Articles by Date : September 01 2005 - September 30 2005

Have Your Say on recruiting overseas
We asked:- Is recruiting overseas a cost-effective way of tackling the recruitment crisis? more
(19 September 2005 11:49)

Educational gulf continues to widen for children in care
Only 1% of care leavers go to university compared to over 40% of all under 30-year-olds, a report out today reveals. more
(16 September 2005 12:15)

Young people targeted in knife crime clampdown
Young people are being urged to pass on information to the police to help them catch peers involved in knife crime. more
(19 September 2005 17:59)

Alcohol agencies "struggling to cope" with numbers needing treatment
Alcohol misusers in London are waiting at least twice as long as drugs misusers for treatment, according to a charity today, writes Maria Ahmed . more
(19 September 2005 09:08)

Sure Start is failing to improve children’s lives
Sure Start as a whole has failed to improve outcomes for children it was revealed in leaked findings from the programme’s national evaluation this.... more
(15 September 2005 10:30)

Missing in Action
Men are thin on the ground in child care, but the government is keen to change that and encourage more men to enter the profession. Anabel Unity.... more
(19 September 2005 11:32)

How is it for you?
Ever since Dick Whittington walked from Gloucester to London to seek his fortune, people have been drawn to the capital, lured by the promise of life.... more
(19 September 2005 11:27)

Street Life
Voluntary sector organisations are at the forefront of work to help homeless people get off the streets and start to rebuild their lives. Maria.... more
(19 September 2005 11:20)

Monday 19 September 2005
Backdown on drink laws Inquiry urged over detention centre deaths more
(19 September 2005 10:06)

Jane Campbell resigns from Scie
Jane Campbell, chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, has resigned from the post, and will stand down in March 2006, a year earlier than.... more
(16 September 2005 12:30)

Asylum seeker takes his life at Yarl's Wood
A man is believed to have committed suicide at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre where his son was also being detained, writes Amy Taylor . more
(16 September 2005 17:19)

Second juvenile death in custody this year
The Howard League for Penal Reform today slammed the penal system for failing children following the second death of a juvenile in custody this year,.... more
(16 September 2005 17:08)

Special report: Looked after children in Wales continue to rise
New official figures show that the number of children looked after by local authorities in Wales is continuing to rise. There were 4, 431 children in.... more
(16 September 2005 16:47)

Truancy type masks reality
The results of a new survey question the use of police truancy sweeps. But educationalists want to press on with the policy, if only for the message.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

The Big Question
Why has government spending of more than £1bn failed to reduce truancy? more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Presumed Guilty
A court decision has made getting benefits overpayments written off much harder, writes Gary Vaux. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Only radical reform can save care system
The care system for older people will be unable to meet the growing needs of an ageing population unless it is radically reformed, a new paper from.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Pupil funding is flawed, study claims
Support in schools for children from ethnic minority groups is lacking because of funding shortfalls, according to a new study. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Well-being of vulnerable people prominent in Scottish executive plans
A raft of new bills will bring important reforms to social care provision in Scotland, reports Simeon Brody. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Council expertise with social care providers may help win role in health commissioning
Local authorities are seeking a "steering" role in a partnership with health bodies, says Mithran Samuel. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Supporting People shake-up plan
Parts of the Supporting People programme could be transferred out of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, a government official has said. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

School opt-out plan fails to win backing
More than 60 per cent of visitors to Community Care's website felt that schools should not be allowed to opt out of keeping young offenders on their.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Shelter seeks action for young homeless
Housing charity Shelter has launched a new campaign to stem rising homelessness among young people. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Territorial agencies fail young people
Poor interagency working means social services are "kept in the dark" when young people in their care enter the criminal justice system, a report out.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Directors' forum goes live on web
Community Care's website will offer webcasts of key sessions from the National Social Services Conference 2005 next month. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Unison warns over staff skills and pay
The extended schools agenda is an opportunity to skill-up existing school staff, Unison said last week. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Fears over reform costs aired at TUC
Community and social care issues were prominent in motions at this week's annual Trades Union Congress in Brighton. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Legal fight delays hospital's closure
The Orchard Hill hospital for people with learning difficulties in Sutton, Surrey, will not meet the Valuing People deadline to close long-stay.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Numbers on streets lower than ever
Rough sleeping in England has fallen to its lowest recorded level, according to government figures. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

GPs 'unhelpful' in drugs advice role
Two out of five people trying to come off psychiatric drugs find their GP "unhelpful" and one in 10 says their doctor "made things worse", research.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Soup attracts more than rough sleepers
A "soup summit" was held by Westminster Council this week after research revealed that the vast majority of soup run users are not rough.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Directors accuse government of snub over NHS restructuring plans
Social services directors have criticised the Department of Health for shutting them out of plans to restructure the NHS despite the significant.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Southend apology over Down's case
Southend apology over Down's case A young adult with Down's syndrome receiving care from Southend Council spent eight months in a secure psychiatric.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Standards review to be in three stages
The long-awaited review of the national minimum standards for adult services will take place in three stages, starting with a consultation this month.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Gulf in cell charges revealed by study
The immigration service has been paying the police three times as much as the prison service to hold people in their cells. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Met ports team set to double in size
The Metropolitan Police team that deals with child protection concerns and child trafficking at London ports will double in size by the end of next.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

The first of many
Like it or not, community matrons are now part of the social care scene. Anabel Unity Sale spent a day with one to see how they fit in. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

'They hear every insult, punch and slap'
It is wrong to assume that young children are not affected by witnessing or hearing domestic violence because of their age. On the contrary, finds.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Government urged to improve attainment of children in care
The government should completely close the gap in achievement between children in care and other children by 2020, NCH urged today, writes Clare.... more
(16 September 2005 10:06)

Charity rethinks role in provision
Help the Aged could set up low-level social care services as part of a repositioning of its work around the needs of vulnerable, as opposed to all,.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Don't pull the plug
The setting up of the national Learning and Skills Council was meant to make it easier for people with learning difficulties to go to college. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

How to manage home care workers
How to manage home workers The nature of social work has not made home working an obvious option. But, writes Nathalie Towner, a few.... more
(16 September 2005 11:58)

Green paper could cost schools pupils
Schools could lose new pupils because of measures in the Every Child Matters agenda, a teachers' union chief warned last week. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

People with learning difficulties at college could face care funding axe
The Learning and Skills Council could stop funding personal care for people with learning difficulties in residential colleges, if a proposal leaked.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Frontlines
For all the talk of inclusion, there are huge barriers for people with learning difficulties who want to work, says Jennifer Harvey. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

The Simon Heng column
Each individual always has the option to refuse or resign rather tham implement policies that will cause harm to other people. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

If you ask me...
Leanna Benjamin, aged 27, is a wheelchair user. She uses the Direct Payment scheme for her home care. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Welfare of at-risk children in question
Ofsted's primary focus on serving parents could marginalise the welfare of vulnerable young people in a single inspectorate for children, the.... more
(15 September 2005 00:00)

Job File
JOB FILE : Policy officer for children's services at The Education Network (TEN), which supports local education authorities. The network is.... more
(16 September 2005 11:37)

Welsh councils feel the pressure as costs and placements keep on rising
The number of Welsh children in care continues to rise, as do the costs to councils of looking after them, new figures have revealed. more
(15 September 2005 00:00)