Articles by Date : June 01 2000 - June 30 2000

Lost job complaint
Ian Gilmour, depute director of Strathclyde region, has lodged a complaint with the Local Government Staff Commission over the interviewing.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Man charged over photos
A Lancashire youth worker appeared in court last week charged with taking indecent photographs of children. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Juvenile policy
The Labour Party wants to set up new penalties, including reparation orders, to deal with young offenders. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Directors chosen
Three new directors have been appointed in Wales all of whom are currently assistant directors with Gwynedd. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Hopes of change to savings law raised
By Jackie Cresswell The government looks set to reform pension laws in an attempt to prevent elderly people from selling their homes to pay.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Services vary widely
The level of social services provided by different local authorities varies widely from area to area, a Department of Health report revealed this.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Learning cultural roots
Learning cultural roots CRMKB - Cultural Roots Knowledge Base By Tarsem Singh Cooner and Sarbit Kaur Cooner in association with.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Death and dealing with grief
Death and dealing with grief I Wish I Could Have Told You So A video-assisted training package. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Euro-project
Shropshire social services department is taking part in a European Union project called Employment-Horizon, which provides cash for training and.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Closure decision criticised
A proposal to close a hospital for adults with learning difficulties and move them to a unit at a hospital for mentally ill people was criticised.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Military jail to be used as boot camp
By James Fair Home Secretary Michael Howard wants to use a military prison for the second of his planned boot camps for young offenders. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Categorising care
A social services department is to target only the 'most needy' in the community to combat a massive projected budgetary overspend Roger Dobson.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Decision awaited on old people's village
By Natalie Valios Proposals to build a village for elderly people near York are being considered by the local planning authorities. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Urgent business
It is difficult to imagine the government dithering for four years as it introduces a key part of its reforms. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

In an insular world
Concern is growing over the number of young people misusing the sleeping drug temazepam. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Newcastle MIND to close down
Newcastle Mind has taken a step closer to oblivion by issuing redundancy notices to its 28 workers. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

A change for the better
Joy Francis assesses the impact of the Charity Commission's new guidelines on political campaigning The long-awaited revised guidelines from the.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Scratch my back
When Mencap's contract with North Birmingham health authority to run three community care homes was terminated dramatically there were screams of.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Our man on the terraces
Although Jim Murphy has taken a slightly unorthodox route to the social services director's chair at Manchester - including a spell with.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

'One law for them, and another one for us'
People with learning difficulties are not getting equal justice, and are becoming disenchanted with the role of the police and courts Natalie.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

UN indifference
Lack of interest is marking the run up to the United Nations' International Year for the Eradication of Poverty, claim campaigners. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

New deadline for Care Programme Approach
By Philip Whiteley Local and health authorities must have the Care Programme Approach for people with mental health problems in place.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Sample size too small for specific findings, charity told
By James Fair Barnardo's has defended a report published last week from criticism that it drew misleading conclusions from a low survey sample. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Ex-nurse jailed for raping clients
A 70-year-old former senior nurse was given a seven-year prison sentence last week for raping four women with learning difficulties. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Why foster parents pull out
More than two-thirds of people who pulled out of plans to foster children would have liked to have met existing foster carers, according to a.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Appeal court frees mother
A mother who snatched her children from foster parents had her 12-month prison sentence quashed in London's Appeal Court last week. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Homeless are worse off
Homeless people with extra care needs are worse off under community care reforms, a charity said this week. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Good practice for alcohol recovery project staff
Good practice for alcohol recovery project staff Alcohol Services Manual Produced by and available from Alcohol Recovery Project Ltd,.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

First person
Paul McMahon is 12 years old and lives in Gloucester. Along with his sister Stacey, aged 14, he looks after his mother who has a disabling disease..... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

A problem shared
Several different organisations have joined forces to fund and run a pilot project to examine the needs of young carers. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Career opportunities
Local government reorganisation has resulted in a scramble for jobs by senior managers. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Yes he is!No he isn't!
Yes he is!No he isn't! The two autobiographies of Leonard Nimoy - Mr Spock of Star Trek - provoked an Offload competition (13-19 July),.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Too real
Too real Staffordshire social services department's recent successful recruitment campaign 'Real Jobs, Real People, The Real World',.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Carew incommoded
Carew incommoded I am used to taking calls from people with some strange views about what we should write articles on. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Too much too young
Young carers workshops held by the Social Services Inspectorate will feed into guidance on the new Carers Act. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Holiday home
A respite break often means carer and the person the care for are separated. more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

In my view...
When I first talk to people from schools and clubs they often tell me they don't have any young carers, but as the conversation unfolds they'll say.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Gentle touch
Luke Clements examines how carers and their families can be stopped from thinking social services departments want to split them up Emma is 12.... more
(12 June 2000 00:00)

Life at the margin
Services for older people affected by HIV and AIDS are thin on the ground. more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Cheerless Christmas
The festive season will be upon us soon. more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Back to basics
Roger Dobson looks at a voluntary agency for children which acted swiftly when it was asked to do more than fit in with the lives of parents and.... more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Children in care
The four youngest West children are now living in foster homes outside Gloucester in unknown locations. more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Keep them off the streets
A project in Wales is filling the gap in services for children who have recently run away from home or care. more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Questions of tomorrow
Inspired visions of life for elderly people have been noticeably absent from the debate between health and social services about continuing care. more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Audience participation
Audience participation When social workers make contact with ethnic minority families in child protection cases they are often.... more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Approachable advocates
David Mitchell reports on the success of a new advocacy service and finds out why other Scottish social work departments are looking at it as a.... more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Report says social workers' s
Report says social workers' s Long-awaited guidelines on stress are needed now, say social workersNatalie Valios reports .... more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Housing failure
A report from the Federation of Black Housing Organisations and housing campaign group CHAR says the Children Act has failed to significantly help.... more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Newcastle MIND closed by
Newcastle MIND closed by Newcastle could be left with a severe shortage of mental health provision, the director of the local MIND.... more
(14 June 2000 00:00)

Demand for funding to implement agreements
Just over half social services departments believe more resources will be needed from health authorities to implement agreements on continuing.... more
(14 June 2000 00:00)