Articles by Date : June 01 2003 - June 30 2003

Shake-up for support services 'set to attract more people into adoption'
Adoption groups have welcomed the new regulations on support services as likely to encourage more people to consider adoption. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Mind scraps dove in £150k image change
Mental health charity Mind has spent £150,000 of charitable funds on a rebrand in which a new logo replaces its traditional dove. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

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

Colleges failing on mental health need
Less than two-thirds of further education colleges have special services for people with a mental health problem. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Partnership boards failing older carers
Learning disability partnership boards are struggling to identify the needs of older family carers of people with learning difficulties. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Charities embrace Community Care's bid to alter opinions over asylum
At the launch, editor Polly Neate said: " Community Care has chosen to campaign about asylum because there is deep concern among those who work with.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Study proposes better hostel links
More than half of children living in temporary accommodation have witnessed or experienced violence and two-thirds have experienced disruption to.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Pledge to assess carers goes unmet
Just under a third of carers have been assessed by social services despite a government pledge to appraise all of them. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Councils sceptical of regional forums
Almost 75 per cent of councils believe that elected regional assemblies will reduce local government's power. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Detention 'a breach of human rights'
The legal challenge to give the same safeguards to people with mental illness or learning difficulties who are informally detained as those who are.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Doubts remain over government's proposals for service delivery role
Next month, the government will publish plans to prepare charities to deliverpublic services, but concerns around independence persist. Sally Gillen.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Few placements in first year casts doubts over register's usefulness
The Adoption Register has been slated for "matching" too few children with parents. But have the agencies done enough to provide accurate.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

A subtle poison
It is psychologically rather than physically addictive, but its effects on individuals and entire communities are still devastating. Anabel Unity.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Make yourself at home?
Why does the public sympathise with or at least tolerate a group of asylum seekers and refugees arriving at one point in history, yet vilify another.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Caring for People with Learning Disabilities
By Tom Tait and Nicky Genders. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Wedge of support
Leeds has been enjoying the fruits of the Children's Fund for two years. Programme development officer Liz Jeffery assesses the results and.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

What's the damage?
Mental health problems resulting from brain injuries have historically been neglected by statutory services. But this has begun to change, writes.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

There's another way
Should the NHS be making complementary therapies more available for people with mental health problems? Katie Leason reports. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Control yourselves
Labour's core philosophy is not so far removed from the puritan idea that poverty was a moral failing and riches a reward for goodness. But reality.... more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Somebody must lose when investors gain
Stephen Byers's change of heart has raised questions over the profit motive in public services. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Slippery slope of legalised killing
The Patient (Assisted Dying) Bill could reinforce a view of disabled people as a burden, argues Jane Campbell. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Silence not so golden
Cognitive therapy should be more freely available for mental health service users, says Stella Townson. more
(05 June 2003 00:00)

Thursday 5 June 2003
Beggar to sue council over city centre ban. Foundation hospitals are financial risk say auditors. more
(05 June 2003 09:56)

Scottish social work faces crisis of confidence
Scottish social work directors were told last month that the profession is facing a “crisis of confidence”. more
(04 June 2003 18:04)

Regulations may encourage more people to consider adoptions
New regulations on adoption support services are expected to encourage more people to consider adoption. more
(04 June 2003 18:02)

Minister announces more social work training reforms
Health minister Jacqui Smith announced last month more money and initiatives for social work training. more
(04 June 2003 17:59)

Child protection trusts ruled out
None of the children’s trust pilot projects will be focusing on child protection services, a senior department of health official has said, writes.... more
(03 June 2003 16:27)

Poor information hampers services for disabled people
Out-of-date information is causing disabled people to receive inadequate and inappropriate care, a leading disability charity has argued, writes.... more
(04 June 2003 14:31)

Lack of support during first year 'undermines' drive to tackle inequalities
The government's failure to provide adequate levels of support for parents during pregnancy and a child's first year is undermining financial.... more
(04 June 2003 12:28)

Agencies should be told to work with councils on children's services
The children at risk green paper should place a legal requirement on all agencies involved in the delivery of children’s services to co-operate with.... more
(04 June 2003 12:16)

Social services fail to assess carers' support needs
Just under a third of carers have been assessed for support needs by social services despite a government pledge to make the practice available to.... more
(04 June 2003 11:49)

Wednesday 4 June 2003
Sisters jailed for smuggling girls as sex slaves. Gay people may be barred from working in church schools. more
(04 June 2003 10:02)

April 2003
Bulletin No 67 Butterworths Family and Child Law Bulletin - April 2003 Bulletin Editor Jonathan Montgomery , BA, LLM Professor of Law,.... more
(03 June 2003 15:39)

March 2003
Bulletin No 66 Butterworths Family and Child Law Bulletin - March 2003 Bulletin Editor Jonathan Montgomery , BA, LLM Professor of Law,.... more
(03 June 2003 15:11)

Needs of older carers of people with learning difficulties not assessed
Learning disability partnership boards are struggling to identify, meet and plan for the needs of older family carers of people with learning.... more
(03 June 2003 12:35)

Private secure centre for children wins praise from inspectors
Rainsbrook secure training centre, which is privately-run, has been praised for its strong practice in safeguarding and protecting children and its.... more
(03 June 2003 12:23)

Tuesday 3 June 2003
Senior Labour party member outraged that no police officers to be disciplined over riots. more
(03 June 2003 09:52)

Mothers deterred from working by problems of co-ordinating care
The complexities of delivering, collecting and ferrying young children between home, pre-school education or school, and child care is deterring.... more
(02 June 2003 17:52)

Learning mentors making a difference to disadvantaged pupils
Excellence in Cities and Education Action Zones have helped some pupils in disadvantaged areas, but their impact has been very varied and depended.... more
(02 June 2003 17:50)

Fewer places in maintained nurseries
The number of three and four year olds with places in maintained nursery classes and schools has fallen by 5 per cent over the last three years,.... more
(02 June 2003 17:49)

New minister for young people appointed
A new minister for education and young people in Scotland has been appointed to replace Cathy Jamieson. more
(02 June 2003 17:02)

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
(02 June 2003 17:00)

Government urged to tackle causes of truancy
A Parentline Plus report has urged the government to tackle the underlying reasons behind truancy following an in-depth study of calls to its 24-hour.... more
(02 June 2003 16:58)

Davies to lead efforts to turn Cardiff around
A new high profile director has been appointed to head up Cardiff social services in the wake of last year’s damning joint review, writes Alex.... more
(02 June 2003 12:17)

New regulations could encourage more adoptions
Adoption groups have welcomed the new regulations on adoption support services saying they will encourage more people to consider adoption, writes.... more
(02 June 2003 00:00)

Monday 2 June 2003
Iraqi refugees to be sent home. BBC criticised for plans to turn asylum into a game. more
(02 June 2003 10:01)

Government urged to tackle causes of truancy
A Parentline Plus report has urged the government to tackle the underlying reasons behind truancy following an in-depth study of calls to its 24-hour.... more
(02 June 2003 00:00)