Articles by Date : June 01 2005 - June 30 2005

'Most people don't live in the conditions we live in'
Twelve years ago Irene Milson was fed-up that nothing was being done for her and her neighbours on Windermere Green estate in Liverpool. more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

'No one goes near the sea'
A UK social work team travels to Sri Lanka to help support communities devastated by the tsunami. Katie Leason reports , and, overleaf, looks at.... more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Career Clinic
I am a special needs co-ordinator in a small voluntary organisation and keen to progress. more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

New relationship needed between practitioners and service users
More needs to be done to strike the balance between protecting individuals and allowing them to manage their own risk, according to new research.... more
(23 June 2005 08:51)

Award-winner inspired by the variety
Anne Marie Devaney is the agency care worker of the year. She won the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's award earlier this month after being.... more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Tax credits system needs new approach
The government should not automatically claw back overpayments of tax credits, according to a report published by Citizen’s Advice today, writes.... more
(22 June 2005 09:22)

The Simon Heng column
For years, one of the difficulties in decision-making has been the fact that each profession has its own jargon. more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Growing reputations
Five years ago, unable to recruit social workers, Stockport social services decided to "grow" their own and are now harvesting the rewards more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Mental health providers to set up their own "trade body"
Voluntary sector mental health providers are to set up their own “trade body” to push for a wider role in the delivery of services, Community Care .... more
(23 June 2005 08:37)

Theatre review: Sally can dance
SALLY CAN DANCE 24 May, Derby University STAR RATING: 4/5 Dame Helen Reeves, the chief executive of Victim Support, once.... more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Time for weed control
THIS LIFE How extended cannabis use can eventually lead to poor mental health. But how many young people realise this? more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

TV review
BEING PAMELA 8 June, 9pm, Channel 4 STAR RATING 2/5 This programme examined the life of Pamela Edwards who has been diagnosed as.... more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Ritual Abuse Travels Well
VIEWPOINT Belief systems that justify child abuse are not only an African phenomenon, reminds Elizabeth McAteer more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Disability Redefined
In his second article on disability living allowance, Gary Vaux looks at the outcome of a test case more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Brighton crews services with temps in pioneering scheme
A local authority is to expand a successful care venture staffed by temporary workers, writes Derren Hayes . more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Book Review: Counselling and Psychotherapy with Refugees
The experiences of refugees are little known outside their communities, especially the trauma that can result from displacement, writes Tracey Bolger. more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Book Review: The Well-Being of Children in the UK
This updated and expanded second edition consists of a number of papers covering various aspects of children's well-being, such as poverty,.... more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

The Big Question
Are private institutions right for people with learning difficulties coming out of long-stay hospitals? more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

The Greenhouse Effect
A gardening project in Lancashire is giving people with learning difficulties a purpose and making them a welcome part of the community more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Care for your Carer
Carers' week is over for another year. And all over the North West councils did their bit to support, celebrate and campaign for carers more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Need more than just glorified babysitters
New findings provide major pointers for parental involvement in children's lives. more
(23 June 2005 00:00)

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill published
Employers who knowingly take on illegal employees will face a two-year custodial sentence as part of a raft of measures outlined in the Immigration,.... more
(22 June 2005 15:38)

Expert evidence in shaken baby syndrome cases in doubt
The reliance on expert witnesses in cases of child death or serious injury is under scrutiny once more in an Appeal Court test case due to finish.... more
(22 June 2005 10:03)

Recovery of overpaid tax credits leaves families in debt
The government should consider writing off all tax credit overpayments caused by official error during the system’s first two years of operation, the.... more
(22 June 2005 11:25)

0-19: Book Review
Don't be put off by the lack of pictures and the close typed text in these four slim volumes; once you have tuned into the format they are a rich.... more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

0-19: Book Review
Like Delia's cookery books, the Barnardo's What Works series aims to present recipes for success. This, the eighth in the series, offers an appraisal.... more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

0-19: Book Review
Families raising disabled children are ordinary families that cope with extraordinary pressures, writes Gail Hanrahan. more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

0-19: Book Review
This report draws extensively on the most current educational research and is supported by many relevant references. more
(01 June 2005 00:00)

