Articles by Date : September 01 2004 - September 30 2004

Debate on begging
We asked:- Is encouraging people not to give money to beggars the best way to address the issue? more
(17 September 2004 10:59)

Friday 17 September 2004
Blair crackdown on failed asylum seekers DWP to close 42 offices more
(17 September 2004 10:06)

Ladyman to act on councils that are slow to promote independent living
The government may force councils to make funds available for disabled people to live independently, community care minister Stephen Ladyman said.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Conference debates future of social care
The Department of Health should be renamed the Department of Health and Social Care as part of an overhaul of the image of the sector, a departmental.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Welsh councils must co-operate more
Working across local authorities is as critical as forging stronger links with the NHS in the delivery of early intervention and prevention, council.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Treatment centre sites to be sought
The Home Office has announced plans to identify suitable sites for around five residential treatment centres for sex offenders. more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Councils urged to pool funds with Supporting People to meet needs
Councils are being urged to pool funding from social services and primary care trusts with Supporting People money to ensure vulnerable people with.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

More work needed with social services
Youth offending teams have made a good start in addressing offending by children and young people, but a lack of joint working with social services.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Blunkett pledged to jail asylum seekers who destroy documents
Asylum seekers who deliberately destroy their travel documents to try and improve their chances of staying in the UK and who do not co-operate with.... more
(17 September 2004 09:27)

'Law must apply to all ethnic groups'
The same protection from, and punishment for, domestic violence should be afforded to all individuals, irrespective of ethnic origin,.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Web poll backs Lisa Arthurworrey
Almost two-thirds of Community Care 's readers agreed with former Haringey social worker Lisa Arthurworrey that she should not be included on the.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Concerns over hours of extended schools
Fears that schools could become "boarding schools without beds" have been raised, following government plans to open them for 10-hours a day. more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Minister to combat lone children issue
Immigration minister Des Browne has pledged to tackle the growing number of unaccompanied children arriving in the UK to claim asylum. more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Programmes help with crime fight
There has been a "marked reduction" in the frequency and seriousness of offending for young people on intensive supervision and surveillance.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Survey finds that public want more community sentences
More than 70 per cent of people believe the government's youth crime policy is failing, according to a survey carried out for Community Care . more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Olympic ban upsets athletes
Mencap has accused the paralympic games of "blatant discrimination", after athletes with learning difficulties were banned from the games. more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

The big question
Should disabled people be targeted for advice on healthy eating and dieting? more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Charities eye larger public services role as Milburn takes manifesto post
Voluntary sector leaders have welcomed the re-appointment to the cabinet of former health secretary Alan Milburn, a strong advocate of giving.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Home Office focus on services could deprive groups of campaigning cash
Community activists, campaigning groups and ethnic minority organisations fear they may be sidelined by the government's proposed investment in the.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Whitehall defends drug risk warnings
Department of Health officials insisted to MPs last week that it took them less than two weeks to warn against prescribing the anti-depressant.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

From wish list to reality
The "List of Standards" that begins the newly published children's National Service Framework reads like a counsel of perfection. It is tempting to.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Target, tag and train
In the same week that Community Care highlights the appalling human cost of locking young people up, the Youth Justice Board publishes a report.... more
(16 September 2004 00:00)

Thursday 16 September 2004
Sickness and disability claims increase Blair plans new asylum target more
(16 September 2004 10:05)

Services for looked-after children and older people set to miss targets
The government is unlikely to meet all its targets for services for looked after children and older people, the Commission for Social Care.... more
(16 September 2004 09:07)

Wednesday 15 September 2004
Toni-Ann reward offered Anti-depressants must carry suicide warning more
(15 September 2004 08:04)

Councils urged to pool funding to support vulnerable people
Councils are being urged to pool funding from social services and primary care trusts with Supporting People money to ensure vulnerable people with.... more
(14 September 2004 17:38)

Plans for Scottish single correctional agency shelved
The proposal to create a single agency to manage custodial and non-custodial sentences in Scotland looks to have been shelved, following widespread.... more
(14 September 2004 16:44)

NSF urges better mental health services for children
Better mental health services for children from birth until their 18th birthday is among the standards set out in the National Service Framework.... more
(15 September 2004 11:00)

Changes to PQ award could deter social workers
Social workers could be deterred from undertaking post-qualifying learning if the General Social Care Council goes ahead with its proposed change to.... more
(14 September 2004 15:52)

Government's youth crime policy 'failing', survey finds
More than 70 per cent of people think the government’s youth crime policy is failing, according to a survey carried out for Community Care, writes.... more
(13 September 2004 11:17)

Tuesday 14 September 2004
Protesters throw royal security into dissarray Victims of abuse challenge judges more
(14 September 2004 10:06)

Government childcare plan risks missing half of poor children, say MPs
The Government’s early years strategy risks overlooking half of Britain’s poor children, who live in ‘pockets’ of deprivation in more affluent areas,.... more
(13 September 2004 18:09)

Clarke to extend school hours
School opening hours are to be extended from 8am to 6pm to help working parents with childcare, the education secretary Charles Clarke has announced. more
(13 September 2004 18:12)

Nurseries may have snap inspections, say Ofsted
Nurseries may be subject to the unannounced inspections already made on schools, under proposals published by the education inspectorate Ofsted. more
(13 September 2004 18:10)

Government claims success in tackling social exclusion
The government’s policy for tackling social exclusion has made a significant contribution towards improving the lives of vulnerable people, according.... more
(13 September 2004 14:26)

Lack of joint working places children at risk
Youth offending teams have made a good start in addressing offending by young people, but a lack of joint working with social services is leaving.... more
(10 September 2004 14:19)

Big rise in teenagers disclosing self-harm
Disclosures of self-harm among teenagers have risen 30 per cent in the past year, figures from ChildLine reveal. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Regulations ‘stripping away choice and independence of older people’
Strict standards and regulations are affecting the quality of care older people receive, according to a government task force. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Express yourself
Too much emphasis on forms and procedures and too little on dialogue with other professionals is stymieing effective child protection work, a failing.... more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

The hub of action
East Sussex Council is piloting an electronic children's index that is already benefiting the work of practitioners, writes Lucy Ruddy. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Time to buck the system
The way in which boundaries between professions are being removed in the effort to create whole systems is extremely dangerous for social work,.... more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Peer inside
Prison inmates are taking on the role of advisers to help offenders with their housing needs as they prepare for release. Zoe Cacanas reports. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Don't give generously
Two councils have started a campaign to discourage giving to beggars on the assumption that most recipients are not rough sleepers but drug users..... more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Will fathers have their day?
When families split up it is usually the mother who raises the child, a situation that marginalises many fathers if the breakdown is acrimonious..... more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

If you ask me...
Florence Lyons is chair of the National Service Framework user carer group for Bury Council. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

The Simon Heng Column
A service user's view of social care. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

The big question
"Do you agree with giving money to beggars?" more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

'Doing it for ourselves'
Service users can only gain by taking responsibility for their own services, writes Mike Loosley. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

Plan fails to sort education debate
While welcoming the five-year education plan, Phil Street believes it has fudged the issue of joint working. more
(09 September 2004 00:00)

No choice at all
To ask people not to give to homeless people begging on the street, as Westminster and Camden councils have done, is to mislead the public about the.... more
(09 September 2004 00:00)