Articles by Date : July 01 2006 - July 31 2006

People moves
Action for Blind People has promoted MIRIAM MARTIN to be its new director of services. She was previously head of housing at the charity. more
(25 July 2006 11:41)

Latest Book Review: Child and Adolescent Therapy: Science and Art
I was thoroughly impressed by this text. The authors integrate various therapeutic frameworks and reflect the multiple interventions available to.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Remploy, provider of work for disabled people: special report
Remploy, the government-funded company providing employment for disabled people, must modernise and restructure, minister for disabled people Anne.... more
(25 July 2006 00:00)

Latest Book Review: Babies and Young Children in Care: Life Pathways, Decision-making and Practice
An excellent combination of solid academic study - detailing a longitudinal study of 42 children from before their first birthday to when they were.... more
(20 July 2006 09:52)

Social services affected by NHS deficits
Two-thirds of council social services in areas of NHS deficits say services have been adversely affected as a result of health bodies withdrawing.... more
(25 July 2006 09:46)

More prison places, new measures on antisocial behaviour and axeing of custody plus announced
The government will create 8,000 new prison places as part of an overhaul of the criminal justice system announced by home secretary John Reid.... more
(21 July 2006 10:54)

Local continuing care criteria are heading for a national shake-up, writes care services minister Ivan Lewis
Since the 1990s, when patients in long-stay hospitals started moving into the community, the NHS has faced the task of deciding which patients should.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

New continuing care eligibility proposals - For: Stephen Burke ; Against: Mervyn Kohler
Many hope that the consultation on continuing care eligibility criteria will sort out the confusion that reigns across the country, But while Stephen.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Charity challenges attitudes to childhood
An 18-month inquiry that aims to change public attitudes towards childhood was launched today by the Children’s Society. more
(24 July 2006 15:27)

Wiltshire cuts fall on disabled people
The bonfire of services in Wiltshire is not the only one burning furiously at a time when councils across the country have plenty of their own.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Hospital at centre of Cornwall abuse investigation to close
Budock Hospital in Cornwall, which was at the centre of an investigation into abuse of people with learning difficulties, is to close. more
(24 July 2006 15:20)

Comment: unaccompanied child asylum seekers
Since 2000, 15,000 unaccompanied children have entered the UK seeking asylum. Local authorities must provide them with accommodation, education,.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Appeal on Scholes inquiry is heard
The mother of a 16-year-old boy who died in a young offender institution appealed this week against the government's refusal to set up a public.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Success for anti-stigma campaign
An independent public opinion survey carried out following Rethink's campaign, which took place in March , revealed that 30 per cent of local people.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

National 'tsar' Smith sets out her agenda
Staff working with people with learning difficulties need more training to help prevent abuse, Nicola Smith, the government's co-director for.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Youth work 'to be a council priority'
Councils will be required to provide sufficient youth work activities for young people, under a government amendment to the Education and Inspections.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

The Big Question
Are plans to remove the anonymity of social workers involved in family court proceedings a good idea? more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Home Office silent over Asbo breaches
The Home Office has failed to publish the latest statistics on breaches of antisocial behaviour orders despite receiving a Freedom of Information Act.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

New groups boost runaways campaign
The campaign for better services for runaway children was boosted this week by the creation of an all-party parliamentary group and a coalition of.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

No to barring board therapy referrals
An MP has failed in an attempt to ensure under-18s banned from working with children are automatically referred to therapeutic treatment. more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Practitioners greet review of services
The Office for Disability Issues is to carry out a review of independent living services for disabled people, including individual budgets more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Peer on attack over independence myth
Disabled people face a "scandalous" lack of legal protection against moves to force them into institutional care, peers were told. more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Official figures on mental health sexual assault claims do not add up
A Community Care investigation has cast doubt on the reliability of figures published this week in a government report on alleged sexual assaults.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Eleven councils snub register to aid safety of asylum-seeking children
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are being put at risk because some councils are failing to use a national register intended to improve their.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Are social workers' fears of exposure fully justified?
Plans to open up family courts sparked fears social workers could be vilified in the press. But are the press that interested in these cases? Mithran.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Caring for her parents, Jennifer Harvey finds that it is her turn to be overwhelmed by visits from social care professionals
I have had to contact a lot of people lately: two social workers, a psychiatrist, a gastroenterologist, a GP, several nurses, an audiologist, two.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Wiltshire's disabled people pay the price of cost shunting and deficit
Disabled people in Wiltshire have condemned moves by the council to cut services as it tackles financial deficits. more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

