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Government must invest in alcohol treatment services
The government must start investing in treatment services to stem a dramatic rise in the number of alcohol-related deaths, campaigners have warned., .... more
(17 August 2005 09:11)
Cause of bed blocking highlighted
The biggest single cause of bed-blocking is delays in providing further NHS care, according to the latest government figures, writes Mithran Samuel.... more
(17 August 2005 09:08)
ADSS raises serious concerns over asylum policy
Serious concerns about the government’s policy that can lead to failed asylum seekers who refuse to leave the UK having their children taken into.... more
(15 August 2005 12:32)
Teenagers report easy access to drink and drugs
Two thirds of 15-year-olds in the UK say they know where they can easily buy cannabis, and a quarter say it can easily be bought at school, according.... more
(16 August 2005 08:04)
Tuesday 16 August 2005
Immigration centres are sub-standard
Winston Silcott hired by the Met more
(16 August 2005 09:50)
MPs back bid for better equipment for disabled children
Children’s charity Whizz-Kidz has won the backing of 116 MPs in its campaign to improve disabled children’s access to the right equipment. more
(16 August 2005 07:50)
Homebuy schemes criticised
Three schemes to help an extra 100,000 lower-income households get on the housing ladder have been criticised for prioritising homebuyers over those.... more
(15 August 2005 15:33)
Special report on recruitment and retention
There is one thing that unites social workers across England, Scotland and Wales – there’s simply not enough of them., writes Derren Hayes . more
(12 August 2005 09:24)
Monday 15 August 2005
Binge drinking greater challenge than terror
On-the-spot fines are not working more
(15 August 2005 10:37)
Mother with learning difficulties has her children taken into care
A couple with low IQs must give up their children for adoption due to being unable to adequately look after them, a High Court judge ruled yesterday,.... more
(11 August 2005 16:13)
Behaviour problems in the early years
Behaviour Problems in the Early Years
Theodora Papatheodorou
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
£17.99; ISBN: 0-415-28698-0
STAR RATING: 4/5 .... more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
A Safe Place for Caleb
A Safe Place for Caleb Kathleen A Chara and Paul J Chara Jr Published by Jessica Kingsley £13.99; ISBN: 1843107996 STAR RATING: 2/5
I looked.... more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
Understanding 12-14 year olds
Understanding 12 -14-Year-Olds
Margot Waddell
Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers
£13.95; ISBN: 1843103672
STAR RATING: 5/5
.... more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
Web Review
www.parentlineplus.org.uk more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
Web Review
www.parentsusingdrugs.org.uk more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
The role of Britain's grandparents is being transformed.
Grandparents left to raise grandchildren require far more help from statutory authorities, not mention recognition, writes Frank Field more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
Friday 12 August 2005
Children have easy access to cigarettes and alcohol
Happy slap gang hanged boy more
(12 August 2005 09:39)
Single children's inspectorate will not cover health and youth justice
The government has rejected calls from social care leaders to bring child health and youth justice under the responsibility of the proposed single.... more
(11 August 2005 08:18)
What did you think about Live 8
Children and Young People from Children's Express, a programme of learning through journalism for young people aged eight to 18, give their views on.... more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
Distance no issue
Ben and his wife have been fostering for more than six years and looked after a pair of twins for four months before Annie, 14, and Tracey, 12, came.... more
(12 August 2005 08:55)
Abandoned by social services
Eleven-year-old Luke (not his real name), who is from London, has been in foster care in Essex for four years.
more
(12 August 2005 08:47)
Book Reviews: Beyond the Water Towers: The Unfinished Revolution in Mental Health Services 1985-2005
BEYOND THE WATER TOWERS: THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION IN
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 1985-2005
Andy Bell and Peter Lindley (eds), The Sainsbury.... more
(12 August 2005 08:44)
Book Review: From Dependency to Work: Addressing the Multiple needs of Offenders with Drug Problems
FROM DEPENDENCY TO WORK: ADDRESSING THE MULTIPLE NEEDS
OF OFFENDERS WITH DRUG PROBLEMS
Tim McSweeney, Victoria Herrington, Mike Hough, Paul J.... more
(12 August 2005 08:42)
Book review: Governance Stories - A Practical Guide to Setting up your Management Committee and Sustaining its Work
GOVERNANCE STORIES - A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SETTING UP YOUR
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND SUSTAINING ITS WORK
Shirley Otto and Jo Clifton, Russell.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
A discrete presence
Having its own identity and moving quickly to help young people marks apart a multi-agency drugs service in Durham, but management accountability can.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
DNR cartel risk to staff pay
The question of what to do about social care workers' pay has never
been satisfactorily answered. The single status agreement held out
the promise.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Looked-after children given poor support in distant placements
The shortage of foster carers in some boroughs has forced councils to place children far from home, much to the consternation of authorities on the.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Guaranteed job awaits Edinburgh's trainees
Edinburgh Council's health and social care department will train 15 people over the next 18 months to work in care homes for older people. more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
What about the children?
In domestic violence cases the victim often maintains the relationship, fearing a terminal break-up. But when children are involved this becomes even.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
How to handle exit interviews
The exit interview is now common practice in social services, writes Nathalie Towner . more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
My practice
Codes of practice are useful in building a common language and goals between different agencies, writes Meic Phillips . more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
New technology heralds age of the remote social worker
First it was the paperless office. Now advances in technology could be ushering in the era of the workerless office, writes Derren Hayes . more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Scrap section nine
Eleven local authorities have called on the Home Office to rethink its policy of taking the children of failed asylum seekers into care if they.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Training materials
A SAFE PLACE FOR CALEB - An Interactive Book for Kids, Teens and Adults with issues of Attachment, Grief and Loss, or Early Trauma more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Web review
www.parentlineplus.org.uk more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Just the job
Tony Hoque, area youth work manager at Robinhill Youth Centre, Oldham Youth Service more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
Pots of gold
Sources of funds for organisations working with children and teenagers: Y-Speak Consultation Fund more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
DH secondment could be long-term
The planned secondment from the Department of Health to the Association of Directors of Social Services could become a long-term arrangement, it has.... more
(11 August 2005 16:32)
Reality check
Bella Dale, specialist midwife for antenatal education and infant feeding at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals, set up a specialist support network for.... more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
No surer start
Breastfeeding is well-established as the best way of providing babies with nutrition and resilience. So why isn't it more popular in the UK? Diana.... more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
'The spasms caused development delay'
Living with Epilepsy - Case Study more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
Living with Epilepsy
Alison Miller describes how epilepsy and its treatment affects children's lives more
(01 August 2005 00:00)
Thursday 11 August 2005
Baby 'kicked across room'
Government considers campaign to curb binge drinking more
(11 August 2005 09:47)
Civil servants must study social care
The Department of Health has said that its needs to improve its knowledge of, and relations with, the social care sector. more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Long-term care Man's best friend is cure for depression
Could chemists soon have to add animal expertise to their formidable pharmaceutical knowledge?
more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Child health and youth justice will not fall under single inspectorate
The government has rejected calls from social care leaders to bring child health and youth justice under the responsibility of the proposed single.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Specialists fail to reach needy Scots
Only one in eight people in Scotland who died in 2003 due to drug use were in contact with specialist drug services shortly before their death,.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
Adult services top choice for savings
Adult social care's position as the top target for government-ordered efficiency gains has been reinforced by figures showing more than £110m was.... more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
More awareness of regulations needed
Language schools and foreign embassies need to be made more aware of the recently introduced private fostering rules, according to campaigners. more
(11 August 2005 00:00)
I like the idea of becoming a locum. What steps should I take? MORE...