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New alcohol labelling system announced
Public health minister Caroline Flint announced yesterday that all alcoholic drink labels should contain information on alcohol content by unit and.... more
(29 May 2007 14:01)
MPs deliver damning verdict on the Social Fund
The Social Fund requires a fundamental overhaul including increased and better distributed resources, improved staff training and quicker and more.... more
(29 May 2007 11:49)
Make housing affordable for public sector workers, Brown told
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(29 May 2007 09:45)
£9m for projects to help disadvantaged parents announced by government
A £9m funding package to help hard to reach parents get involved in their children’s learning was announced by the government today. more
(29 May 2007 00:01)
Poorest households use the highest proportion of their income to pay off debts
The poorest fifth of households are using over 11% of their annual incomes to repay debts, compared to just over 3% for the richest fifth,.... more
(27 May 2007 00:01)
£1m for mental health services in black and minority ethnic communities
Health minister Rosie Winterton has announced £1m in new funding for 40 community engagement projects across England to help build stronger links.... more
(28 May 2007 00:01)
Low completion rate of child protection training recommended by Bichard
Less than one fifth of headteachers, governors and council employees eligible to take up key child protection training recommended by the inquiry.... more
(26 May 2007 00:01)
Adult services directors head warns care providers adaptation is essential
Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Anne Williams warned providers this week that they had to adapt to the changing.... more
(25 May 2007 11:52)
Good Practice Schemes
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(20 May 2007 08:59)
Homelessness and substance misuse services failing to work together, Homeless Link report finds
Homelessness and substance misuse services are failing to work together to support homeless drug users, according to a report published today.
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(24 May 2007 11:36)
Social workers assessing refugee children as older than they are
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(24 May 2007 11:20)
Drug services get £2 million boost
The government has announced an extra £2million of funding for drugs service to help reduce the number of people dying from drug overdoses or.... more
(24 May 2007 10:56)
Values
This easy-to-read and concise introductory text is designed to cover values for "people work", by which Bernard Moss means occupations which help.... more
(24 May 2007 09:30)
Workhouse: The People The Places The Life Behind Doors
I remember as a social work student in the early 1980s arranging a much needed short break for on older person in North Yorkshire, writes Don Rhodes..... more
(24 May 2007 09:28)
A Life Like Any Other campaign: people with learning disabilities reveal their housing experiences and aspirations
Community Care's campaign survey revealed widespread frustration among people with learning disabilities with their living arrangements with.... more
(24 May 2007 08:56)
Your Patch: Disabled students and the National Association of Disability Practitioners
Community Care shares the experiences and views of professionals and students with disabilities delivering and receiving learning support at college more
(24 May 2007 08:54)
Networking: Twin targets are excellence and consistency
This week's network hub: The National Association of Disability Practitioners, aiming to improve education for disabled students
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(24 May 2007 08:51)
A Life Like Any Other campaign: Andrew Barber is living life to the full after years in a long stay hospital
A decade in a long-stay hospital took away a huge part of Andrew Barber's life. But he uses his anger to campaign for people with learning.... more
(24 May 2007 08:46)
Huge growth in residential children's homes doubling up as schools
The growing trend for children's homes to provide education may be more about market changes than children's needs, writes Sally Gillen more
(24 May 2007 08:41)
Power battle at heart of independent living
Social care staff and commissioners are reluctant to give up their influence on service provision for disabled people. But, as Nina Jacobs reports,.... more
(24 May 2007 08:35)
Editorial Comment: Workers on the defensive
The push for independent living could be one of the best things to happen to social work in decades. more
(24 May 2007 08:33)
Fostering Investigation: MP attacks CSCI's handling of foster carers' child protection concerns
Commission for Social Care Inspection acted too defensively and its internal inquiry contained mistakes, says MP more
(24 May 2007 08:15)
Editorial Comment: Chance of a better deal
Disabled children have received a poor deal from public services. Despite rafts of policy, a lack of funding has always compromised the level of.... more
(24 May 2007 08:10)
Charities applaud £340m package but push for rights
Groups temper delight at 'fantastic' result with call for legal guarantee on service provision more
(24 May 2007 07:58)
Stop calling youth groups gangs, youth justice professionals warn
Labelling youth groups as gangs could glamorise them and encourage young people to become involved in more serious criminal behaviour, youth justice.... more
(24 May 2007 07:57)
New private member's bill to protect human rights in private care services
A private member's bill to ensure vulnerable people in private sector care services would be protected under the Human Rights Act has been introduced.... more
(24 May 2007 07:57)
Isabel Schwarz Travel Fellowship: How an Italian mental health visionary inspired Anne Kendall to make a trip to Trieste
Inspired by an Italian mental health visionary, Rethink's Anne Kendall tells Derren Hayes about her visit to study Trieste's system of.... more
(24 May 2007 00:31)
Carers of substance misusers suffer as needs are neglected
Sally Anfilogoff considers the importance of carers' assessments and why for one group of people they can be so difficult to get more
(24 May 2007 00:25)
Research: Older people, aspirations, lifestyle, health and well-being. Melanie Henwood examines findings...