David N Jones on the role of the International Federation of Social Workers
As more people cross borders for a better life, the unique role of the International Federation of Social Workers is expanding. Natalie Valios talks.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

A fresh look at childhood in modern day Britain
The plight of refugee children, children with disabilities, and young offenders in today’s society is to be highlighted in a major review into.... more
(24 July 2006 13:48)

Public transport and disabled people
One of the greatest inequalities facing disabled people is access to transport. more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Standards shake-up in war on crowding
Standards on overcrowded housing that have been in place for more than 70 years face a shake-up as the government launches a drive against its worst.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

If you ask me...Gavin Harvey
Gavin Harvey lives at a supported living house in Suffolk run by United Response and has learning difficulties more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Enforcement action against care providers by inspectors falls
Enforcement actions against care providers by the Commission for Social Care Inspection fell by 18 per cent in 2005-6, CSCI’s annual report said.... more
(24 July 2006 13:27)

Independent providers expected to face liability despite ruling on rights
Independent care agencies delivering publicly funded services are likely to be brought under human rights law despite a High Court ruling that they.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Calls for end to harsh practices fail to impress Youth Justice Board
The Youth Justice Board has rejected key recommendations of an inquiry that said children in custody were regularly subject to "demeaning and.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Amendments to Mental Health Bill delayed
The government’s planned amendments to the Mental Health Bill will not be published before the parliamentary recess, which begins on Wednesday. more
(24 July 2006 12:19)

Information-sharing initiative on antisocial behaviour in Wales
A new database will enable social workers across Wales to share information with other professionals about perpetrators of antisocial behaviour. more
(24 July 2006 12:06)

Trusts must wield axe to break even
More than two-thirds of mental health trusts expect to cut staff or services this year to balance their books, research has found. more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Girls from African communities at risk of genital mutilation during summer holidays
Young women from London's African communities are most vulnerable to suffering genital mutilation during the early part of school summer holidays,.... more
(24 July 2006 11:39)

NE Lincolnshire to set up care trusts
North East Lincolnshire Council and primary care trust are bidding to fully integrate the area's adult social care and health services, while also.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Mind cool on Welsh mental health drafts
Early drafts of an action plan to promote better mental health for older people in Wales have come under attack from Mind Cymru. more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Joint working with health
What makes good joint working? Anabel Unity Sale talks to three pairs of practitioners from health and social care who have forged successful.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Special hospital to close after accusations of abuse
A hospital for people with learning difficulties, at the centre of an investigation into patient abuse, will close. more
(24 July 2006 10:59)

Cameron's hug a hoodie gesture bellies anti-stake stance
"Cameron's words could signal a major break from the "hang 'em, flog 'em" Tory tradition. What is of concern is how he proposes to improve the.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Inclusion plus extra help is best option
Mainstream schools with additional special needs resources offer the best education for children with learning difficulties, according to an Ofsted.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

McNeil provokes outrage but brings rights of drug misusers' children to centre stage
Proposals to cut benefits of drug misusers who start families have focused the debate on children's rights. Gordon Carson reports more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Minister pledges to maintain ring-fence
The ring-fenced status of the Supporting People programme is to be protected. more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

'I found my family'
A book launch gave David Gilbert confidence to share his experiences of transracial adoption with others more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Councils required to fund local networks
Councils will be required to fund organisations to represent the interests of health and social care users and hold commissioners and providers to.... more
(20 July 2006 00:00)

Treasury hints at five-year pay freeze
Social workers' wages could be frozen in real terms until 2011, the Treasury indicated last week. more
(20 July 2006 00:00)