Articles by Date : August 01 2002 - August 31 2002

Register fails to make matches for children in first year, say agencies
The National Adoption Register is failing to find adoptive parents for the hardest to place children a year after being set up, calling into question.... more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Disabled children miss out on basic items as poverty trap snares parents
Parents of disabled children are struggling to pay for basic items such as bedding, according to a report published this week by children's charity.... more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Working class hero: something to be?
A new survey says more people want to become working class. But what are their motives? more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

'Who you gonna call?'
A telephone service that offers support for parents in a crisis who cannot access social services is proving to be an effective and popular method of.... more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Scottish groups given £17m extra
Voluntary organisations in Scotland are to receive £360m this year - £17m more than 2001. more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Preventive fostering
Fostering a young offender is difficult and expensive, and recruits are difficult to find. Yet Sarah Wellard finds that custody has such a.... more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Fostering doubts
Fostering a troubled or disturbed young person sounds like a good idea, but foster parents who join the government's new scheme are in for the.... more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Schools need to focus on mental health care
The government needs to put a stronger emphasis on the promotion of mental health and pastoral care in schools, according to a new report, writes.... more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Politics
Joe Campbell defends care homes in Scotland from criticism of their stance over fees and standards. more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Thursday 29 August 2002
Maxine Carr's lawyer claims she is innocent of any involvement in Holly and Jessica's murders. more
(29 August 2002 00:00)

Adoption register fails to make matches
The long term viability of the national adoption register has been questioned after it emerged the register is failing to find adoptive parents for.... more
(28 August 2002 00:00)

Parents of disabled children cannot afford basic items
Parents of disabled children are struggling to pay for basic items such as bedding, according to a report from Barnardo's, writes Sally Gillen. more
(28 August 2002 00:00)

Services fail to reach majority of young carers
While services to young carers have expanded over recent years services are still failing to reach the majority, according to the latest research by.... more
(28 August 2002 00:00)

Wednesday 28 August 2002
Soham pupils receive counselling, and backlog of criminal checks worsens teacher shortage. more
(28 August 2002 00:00)

New guardians recruited to fill shortfall
Cafcass has appointed around 100 new family court advisors and guardians across England and Wales over the past five months to tackle staff shortages.... more
(27 August 2002 00:00)

Glasgow investigates child mix up at school
Glasgow council is launching an internal investigation after a social services employee collected the wrong child from a primary school. more
(27 August 2002 00:00)

Kilshaws in new attempt to adopt twins
The Kilshaws who last year lost the twin baby girls they had tried to adopt using the internet, are to launch an appeal to try to clear their names.... more
(27 August 2002 00:00)

Tuesday 27 August 2002
The Kilshaws are to appeal against court decison, and paedophiles to be offered 'minders' on release from prison. more
(27 August 2002 00:00)

Council offers senior managers performance pay
Senior managers at Newcastle council, including social services director Tom Dervin, will be able to boost their earnings with the introduction of a.... more
(23 August 2002 00:00)

Most Unison branches set to agree pay deal
Several Unison branches are likely to oppose the pay deal offered to local government employees, writes Clare Jerrom. more
(23 August 2002 00:00)

Judge should have recognised public law aspects of care order hearing
Private law proceedings are not the right vehicle to deal with public law issues, and decisive expert evidence that children are at risk of emotional.... more
(23 August 2002 00:00)

Patient focus vital for new inspectorate
The chairperson of the Mental Health Act Commission Margaret Clayton has told Community Care that the new inspectorate taking over the commission’s.... more
(23 August 2002 13:56)

Union claims £1,500 for delay in checks
A Coventry social worker is demanding nearly £1,500 in compensation from the Criminal Records Bureau after she lost three weeks’ wages due to delays.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Mental health services must reach young homeless people
Preventive and primary care mental health services need to be more accessible to young homeless people, according to a new Mental Health Foundation.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

news analysis of opposition to mental health bill
Proposed changes to mental health legislation have more to do with keeping public order than helping people with mental health problems, say critics..... more
(23 August 2002 00:00)

At-risk children to be tracked under new UK-wide initiative
Minister for children and young people John Denham has set out how the £600m for the children's fund and the government's children and young people's.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

news analysis of crisis at Commission for Racial Equality after chief executive resigns
After Gurbux Singh's resignation, critics of the Commission for Racial Equality have called for it to take a more critical stance towards the.... more
(23 August 2002 00:00)

All in the family
Kinship care is emerging as a viable alternative to other forms of looking after children yet little is known about it. Children's policy academic.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Politics
Recent press reports in Scotland have fuelled the tension between local authorities and care home owners, says Shona Main. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

A home from home
Leaving her parents was tough for Mary Coventry but life in a group home is proving very rewarding. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Put class back in the classroom
Social workers need an understanding of how class impacts on their everyday work, writes Hilary Searing. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Home truths
Young rough sleepers are 11 times more likely to have mental health problems than the public at large, according to a new Mental Health Foundation.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

More preventive measures needed for young homeless
Preventive and primary care mental health services need to be more accessible to young homeless people, according to a new Mental Health Foundation.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Give me a break
The carers grant has been doubled and its long-term future secured as part of a new spending programme on adult care. But even now less than 5 per.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Scots council urges national campaign
Glasgow Council is to resist offering incentives to attract new social workers and instead has urged the Scottish executive to co-ordinate an.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Baptiste tells court that she was medically unfit to give evidence
The senior social worker who failed to attend the Victoria Climbie Inquiry told a court last week it was always her intention to give evidence. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

More funds needed for inclusion schemes
The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has urged the Home Office to increase spending on youth inclusion programmes from £3m a year to £12m. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Call to change law as birth mother fails in bid to trace disease-risk son
The case of a mother who has been thwarted in her attempts to warn her adopted child that he may have a fatal hereditary disease has brought a demand.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Providers axed in New Deal schemes
The government has axed eight of the private sector providers running its flagship New Deal schemes. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Discrimination pay-outs see big rise
Compensation awards for disability discrimination increased by 85 per cent last year, an analysis of employment tribunal decisions shows. The average.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Judge orders return of disturbed boy to London after 'unlawful' dispersal
The High Court has ordered that a disturbed child be returned to north London after he was sent to Middlesbrough as part of the asylum seeker.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Brasenose reprieve over deaf student
Brasenose College, of Oxford University, has escaped detailed scrutiny of its decision to reject a deaf student by just three weeks, according to the.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Sentence limit on 'pseudo porn' slated
New limits on the maximum sentence for offences involving "pseudo child pornography" have been slammed by children's charity Barnardo's. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Bury must consult over home closures
Bury Council must start consulting residents and relatives over its proposals to close down two older people's care homes, following a High Court.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Study says splits in relationships at fault
Divorce and relationship breakdowns are contributing to the number of hidden homeless people, according to the latest research from homelessness.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Key agencies' alternative framework puts emphasis on local solutions
The debate over the future shape of children's services moved up a gear this week with two major policy developments. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

A retreat too far
Ever since health secretary Alan Milburn foreshadowed the move in a statement last month, the government had been expected to water down its.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Few have faith in recruitment drive
More than three-quarters of visitors to Community Care 's website believe the government's recruitment drive for social workers will not be.... more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

About-turn on minimum care home standards sparks anger on all sides
Charity Help the Aged has criticised the government's U-turn over the national minimum standards on space in care homes for older people. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)

Three more centres for Irish victims
Three new resource centres have been set up for victims of institutional child abuse in Ireland who now live in England. more
(22 August 2002 00:00)