Articles by Date : August 01 2006 - August 31 2006

Global Perspectives on Foster Family Care
The title intrigued me and looking at the 10 nations selected for inclusion I wondered whether the issues affecting foster care in the UK would be.... more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Question from Community Care - Why councils should employ more people with learning difficulties
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(10 August 2006 10:49)

Why councils should employ more people with learning difficulties
Employing people with learning difficulties is a social duty and local authorities should be setting a good example, says Blair McPherson more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Question from Community Care - Helping people with learning difficulties live independently
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(10 August 2006 10:36)

Helping people with learning difficulties live independently
Kate Linsky looks at how beacon councils have been helping people with learning difficulties live independently more
(10 August 2006 00:00)

Charities at risk as donations from public lag behind state funding
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(10 August 2006 09:36)

June 2006
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(09 August 2006 15:16)

Councils restricting social services to adults with critical needs
Up to six councils in England are restricting adult social services to people with critical needs, due to the pressures on resources from increased.... more
(09 August 2006 14:25)

Mental health spending varies hugely
Mental health spending varies hugely around the country, even when the different costs of providing services and levels of need are taken into.... more
(09 August 2006 09:53)

Report finds 'stark' evidence of healthcare postcode lottery
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(09 August 2006 09:24)

Fight for fairer pay package for youth workers continues
Youth workers are demanding fairer arrangements for performing residential duties and larger allowances for those working in and around London. more
(08 August 2006 16:45)

Councils seek clarity on numbers of migrant workers needing services
Growing numbers of migrant workers may require social services and current funding does not reflect this need, the Local Government Association said.... more
(08 August 2006 13:55)

Inaccurate migrant numbers may lead to rise in council tax
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(08 August 2006 09:48)

Report on work for people with learning difficulties delayed and marginalised
The government has been slammed for delaying and then marginalising a key report on employment opportunities for people with learning difficulties. more
(08 August 2006 08:27)

Behan takes fight for equality to Whitehall
David Behan, the first director general for social care, talks to Mithran Samuel about the scale of the task he faces in raising the profile of.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Hard work finding jobs despite Valuing People
When the Valuing People white paper was published in 2001 one of the key issues flagged up was a lack of job opportunities for people with learning.... more
(07 August 2006 19:44)

Alcohol treatment must be given priority in substance misuse strategies
The member of the Scottish parliament who suggested that the children of drug-misusing parents should be taken into care caused a storm all right,.... more
(07 August 2006 19:33)

Funding ‘must be more transparent’
A new government strategy for end-of-life care in England should look at creating a more transparent funding system for the voluntary sector, a.... more
(07 August 2006 19:23)

Cash plea to help job seekers from EU
Westminster Council has called for more government funding to help people from parts of eastern Europe who are sleeping rough on the city borough’s.... more
(07 August 2006 19:15)

Efficiency drive ‘will hit care cases’
Proposals to improve efficiency in the legal aid system will undermine the representation of children in care cases, solicitors’ and court guardians’.... more
(07 August 2006 18:43)

Clients paid below minimum wage as work providers ignore guidance
A “worrying” number of employment providers for people with learning difficulties are paying workers less than the minimum wage, a report this week.... more
(07 August 2006 18:21)

Wiltshire chief calls for voluntary help
The man charged with managing Wiltshire Council’s adult social care funding crisis wants to use volunteers to help people affected by cuts to.... more
(07 August 2006 18:11)

Campaigners demand increase in child benefit
Campaigners marked six decades of financial support for families with children this weekend with a new campaign to increase and standardise child.... more
(07 August 2006 16:35)

Call for training on asylum transfers
More staff training on the cultures of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children would help any expansion of a project that transferred children from.... more
(07 August 2006 16:14)

Campaign calls for tax breaks for carers
Community Care is asking the social care sector to support a campaign calling for tax breaks for workers with caring responsibilities. more
(07 August 2006 16:00)

Councils want early section 9 decision
Councils are frustrated by the length of time it is taking the government to decide on the future of its policy that withdraws money and housing from.... more
(07 August 2006 15:42)

Separate client group assessments planned for adult social services
Councils will be judged separately on their performance for each adult social care client group in the future, to counter concerns that older.... more
(07 August 2006 15:37)

New allowances can 'only cover basics'
Councils should top up the newly announced minimum fostering allowances for England with extra payments to cover additional housing costs or special.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

NHS children's services targets 'too ambitious to hit'
Child and adolescent mental health services are falling short of key indicators, despite recent progress. Simeon Brody reports more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Children given Asbos may also get individual support orders
New Home Office Asbo guidance states that children given antisocial behaviour orders must also receive individual support orders (Isos) if this will.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Strategy to call for more joint working
The Welsh assembly government's long-awaited social services strategy will reiterate calls for greater job sharing and more joint commissioning of.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Costs of induction 'must be funded'
The Department of Health must find "a lot of money" to fund social care employers to induct workforce newcomers if this becomes a condition of.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Service cuts proposed by council criticised in abuse investigation
Cornwall Council has angered campaigners by proposing to cut services for people with learning difficulties as it tackles a £3.6m funding shortfall.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Involvement wanes among some users
Participation in social care by ethnic minority service users has declined over the past 20 years despite a marked increase in user involvement in.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Inquiry may feed into green paper
A government fact-finding mission looking at the impact of the Every Child Matters agenda could feed into the forthcoming green paper on looked-after.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

The Big Question
Should Home Office plans 8,000 more prison places include more places for children? more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Leaving care act brings little change for care leavers
The leaving care act was supposed to end the scandal of 16-year-olds being thrown out of care and left to cope on their own. But, as Natalie Valios.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Transition services lacking for young disabled people
Disabled young people and their families have long criticised services that are intended to ease their transition to adult care. However, there are.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Prison treatments get partial roll-out
A service for drug-misusing prisoners combining clinical treatment with social and psychological support will not be rolled out in all prisons this.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

The inevitability of rationing services
Striving for a "perfect" society is rather like punching blancmange for Helen Bonnick more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Political background of Wiltshire cuts
In last week's piece, I looked at the influence of the Wiltshire and Swindon Users Involvement Network on my attitude to service user involvement,.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Brighton pioneers therapy project
A team of psychologists is to work with homeless people in Brighton, in what is believed to be one of the first projects of its kind in the UK. more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

If you ask me...Arlene A McKeever
Arlene A McKeever uses physical disability services in Gateshead more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Standards bodies to share information
Two bodies charged with improving the quality of social care in England have signed a partnership agreement to share information and influence each.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

'Toni-Ann should still be alive'
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(07 August 2006 10:19)

Are private providers a return to institutional care for people with learning difficulties
Long-stay hospitals for people with learning difficulties are being closed, while private providers queue up to fill the gap. Mark Hunter asks if the.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Delay to children services's grant leaves primary care trusts fuming
The Department of Health has failed to pay primary care trusts a major children's mental health service grant four months after the payments were due. more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

People with learning difficulties are in a good position to stop abuse
It's disgraceful. It's terrible. It shouldn't happen. We have heard about three places in England where they are investigating abuse of people with.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

From supported living to independence
Al Davidson finally realised a lifelong ambition and moved into his own house, and it feels good more
(03 August 2006 00:00)

Wanless tells MPs of concerns over costs
Sir Derek Wanless has criticised the government for producing the health and social care white paper without a clear understanding of its costs,.... more
(03 August 2006 00:00)