Articles by Date : September 01 2005 - September 30 2005

Welsh plan to boost pay
Pay scales for social workers could be developed to tackle Wales’s recruitment crisis, the long-awaited report into the Welsh social services.... more
(09 September 2005 13:04)

Nearly one in 10 have conviction
Almost 6,000 social workers have declared criminal convictions in their applications for registration, the General Social Care Council has revealed. more
(09 September 2005 13:01)

Social work role is up for review
A review of the future of social work in England is to be set up. more
(09 September 2005 12:59)

NOMS Bill could be shelved
The bill underpinning the controversial National Offender Management Service (Noms) could be shelved, increasing the uncertainty surrounding the.... more
(08 September 2005 15:01)

Kelly confuses goals
As the new academic year begins, many schools will still be basking in the glow of yet another crop of record GCSE and A-level results. There are.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Open Forum
Is it better for professionals to be of the same cultural and social background as service users, asks Fay Hunkins. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

The Biq Question
The proportion of children diagnosed with mental disorders remains stuck around 10 per cent - what is to be done? more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Frontlines
One of our new team of practitioner columnists gives her take on school-home liaison workers. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

If you ask me...
Eric Ingham has learning difficulties and mental health problems. He uses Turning Point's supported housing services at Linden House. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

It's the taking part
How can parents of disabled children find time in their busy lives to help develop services? In one borough, honesty, respect and saying "thanks".... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Design principal
Mary Marshall headed a pioneering dementia centre and helped to revolutionise thinking on how design should take heed of cognitive impairment. As she.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

My Practice
The long-term consequences on health and social well-being of being a victim of crime are often ignored, writes Joanna Perry. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Social Care comes to fore after tragedies
"The main questions of those involved in such tragedies have an eternal resonance - who, what, why, when, where and how do I cope now?" more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Common language, different practice?
Hounslow Council has hired US social workers to fill its recruitment gaps. So how are they coping with practice in the UK, asks Anabel Unity Sale. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Rapport in a Storm
A suicidal mother faces having her new baby taken into care. Graham Hopkins reports on a case for an emergency duty team. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Simon Heng column
The challenges start as soon as the group forms. How does it channel all that energy, all that passion, into effective action? more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

My Inner Emptiness
Alex Williams describes her reaction to being diagnosed as having a borderline personality disorder. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

From trauma, hope
A year ago 330 hostages died as soldiers fought terrorists holding hundreds of school children, their parents and staff at School Number One in.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Graduate trainees strike gold
Councils are using a range of methods to hire trainee social workers, increasingly involving large sums of money, writes Gordon Carson. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Friday 9 September 2005
CSA faces axe Inquiry into deaths at Reading YOI more
(09 September 2005 10:22)

'Forced marriages should be a crime'
An expert in forced marriages has backed plans to make the practice a specific criminal offence. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

'Sector must fill future care gaps'
The care home sector will have to grow to keep pace with the needs of an ageing population, warn market analysts. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Ministers face drug regulation pressure
The government is under fire for rejecting key recommendations from MPs to tighten regulation of the pharmaceutical industry. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Street wardens pit goths against chavs
A new scheme in Peterborough is trying to resolve that age-old problem of teenage tribal tensions. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Reformed register boosts placements
More children are being placed by the national adoption register, including its first group of four siblings. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Regional offices need expert links
Regional government offices are unclear about where to find adult social care expertise, a senior Department of Health official says. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Edinburgh workers 'lack confidence'
Edinburgh social workers lack confidence in their child protection decisions because of unclear guidance, according to a council report into progress.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Concerns over 'label for life' spark rethink over schedule one offences
Schedule one offences against children might be revised after the government said that convictions for minor incidents such as childhood fights could.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Protesters target 'unsafe' Durham
The mother of a young woman who died in custody joined a protest against "unsafe" conditions at Durham Prison women's unit last week. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Police sweeps fail to deter truants, suggests survey of local authorities
Truancy sweeps are an ineffective use of police resources and most of the children stopped are not truanting, a new report claims. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Quicker treatment will help cut deaths
The rise in the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland last year highlights the need for more rapid access to better treatment services, pressure.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Plan to smooth path back to school for young offenders could backfire
Proposals to make it easier for young offenders to return to school on release from custody could have the opposite effect, ministers have been.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Providers put case for less red tape
Social care regulation should be about quality not paperwork, a sector leader has said ahead of a meeting this week with government officials about.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Councillors want to commission health
The Local Government Association is calling for councils to be given health commissioning powers. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Teachers who help are not equipped
Teachers do not receive enough support when dealing with children's mental health problems, campaigners have warned following evidence that most.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Probation union claims new offender plan doubts as key Bill faces delay
The bill underpinning the National Offender Management Service (Noms) could be shelved, increasing uncertainty about the body's future. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Lawyers find care home fees loophole
More people are being urged by solicitors to transfer their homes to their children to avoid care home fees. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Plans for orders ignore social work
Government plans to extend its "respect" agenda, including an increase in parenting orders, have been slammed by social care leaders. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Magistrates lobby on child Asbos
Antisocial behaviour order applications against young people should be heard in youth courts to safeguard their welfare, the Magistrates' Association.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Queries 'should not halt fund payments'
More than 70 per cent of visitors to Community Care's website felt that Independent Living Fund payments should not be stopped whenever there is a.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Uniform grants may halt poverty stigma
A coalition of pressure groups has called on the government this week to order and fund councils to provide school uniform grants for poorer.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Raft of bills proposed in shake-up to adult protection and hearing system
The Scottish executive has been urged to put the rights and views of vulnerable children and adults at the heart of its legislative programme for the.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Councils' duties on care services defined
Rules clarifying which local authority takes responsibility for people needing community care services have been proposed by the executive. more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

'Add human rights to behaviour code'
Human rights have been "forgotten" in the Youth Justice Board's draft code of practice on managing the behaviour of children and young people in the.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Legal threat over council's tendering
Five home care companies have appointed solicitors to prepare possible legal action against Wirral Council over the way it handled a contract.... more
(08 September 2005 00:00)

Teachers unite against Kelly’s plans for failing schools
Teachers’ representatives have condemned plans to be included in the forthcoming education white paper to allow failing schools just 12 months to.... more
(08 September 2005 17:30)

Debate on special schools
We asked:- Should there be more special schools for children with SEN? more
(08 September 2005 17:39)

Tax credits slammed as "unsatisfactory"
An influential government spending watchdog questioned the design of the tax credit system today labelling its operation as unsatisfactory, . more
(08 September 2005 17:34)

Government needs more information about disability
The government needs to carry out more research to ensure it has adequate information on disability, according to a report out today, writes Amy.... more
(08 September 2005 15:44)

Education plans put young offenders at risk
Government proposals designed to make it easier for young offenders to return to school on their release could have the opposite effect, ministers.... more
(07 September 2005 11:45)