Articles by Date : August 01 2002 - August 31 2002

March 2002
BUTTERWORTHS FAMILY AND CHILD LAW BULLETIN Bulletin No 56 Butterworths Family and Child Law Bulletin  - March 2002 Bulletin Editor .... more
(06 August 2002 15:19)

January/February 2002
BUTTERWORTHS FAMILY AND CHILD LAW BULLETIN Bulletin No 55 Butterworths Family and Child Law Bulletin  - January/February 2002 .... more
(06 August 2002 14:31)

April 2002
BUTTERWORTHS FAMILY AND CHILD LAW BULLETIN Bulletin No 57 Butterworths Family and Child Law Bulletin  - April 2002 Bulletin Editor.... more
(07 August 2002 09:45)

Friday 9 August 2002
By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson. New study suggests MMR link with autism A fresh debate over the controversial MMR jab is.... more
(09 August 2002 20:09)

Debate on a national child protection agency
We asked: Do you think there should be a national agency for child protection services? The government is said to be considering an agency in.... more
(02 August 2002 00:00)

Debate on Community Care's campaign
We asked how would you improve mental health services for children and adolescents? more
(12 August 2002 20:08)

Tuesday 6 August 2002
By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson. Schools forced to hire unqualified teachers Head teachers have been forced to recruit record.... more
(06 August 2002 00:00)

Thursday 8 August 2002
By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson. Outrage over payoff for disgraced race chief The home office was being criticised last.... more
(08 August 2002 18:18)

Monday 12 August 2002
Including headlines from Saturday and Sunday. (scroll down for Scottish and Welsh newspapers) By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex.... more
(12 August 2002 19:59)

Learning disability partnership boards
The boards, established in October 2001, were announced in Valuing People, the white paper on learning difficulty services published in 2001. .... more
(13 August 2002 12:26)

Reparation and Victim-Focused Social Work
Edited by Brian Williams. more
(09 August 2002 14:32)

Protecting Children: Promoting their Rights
By Norma Baldwin. more
(09 August 2002 14:35)

Research into practice
Liz Maudslay looks at how a project involving Cambridge University and Skill confronted the needs of people with severe learning difficulties. more
(09 August 2002 14:28)

Guidance, at last
The first guidelines for social workers in contact with deaf children have been published. Gerda Loosemore-Reppen from the Royal National Institute.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Catch them young
Although young offenders are assessed to find out the reasons for their behaviour, there is currently no routine screening for mental health.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Ex-care home boss accused of stealing
The former manager of a care home for people with learning difficulties appeared in court last week accused of stealing £118,000 from Hampshire.... more
(12 August 2002 20:08)

Rural areas fear £800m loss to cities
County councils could lose up to £800m a year under proposed changes to the formulae for calculating the standard spending assessment, which is out.... more
(09 August 2002 14:12)

Hotels receive new sensory ratings
A new ratings system for hotels will provide information for guests with physical disabilities, including visual and hearing impairments. more
(09 August 2002 14:10)

Society agrees on leaving present
The Children’s Society has saved a number of projects which had been put in jeopardy after the charity’s shock announcement last year that it was to.... more
(09 August 2002 14:08)

Brighton sacks social workers after inquiry into four-year-old's death
Two Brighton social workers have been sacked over the death of a four-year-old boy. more
(09 August 2002 14:06)

Pay offer benefits all
Front-line social care workers must be better paid if improvements in quality, joint working and new structures are to be achieved. more
(09 August 2002 13:32)

Listen with impartiality
In winning their libel case, Christopher Lillie and Dawn Reed, who worked at the Shieldfield nursery in Newcastle upon Tyne, may finally have ended a.... more
(09 August 2002 13:30)

The money programme
The government says new money for public services must be spent on service improvements, not staff pay. But, as Brendan Martin reports, the evidence.... more
(09 August 2002 13:26)

War and welfare are inextricably linked
Peter Beresford Some social good has come out of war, but current thinking on refugees goes against the trend. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

No safe haven for children in bill
Selam Kidane says that the latest immigration rules will have an adverse impact on asylum-seeking children. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Mental health organisations back campaign to improve services
Mental health organisations last week demonstrated their support for Community Care's campaign for better mental health services for children and.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Prevention not detention
Overwhelming numbers of young offenders show symptoms of having mentalillness. So why do we lock them up in prisons instead of treating.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Support for mental health task force
Ninety-four per cent of visitors to Community Care's website support the creation of a task force to draw up a national strategy for child and.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Risky business
Mental health workers Lance Carver and Mike Lehane surveyed mental health teams about risk assessments and argue that more standardisation is needed. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Vale of Glamorgan services 'improving'
Child protection services in Vale of Glamorgan Council are not serving children well, according to an inspection by the Social Services Inspectorate.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Scots staff help deal with flood problems
Glasgow social workers sprung into action this week when the city experienced its worst flash floods in 50 years. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Insurance broker agrees to provide cover for children's homes sector
A deal between an insurance broker and the National Association of Independent Resources for Children could save hundreds of children's homes from.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Delay in criminal checks for school staff leads to fears over safety
All youth offending teams should have a specialist mental health worker, according to research published by the Mental Health Foundation this week. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Report urges youth justice to develop mental health services
All youth offending teams should have a specialist mental health worker, according to research published by the Mental Health Foundation this week. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Landmark ruling on assets creates stir
A landmark legal ruling by law lords on the issue of older people's assets could have major implications for social services in Scotland, as well as.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Agencies combine to tackle crack dealers
Social workers in Cambridge have improved information-sharing with the police in response to an increase in the use of crack-cocaine and the related.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Discrimination pay out for deaf man
A deaf man who was refused a job because his potential employers would not make adjustments to allow him to avoid telephone work has won £7,436.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Commissions greet draft equality bill
The Disability Rights Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality have welcomed the Single Equality Bill, launched for consultation this week. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Dumfries admits child murder errors
Keith Makin, director of social work for Dumfries and Galloway Council and chairperson of the area child protection committee, said that mistakes.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Dispute envelops plan to build centres
The Home Office contested two councils' objections this week to its plans to build accommodation centres for asylum seekers on land in their areas. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Prisons fall short on performance targets
The Prison Service has failed to meet six of its 15 key performance indicators, according to a Prison Reform Trust report. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Competition Act to apply to councils
Local authorities and other public sector bodies must act more carefully when they outsource services, following a judgement by the Competition.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Zero star ratings for social services lead to directors' departures
Four of the 10 directors of the social services departments that received a zero-star rating in May have left their councils, and a fifth is on.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

More money for council schemes
English local authorities have been allocated £3.3m by the government to help them develop strategies to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Compensation claim for stress dismissed
A social worker who claimed her 100-hour a week workload led to a stress-related breakdown had her compensation bid dismissed at the High Court last.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Assault rate in young offenders institutions too high
The Prison Service, including young offenders institutions, has failed to meet six of its 15 key performance indicators, according to a Prison Reform.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Ombudsman told reports not necessary in settled complaints cases
R v Commissioner for Local Administration for England ex p Maxhuni (12 July 2002) is a case which concerns the local government ombudsman’s power to.... more
(01 August 2002 00:00)

Care worker to take claim to Europe
Last week, two nursery workers falsely accused of sexual abuse in a public report by an independent review team commissioned by Newcastle Council.... more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Strikes averted after breakthrough in local government pay talks
Local government unions have called off a national strike planned for 14 August after a breakthrough in pay talks. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)

Reflections
Personal experiences which have influenced the lives and opinions of those involved in social care. more
(08 August 2002 00:00)