into the open the hidden abuse of children in care and religious orders. Terry Philpot spoke to those at the forefront of.... more
(18 May 2006 14:10)

Fair grounds for attraction
Where there are high proportions of older people in local populations, the recruitment and retention of care workers is particularly important. Julie.... more
(18 May 2006 13:50)

Manchester: An Asbo Oasis
Manchester Council has blazed a trail in the use of antisocial behaviour orders, handing out more than any other local authority. But some in the.... more
(18 May 2006 13:43)

Closing credit
Three years ago, Lancashire Council embarked on an ambitious and controversial programme to transform residential care services. Despite initial.... more
(18 May 2006 13:35)

Plans to axe shared boundaries rejected
T he Department of Health has overturned several strategic health authority proposals to remove shared boundaries between primary care trusts and.... more
(18 May 2006 13:30)

Reprieve for charity information service
The National Centre for Independent Living’s information service has been saved but the organisation still needs to find more funding to pay its.... more
(18 May 2006 13:26)

Lewis: social care needs to lose victim mentality
New care services minister Ivan Lewis spelled out his credentials to bring social care “from the margins to the mainstream” in a speech to Community.... more
(17 May 2006 12:55)