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Victims will be allowed say in punishing of school bullies
Other headlines include: Home help threat to 370,000 elderly; Vanished: the child victims of trafficking;
Ministers to assess migrant groups’.... more
(20 September 2007 10:16)
Doubts over single equality commission on eve of launch
Significant doubts exist over the potential of the new single equality watchdog to succeed on the eve of its launch on 1 October. more
(20 September 2007 00:38)
Doubts over single equality commission on eve of launch
The Commission for Equality and Human Rights begins life on 1 October as the single watchdog for tackling inequality and discrimination for England,.... more
(19 September 2007 16:38)
Unicef calls for trafficked children to have social care guardians
Children trafficked into the UK should have "guardians" from social services to provide care and residence permits while their needs are assessed,.... more
(20 September 2007 00:01)
Brunel forced to cut student intake as placement crisis bites
Brunel University has cut the number of students on its social work degree because of problems finding practice placements. more
(20 September 2007 00:18)
Letter to Ed Balls and Ivan Lewis on practice placements
Dear Ed and Ivan,
Congratulations on your conferment in important positions in Gordon Brown’s first government.
Although we are sure you are very.... more
(19 September 2007 16:15)
CRE slams Whitehall for failing on race equality
The Commission for Racial Equality is taking legal action against 15 government departments for their failure to comply with race equality.... more
(19 September 2007 14:14)
Autism research severely under-funded, report finds
Just £3.70 is spent on autism research for every person with the condition in the UK, compared with cancer research that has £1,000 spent for every.... more
(19 September 2007 14:07)
Children say what makes their peers poor
Children without a mobile phone or who fail to wear the correct school uniform are seen as poor among their peers, says research published today. more
(19 September 2007 13:42)
Second Welsh social worker struck off by Care Council for Wales
A former Swansea Council social worker became the second Welsh practitioner to be struck off for misconduct by the Care Council for Wales this week. more
(19 September 2007 12:15)
Tearaways ‘make good soldiers’
Other headlines include No mobile means poverty, say children; Failed contract bids anger charities; Kennedy backs plan to cut poverty gap more
(19 September 2007 10:32)
DNA evidence convicted social worker of sex with client
A social worker jailed for having sex with a service user may have "got away with it" had it not been for DNA evidence, a General Social Care Council.... more
(18 September 2007 16:02)
Summer photo competition: Winner announced
Today we are pleased to announce the winner of our summer photo competition for 2007. more
(18 September 2007 15:37)
Community Care news feeds
What are news feeds?
How do I start using news feeds?
How do I get a news reader? How do I subscribe to news.... more
(18 September 2007 10:05)
Call to increase autism funding
Other headlines include: 15 Whitehall departments named and shamed for race equality failures; Virgin and Tesco may offer health services as rivals.... more
(18 September 2007 10:04)
Have you gambled in the past month?
The number of gambling addicts has soared in the last decade. Have you been bitten by the gambling bug? more
(18 September 2007 09:26)
CSCI acts to close two homes for poor care standards
The Commission for Social Care Inspection has had two care homes closed for poor standards of care in the past fortnight.