Melanie Henwood examines research into older people's needs and the relationship between affluence and health more
(24 May 2007 00:58)
Graduate focus: should there be a 'provisional licence' for social workers fresh out of college?
Social work students in their final year will soon be leaving the classroom behind them and embarking on their careers. Anabel Unity Sale.... more
(24 May 2007 00:47)
Car maintenance project helps troubled teenagers avoid custody
A car repair and maintenance project is keeping convicted teenagers out of custody by putting them under a car bonnet. Louise Tickle reports more
(24 May 2007 00:02)
An end to the MMR guilt trip for blameless parents
Many parents of autistic children continue to wrongly blame themselves, says Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, who himself is father to a child with the.... more
(24 May 2007 00:48)
The Risk Factor: How intensive therapy helped a severely neglected boy
A young boy is taken away from his family for his own safety and put into intensive therapeutic care. Graham Hopkins talks to therapist John Ball on.... more
(24 May 2007 00:41)
Research Abstracts: Resilience in Young People
Author: Newman, Tony Title: Promoting resilience: a review of effective strategies for child care services Publisher: London: Barnardo's,.... more
(24 May 2007 00:07)
Government urged to act to reach child poverty target
The government is set to miss its target to halve child poverty by 2010 by nearly one million children unless it backs up the pledge with more.... more
(23 May 2007 11:44)
What you said about the future of long-term funding
Congratulations to Paul Boyle, an OT at East Sussex Council who was selected by the editor as giving the best response to how the UK should pay for.... more
(23 May 2007 11:34)
Prospective foster carers working for Tesco to get paid leave for training
Tesco has announced that it will give employees who want to become foster carers up to five days paid leave for training under a new agreement with.... more
(23 May 2007 11:31)
Remploy plans to close 32 factories
Remploy, the government funded company providing employment to disabled people, has announced proposals to close 32 of its factories and to merge a.... more
(22 May 2007 11:27)
September launch for regional commissioning of placements
The government will pilot the regional commissioning of placements for looked-after children from September. more
(24 May 2007 00:19)
Trafford Council acted against the interests of older woman with mental health problems, Local Government Ombudsman finds
Trafford council has said it is “surprised and disappointed” by a Local Government Ombudsman report published today accusing it of acting in a.... more
(23 May 2007 10:55)
Service User Voice: Children in exclusion zone
Funding to help young carers should be ring-fenced to prevent councils using it to solve the next budget crisis, says Simon Heng more
(24 May 2007 00:46)
Future care must be about people's power, says Greig
Learning disabilities director says public will no longer put up with institutionalised model of care more
(24 May 2007 00:20)
'Research fails to prove benefits of partnership'
Partnership working between health and social care does not definitely improve outcomes for service users, social care academic Jon Glasby said. more
(24 May 2007 00:14)
Front Line Focus: Gentrification in the sky?
Redevelopment of 1960s-era flats may be long overdue but will the inhabitants benefit or be pushed out, asks Jennifer Harvey more
(24 May 2007 00:06)
Unions urged to take stake in welfare services
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(23 May 2007 09:58)
The Big Picture: Emotions hinder inquiry
What Madeleine McCann and her family need is a thorough police investigation, not a media circus and New Age nonsense more
(24 May 2007 00:48)
Number of asylum seeker children detained rises
The number of asylum seeker children held in detention centres increased in the first quarter of this year official statistics out today show. more
(22 May 2007 17:21)
At least 100, 000 innocent young people alleged to be on the National DNA Database
At least 100,000 children and young people who have not committed any criminal offence have their details recorded on the National DNA Database it.... more
(22 May 2007 16:30)
Disabled students in London under-represented in higher education, Greater London Authority report finds
Disabled people are under-represented in post-16 education in London and face disadvantage in the system, according to a report yesterday. more
(22 May 2007 15:21)
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