Government must maintain investment in housing
The president of the Chartered Institute of Housing has urged the government to maintain its investment in housing, ahead of the 2006 comprehensive.... more
(22 June 2005 10:13)

Mental health professionals must do more to tackle childhood obesity
Strategies to help obese children reduce their weight will not work unless their psychosocial and mental health needs are met too, a childhood.... more
(22 June 2005 09:57)

Wednesday 22 June 2005
Tax credits system slammed Average family break-up costs £80,000 more
(22 June 2005 09:50)

Exclusive: No child welfare assessments at Dungavel
No welfare assessments of children detained in an immigration removal centre have taken place 18 months after the government announced the policy, .... more
(22 June 2005 08:59)

New BASW boss wants a revival
Reviving social work in local government will be top of the agenda in Gordon Jones’s year as chair of the British Association of Social Workers. more
(17 June 2005 08:23)

UNISON renews threat of strike action over pensions
The general secretary of UNISON renewed the threat of strike action to defend public sector pensions in a scathing attack on the government today, .... more
(21 June 2005 17:29)

Scottish executive announces reform of children's services
Social work departments could be brought before the courts if they breach a new duty of care towards young people, the Scottish Executive has.... more
(22 June 2005 08:56)

Pathologist challenged over Shaken Baby Syndrome theory
A pathologist has been challenged on her view that a parent bouncing a baby on their knee could cause the fatal symptoms of “shaken baby syndrome”, .... more
(21 June 2005 16:34)

Public disagree with privatisation of public services
Nine out of 10 members of the public disagree with the private sector running public services, according to a poll published by UNISON today, .... more
(21 June 2005 12:53)

Home Office drops offshore asylum centre plans
The government has quietly dropped plans to process asylum applications abroad, it has emerged, writes Chloe Stothart . more
(21 June 2005 15:13)

Meadow gave "flawed" evidence, hearing told
An eminent paediatrician gave “misleading and flawed” evidence in the trial of a woman wrongly convicted of murdering her two babies, a disciplinary.... more
(21 June 2005 14:55)

Serious difficiencies in fire safety found at psychiatric hopsital
A confidential government report seen by Community Care reveals “serious deficiencies” in the fire safety of a PFI-built psychiatric hospital in.... more
(21 June 2005 13:17)

Use of physical restraint needs monitoring
The physical restraint of young people in custody should only be used as a last resort, according to a draft code of practice drawn up by the Youth.... more
(21 June 2005 09:07)

Group to focus on school discipline
Experts in school discipline are set to meet today in a bid to tackle pupil behaviour, according to schools minister Jacqui Smith today, writes.... more
(21 June 2005 12:37)

Post-mortem found no evidence of force, court hears.
A post-mortem on a four-month-old baby alleged to have been shaken to death by his mother found no evidence of force being applied to him since a.... more
(17 June 2005 09:13)

Reservations raised over government proposals on looked-after children’s education
Four associations representing education and social care leaders urged the government to “clarify and strengthen” the role of schools in promoting.... more
(17 June 2005 12:18)

Rape could not have been predicted, ACPC finds
The actions of a 13-year-old boy who raped his teacher could not have been predicted, a child protection committee has concluded, writes Simeon.... more
(21 June 2005 11:09)

Special report on the new role of social workers in adult green paper
"For too long social work has been perceived as a gatekeeper or rationer of services and has been accused, sometimes unfairly, of fostering.... more
(20 June 2005 15:19)

Recruitment Analysis - Northern Ireland
The four health and social services boards employed about 48,432 staff of whom just over a tenth were in social services (4,500). more
(17 June 2005 08:40)

Recruitment Analysis - Scotland
Councils employed an estimated 56,500 workers in social services in December 2004 with about 8,500 being men and the rest women (wte). more
(17 June 2005 08:33)

Tuesday 21 June 2005
Mother refuses to return from holiday Pathologist struck off more
(21 June 2005 09:49)

Williams calls for tighter vetting procedures
All adults who want to work with children should be vetted to ensure they are safe to work with children, according to the Northern Ireland.... more
(21 June 2005 09:27)