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Council homes to be transferred
A Best Value review of residential homes for older people in
Norfolk has led to the resurrection of a plan to transfer homes to
the independent.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Ill-health of young homeless demands holistic approach
Young homeless people are developing serious health problems
because agencies are failing to offer a multi-disciplinary approach
to services, new.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
New equal opportunity job targets set
The Department of Health has published equal opportunity
recruitment goals for primary care trusts, health authorities and
NHS trusts. more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Unison hits out at cuts in Wakefield
Wakefield Council has been accused of making a quick-fix series
of cuts in its latest proposals for older people's services. more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Joint appointment plans for public health posts
The government is to support the development of joint
appointments between health authorities and local government to
deliver improvements to.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Industry survey predicts shortage of child care staff
The reluctance of child care workers and students to use formal
child care for their own children will lead to future challenges
around entry,.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Row over councils' ban on staff body
The British Association of Social Workers has asked the
conciliation service Acas for guidance on local authorities who ban
it from representing.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Mental health law challenged in court
A Leeds man who beat a teenager to death more than eight years
ago has won the first round of a test case bid for release from one
of Britain's.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Minimum standards will not benefit children
Children will lose out if national standards for children's
homes are based on minimum requirements rather than a graded merit
system, a Kent.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Youth Justice Board denies breach of children's rights
Two young offenders institutions are failing to provide the
quality of care for children laid out in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Solihull bids to speed up care home closure
Solihull Council has agreed not to stand in the way of a
judicial review sought by three residents of Lyndon Croft
Residential Home who are.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Most of team responsible for Climbie leave Haringey
The team of social workers with lead responsibility for Victoria
Climbie at the time of her death has only two of its original
members remaining,.... more
(16 August 2001 00:00)
Mix and match
Partnerships between primary care and social services are not
new. more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Union considers action against `misleading` housing transfer advice
Unison is considering legal action against a booklet distributed
by Glasgow Council describing it as "misleading". more
(16 August 2001 00:00)
Boys will be boys
Poor men and women are blamed for anti-social behaviour by
Labour. But violence is an attribute of men of all classes, and is
a product of gender.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Time for last orders?
Jack Straw introduced anti-social behaviour orders as a quick
way for local authorities to deal with some people's troublesome
behaviour. But.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Secret service
It's always difficult to balance the service user's right to
privacy and an agency's right to access confidential information to
do its job. more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
For protection read lack of choice
Peter Beresford argues that children are being let down by
protection policies with the wrong priorities. more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Paedophile satire exposed vacuous views
Terry Thomas applauds Brass Eye for satirising media coverage of
paedophilia.
The Channel 4 programme Brass Eye whipped up quite a storm.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
This week's writer is social work manager in a voluntary agency
Monday
I spent the weekend at the first part of an international health
and social sciences conference, and was escorted most of the time
by a.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
The truth about the truth
Peter Beresford (Column, 2 August) raises a crucial moral and
human issue in his article on lying. more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Prison social work services scrapped
Local authority managed prison social work services in Edinburgh
are to be axed in a move towards privatisation, the Scottish Prison
Service.... more
(14 August 2001 00:00)
Slow progress could jeopardise modernisation agenda
The government’s commitment to deliver "modern social
services" could be under threat, unless key obstacles to
improvement are removed,.... more
(14 August 2001 00:00)
Slow progress could jeopardise modernisation agenda
The government’s commitment to deliver `modern social
services` could be under threat, unless key obstacles to
improvement are removed,.... more
(14 August 2001 00:00)
Protests in Glasgow highlight need for change
A Scottish executive minister has broken ranks and called for
the voucher payment scheme for asylum seekers to be scrapped,
writes Reg McKay. more
(15 August 2001 00:00)
Department of Health launches draft guidance on single assessment process
Social workers have been urged to prepare for the new health and
social care single assessment process for older people, due to come
into effect.... more
(15 August 2001 00:00)
A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay.
Asylum seekers end strike
Asylum seekers detained at Cardiff prison ended their hunger
strike yesterday. more
(15 August 2001 00:00)
BASW seeks advice on representation refusal
The British Association of Social Workers has asked the
conciliation service ACAS for guidance on local authorities who ban
it from representing.... more
(15 August 2001 00:00)
Department of Health launches draft guidance on single assessment process
Social workers have been urged to prepare for the new health and
social care single assessment process for older people, due to come
into effect.... more
(16 August 2001 00:00)
Private care home owners agree to suspend action
Private care home owners have agreed to suspend all action
against local authorities following tripartite talks between
Scottish Care, the Scottish.... more
(15 August 2001 00:00)
A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay. more
(16 August 2001 00:00)
Department of Health launches draft guidance on single assessment process
CC47616 web-single 14.8.01 for 16.8.01. more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Equal but different
Users, carers and the wider public are just as important to the
real picture of long-term care provision and funding as local
authority and NHS.... more
(17 August 2001 00:00)
Council clears way for judicial review hearing
Solihull Council has agreed to concede the permission stage of
an appeal for judicial review by three residents of Lyndon Croft
Residential Home.... more
(10 August 2001 00:00)
Right hand, meet the left hand
Will changes made by the Care Standards Act make it harder for
working parents to find and keep work, by changing the benefit
rules?
The Care.... more
(10 August 2001 00:00)
Children's Rights 'Breached' by Young Offenders Institutions
Two young offenders institutions are failing to provide the
quality of care for children laid out in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of.... more
(13 August 2001 00:00)
Children's Rights 'Breached' by Young Offenders Institutions
Two young offenders institutions are failing to provide the
quality of care for children laid out in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of.... more
(13 August 2001 00:00)
Children's rights 'breached' by young offenders institutions
Two young offenders institutions are failing to provide the
quality of care for children laid out in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of.... more
(13 August 2001 00:00)
Children's rights `breached` by young offenders institutions
Two young offenders institutions are failing to provide the
quality of care for children laid out in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of.... more
(13 August 2001 00:00)
A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay. more
(13 August 2001 00:00)
Private fostering awareness campaign launched
A leaflet campaign outlining councils' and private foster
carers' legal responsibilities is not "far-reaching" enough,
according to the British.... more
(13 August 2001 00:00)
Government refutes criticisms of Social Fund
The government has rejected a parliamentary committee's
conclusions that the system of emergency loans and grants set up to
help the most.... more
(13 August 2001 00:00)
Children`s rights `breached` by young offenders institutions
Two young offenders institutions are failing to provide the
quality of care for children laid out in the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of.... more
(13 August 2001 00:00)
A summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay. more
(14 August 2001 00:00)
Arguments for risk
Senior practitioner David Godfrey has been trying to improve the
living conditions of an older woman with a personality disorder for
the past seven.... more
(10 August 2001 00:00)
Adoption standards and register launched
The National Adoption Register and final National Adoption
Standards for England were launched last week, promising what
health minister Jacqui.... more
(10 August 2001 00:00)
Testing times
Genetic science offers a brave new world of human improvement.
But if people with dementia in the family are penalised by
insurance companies the.... more
(10 August 2001 00:00)
Touching the lives of thousands of children
Obituary - Maureen Oswin, researcher and writer. Born 4 June
1931, died 27 July 2001. more
(10 August 2001 00:00)
Control or co-operation
Senior practitioner David Godfrey has been trying to improve the
living conditions of an older woman with a personality disorder for
the past seven.... more
(10 August 2001 00:00)
The wrong prescription
Many older people in residential homes are spending their days
in a drug-induced haze as the use of anti-psychotic drugs reaches
record high.... more
(10 August 2001 00:00)
Do I need extra training to work in children's services? MORE...