more
(18 September 2007 09:25)
Adass: Social workers should enter homes where abuse suspected
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services yesterday called for social workers to be given powers to enter the homes of vulnerable adults.... more
(18 September 2007 08:57)
Learning disabilities: Sutton on the up after scathing report
Learning disabilities services in an area where “institutional abuse” was revealed in a report in January are improving, according to inspectors,.... more
(18 September 2007 08:17)
Jersey minister Syvret sacked after raising child care concerns
The Jersey health and social services minister who helped to spark a UK-led inquiry into child protection on the island has been sacked. more
(18 September 2007 07:50)
Jo Williams: review will not fill learning disabilities cash gap
Next month’s government spending review is unlikely to provide sufficient funding to meet the pressures facing councils in the learning disabilities.... more
(17 September 2007 18:30)
Supporting People: Projects at risk when ring-fence goes
Weaknesses in council commissioning may lead to cuts to preventive supported living services and those targeted at hard-to-reach groups when.... more
(17 September 2007 18:19)
Skunk strength has doubled, studies suggest
Other headlines include: Help staff fight drink and drug misuse, firms urged; Betting addicts soar to 800,000; Laws on smacking ‘fuel abuse’ more
(17 September 2007 10:43)
Yot managers: Funding uncertainty putting over 1,000 jobs at risk
More than 1,000 youth offending team jobs are at risk because of uncertainty over future funding, YOT managers have warned ministers. more
(17 September 2007 10:39)
Ofsted: best referral units receive little information on pupils
Research by Ofsted into the highest-performing pupil referral units has found that most of them receive little information about pupils’ progress in.... more
(14 September 2007 17:49)
Deafblind patients report worse service from NHS
Deafblind people’s experience of the NHS has deteriorated since 2001, with staff awareness and access significant problems, a survey published by.... more
(14 September 2007 12:44)
Service users speak out
"Children know that their social workers do not love them unconditionally; they truly believe that they don't care and that they are there simply.... more
(14 September 2007 10:21)
Win an i-Pod in our summer photo competition
How will you be spending your summer 2007? Lazing on a Greek beach? Sampling sangria in Spain? Camping in Cornwall? We want your pictures. Send them.... more
(14 September 2007 10:19)
Lib Dems call for drunks to face A & E treatment charges
Other headlines today include: Two million people ‘are struggling with undiagnosed dyslexia’; Chatroom users ‘goaded man in live web suicide’ and.... more
(14 September 2007 10:18)
Quickfire Q&A with Neil Hunt
chief executive, Alzheimer's Society more
(14 September 2007 10:14)
Norfolk baby case: The timeline
Diane (not her real name) was recovering from Dissociative Identity Disorder, a mental health condition featuring multiple personalities, when she.... more
(14 September 2007 09:29)
'Tape interviews in child protection cases'
Police-style procedures needed as social work evidence is unsafe, say grandparents of child wrongly put on register more
(14 September 2007 09:27)
Mental Health Foundation:16 to 25-year-olds falling between gaps
Primary care trusts and councils must commission specific mental health services for 16 to 25-year-olds to stop them falling between children's and.... more
(13 September 2007 14:02)
Poole Council will pay £33,000 in care fee complaint
Poole Borough Council has agreed to pay over £33,000 in care fees after an ombudsman found it failed to carry out a “proper” mental health assessment.... more
(13 September 2007 14:00)
Mental health: detentions on secure psychiatric wards hit new high
Research by The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has found that the number of people detained in secure psychiatric wards in England reached a.... more
(13 September 2007 12:19)
Career Clinic
My parents are in their 80s, still in their own home and generally manage to live an independent life. I live two hours' drive away, and to see them.... more
(13 September 2007 10:45)
Minister sacked after exposing ‘child abuse’
Other headlines today include:- Teacher butchered at women’s prison; Cops ‘let pervert molest my girl’; Father charged with murder of two-year-old;.... more
(13 September 2007 10:15)
Care leavers and emotional development
A child who has suffered abuse or neglect can struggle to form mature relationships in later life. Hayley Prew reports on the importance of.... more
(13 September 2007 09:25)
Editorial Comment: For better relationships
Service users wrote and edited this week's feature sections. Why? Because we hoped that they would provide some important messages. more
(13 September 2007 00:00)
Personalised care, individual budgets, self-directed support: what's the thinking?
Personalised care could deliver a long-held ambition among service users by offering them an active role in organising their own support. But there.... more
(13 September 2007 00:00)
Service User Special
See all the articles from our Service User Special issue. All children's section article have been written by children in care, and the adults'.... more
(13 September 2007 08:40)
What makes a good foster carer?
Fernando, Michael and Asmara give their verdicts on being fostered more
(13 September 2007 08:29)
Involving children and young people in decision-making
Each week the Social CareInstitute for Excellence analyses research findings behind specific social work practices more
(13 September 2007 08:19)
Expert view
In the Norfolk case it seems that professionals put a family through protection processes when the unborn child was "in need" but not "in need of.... more
(13 September 2007 00:01)
Where now for user involvement?
Increasing talk of service user involvement has gone hand in hand with rising frustrations about the slow progress of change, writes Peter Beresford more
(13 September 2007 00:00)
Career Clinic
Q: I qualified as a social worker in 2000 and became a senior care officer in a large local authority. In 2004 I was assaulted at work and received a.... more
(13 September 2007 00:00)
Social skirmishes
Rosie Warlock, a senior children's practitioner, has long had issues with the concept of "choice" more
(13 September 2007 00:00)
On the move
Latest movers and shakers in the social care world more
(13 September 2007 00:00)
Do I need extra training to work in children's services? MORE...
