Articles by Date : June 01 2006 - June 30 2006

Frontlines - Teaching Citizenship to children
One of our team of practitioner columnists gives her take on teaching citizenship to children. more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Third Sector sullied by corporate values
"These multi-million pound turnover charities are encouraging us to become walking advertisements, with wrist bands, badges and T-shirts" more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Review may lead to tighter rules for councils applying for care proceedings
Councils' role in case preparation, core assessments and communication with families has been criticised in the report of the review of child care.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Skills dilution fear over plan to rejig Scottish post-qualifying framework
New arrangements for post-qualifying social work training in Scotland could lead to a wide variation in course standards and fragmented career.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Head inspector for Wales moves on
The chief inspector of social services in Wales is leaving the post after seven years. more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Critical study raises ire among providers
Professionals have renewed calls for a national strategy for local authority secure children's homes after a government survey identified the need.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Pension adjustment delay under attack
Older people's charities have criticised the government's pension plans as doing too little to tackle poverty, but campaigners backed proposals to.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Rise in detentions fuels new law fears
The number of people detained in England last year under the Mental Health Act 1983 increased by 1,000, according to government figures. more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Scots council chiefs reject Asbo call
The Scottish executive has come under fire for putting pressure on social work directors to issue more antisocial behaviour orders to children and.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Cut in section 64 grant allocation
The Department of Health has finally revealed which charities have been successful in this year's section 64 funding applications but the size of the.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Regulator fingers criminal pasts
The General Social Care Council is considering 375 applications for registration from qualified social workers who have declared medium- to high-risk.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Half the story again
The tabloids are at it again. Apparently "hundreds of criminals" are applying for care jobs, according to the Daily Mirror this week. It reveals.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Is heroin the solution?
Drugs charities called for Britain to abandon its tough approach to heroin use after research showed Zurich had cut the number of new addicts by.... more
(02 June 2006 09:44)

Social work student wins laptop with Target Social Care
Social work degree student Lisa Palmer was thrilled to win a laptop last week in a draw for readers of TARGET Social Care 2006 - the careers.... more
(02 June 2006 08:07)

Secure homes can work successfully with CAMH services
With regard to the article about Secure Children's homes failing children with mental health needs, I find it hard to understand how a survey of 13.... more
(01 June 2006 17:23)

Boys need sex education too
I have felt for a long time now that too much emphasis has been put on educating only young women around teenage pregnancy. more
(01 June 2006 17:16)

Campaigners concerned about children at Yarl's Wood
Campaigners have raised concerns about the welfare of children detained at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre because the social worker post at.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Health charities celebrate funding news
The waiting was finally over for voluntary and community sector organisations this week as the Department of Health announced which ones had been.... more
(01 June 2006 16:27)

Child Support Agency to be scrapped this summer
A new slimline operation will enforce maintenance payments on absent parents only as a last resort. more
(01 June 2006 09:43)

Question from Community Care - Propelled Into Uncertainty
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(01 June 2006 08:59)

Question from Community Care - Think About It
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(01 June 2006 08:56)

Propelled into uncertainty
Young people with both a learning difficulty and mental illness risk slipping through the care net in their transition years if adults' and.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)

Think about it
Developing critical thought processes should be an important part of continuing professional development write Keith Brown, Lynne Rutter and Steve.... more
(01 June 2006 00:00)