Articles by Date : August 01 2006 - August 31 2006

Call to clarify EU treatment rules
The European Commission must clarify the basis for mental health service users to travel abroad for treatment, according to a member of the European.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Councils to gain share of £40m fund
Social services departments in England can bid for a share of a £40m pot to develop extra care housing schemes in 2007-8. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

'Adults should have same protection'
Adult protection campaigners have attacked plans for tougher mandatory inspection arrangements for some children's services than for all adult care.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Cornwall cuts may face legal challenge
Campaigners are planning to take Cornwall Council to judicial review after its cabinet waived through a range of cuts to adult social care services. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Funding too low for immigrant numbers
Councils are not being funded to cover the social care needs of all immigrants because levels of migration are not fully recognised by government.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Fast-track system unfair, finds charity
Asylum seekers detained in order for their claims to be fast-tracked are being set up to fail as the system works too quickly to give them a fair.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

The Big Question
Is there ever an excuse for paying less than the minimum wage to people with learning difficulties? more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Uniform child benefit rate urged
The government should increase child benefit to the same rate for all children in order to meet its child poverty targets, a leading campaign group.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Parents in prison: the effects on children
When a parent goes to jail, the whole family can suffer. Anabel Unity Sale looks at the effects of this separation on children and speaks to an.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Wiltshire direct payment curs: Users have their say
Anger has greeted Wiltshire Council's decision to cut direct payments for leisure opportunities. Gordon Carson finds out how the cuts have affected.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Recovery plan
Ian Davey, Wiltshire's interim director of adult and community services, has a hard act to follow. more
(14 August 2006 11:52)

Sandwell Council criticised by inspectors for failing to protect children
Sandwell Council’s social services have been criticised by inspectors for failing to ensure children are adequately protected. more
(14 August 2006 11:24)

Courses cut for adults with learning difficulties as skills priorities shift
Courses for adults with learning difficulties are being cut across England due to government training priorities, it has emerged this week. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Comment: How phone calls can become a nuisance
The phone can be such a help for vulnerable people but call centres are often the reverse, argues Jennifer Harvey more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Treasury spending review unlikely to resolve social care funding woes
The Department of Health is playing down expectations that its funding review of social care will translate into a good settlement for the sector in.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Editorial comment: Sure Start success
As Sure Start funding is channelled through local authorities, which are building a new generation of children's centres to deliver the programme,.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

If you ask me...Craig Jones
Craig Jones, 21, has a learning difficulty and uses KeyRing Living Support Networks in Wrexham more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Job opportunities study 'hidden away'
The government has been accused of burying a key report on employment opportunities for people with learning difficulties. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Jobs and learning difficulties: the barriers
The handling of a study on barriers to employment facing people with learning difficulties suggests that the issue remains politically marginalised..... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Trusts debate way to get users' views
NHS mental health foundation trusts appear divided over how to involve service users in running trusts. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Adrian Smith: a former psychiatric in-patient, now an NHS worker
Former psychiatric in-patient Adrian Smith is carving out a career on the other side of mental health. He spoke to Simeon Brody about the importance.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Shake-up in payments system could give NHS service users wider choice
Service users could be given more choice over NHS treatments as part of the introduction of a new payments system to mental health. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Big discrepancies in spending revealed
Mental health spending varies hugely around the country, even when the different costs of providing services and levels of need are accounted for,.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Scots children put in wards for adults
Children and young people in Scotland with mental health problems are routinely receiving treatment in adult facilities even though guidance states.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Comment: Cornwall abuse, CSCI inspections in doubt
How was the abuse and neglect in Cornish care institutions missed by earlier inspections, asks Judy Downey more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Council tax 'must soar to plug hole in public pensions'
Click on the headline above for more social care related headlines from today's newspapers. more
(14 August 2006 10:03)

Lord Adebowale is hopeful for the Social Exclusion Taskforce
The government has declared it wants to do more for the poorest 2 per cent of the population and for many needing community care this will be welcome.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Sector welcomes Welsh strategy despite lack of detailed proposals
Welsh social services departments will continue to be led by a single director under proposals in the country's long-awaited 10-year strategy for.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Asbo issued to ban care home thief
Magistrates in Cleveland have issued an antisocial behaviour order banning a 35-year-old man from entering residential care homes in England and.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Should care managers be brokers
The adult green paper proposed that care brokers or navigators should help people buy their own care. Martin Green and Ray Jones argue for and.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Better news for Sure Start as fresh study reveals benefits
The government's flagship early intervention scheme has received a boost in the light of a new evaluation of its influence in deprived areas, reports.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Labels are for jars
Wheelchair user Arlene A McKeever objects strongly to services' culture of labelling disabled people more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Councils funded for self-assessment trial
Eleven councils are receiving government funding to allow people with long-term conditions to assess their own care needs, in line with the health.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Stonham pay offer fails to please staff
The UK's biggest supported housing provider, Stonham, faces the possibility of industrial action as union members consider a management pay offer. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Jones named as international chief
The International Federation of Social Workers has named David N Jones as its new president. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Institution praised despite relapse
Inspectors have praised a young offender institution in Wales for developing a "perceptible" child-centred culture "rarely achieved" in other units. more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Parenting academies seek recruits
Frontline staff who work with families are being invited to attend one of nine parenting academies being held across the country over the next two.... more
(11 August 2006 16:58)

Independent Living Fund extends eligibility
The Independent Living Fund has extended its eligibility criteria to some former residents of long-stay hospitals. more
(11 August 2006 14:46)

Electronic record for social services clients could be introduced in Wales
An NHS-style electronic record for social services clients could be introduced in Wales, according to Welsh health minister Dr Brian Gibbons. more
(11 August 2006 14:31)

July 2006
Bulletin no 94  Bulletin editor Geraldine Morris, BSc Solicitor and mediator, technical editor Butterworths Family and Child Law Bulletin.... more
(11 August 2006 12:08)

Top cop raps 3 years for Dami killers
Click on the headline above for more social care related headlines from today's newspapers. more
(11 August 2006 09:58)

YJB resorts to drastic measures as secure estate for children runs out of places
A substantial rise in the number of teenage boys in custody has increased pressure on Young Offender Institutions to transfer children in their care.... more
(10 August 2006 17:20)

Sure Start is working - probably - special report
That’s the tentative conclusion from the latest evaluation of Sure Start local programmes, published at the end of July.The research says some.... more
(04 August 2006 00:00)

Cornwall Council could face judicial review over cuts to adult services
Cornwall Council could be taken to judicial review by campaigners after its cabinet passed a range of cuts to adult social care services. more
(09 August 2006 13:59)

Social care employers using potentially discriminatory practice
Social care employers are generally in a better position to implement age discrimination regulations this October than others, but a significant.... more
(10 August 2006 16:16)

Plan to cut health and care elements of education for disabled people criticised
Learning and Skills Council proposals to stop funding the health and care elements of education for people with learning difficulties and/or.... more
(10 August 2006 14:20)

Raising Biracial Children
This study went some way towards answering the question of whether people in the US find it easier to discuss racism than we in the UK. more
(10 August 2006 11:57)

Social workers failed Scottish man with alcohol-related brain damage
The Mental Welfare Commission has found that social work and health services failed to intervene enough in the case of an elderly Scottish man who.... more
(10 August 2006 11:56)

The Developing World of the Child
This tract on child development is an essential resource for practitioners, their managers and anyone studying social work with children and.... more
(10 August 2006 11:35)

Youth Justice Board acts on overcrowding in young offender institutions
The Youth Justice Board has asked young offender institutions to increase cell sharing among young people in custody and assess their suitability for.... more
(10 August 2006 11:32)