Articles by Date : October 01 2002 - October 31 2002

Art for social work's sake
The Arts Council has denied that performers are being forced to take on the role of social workers in the way they target vulnerable groups of.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Professional help for teenage killer
A judge who sentenced a boy of 15 to five years for the manslaughter of a teenage Somalian refugee told him she hoped he would not end up in an adult.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Interest in courses surges as third phase of recruitment drive kicks off
The number of people applying to do social work courses has increased by more than 8 per cent in the past year, according to provisional data from.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Majority welcome specialised posts
Most visitors to the Community Care website support the end of generic social work and the introduction of specialised professional posts. more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Enfield Council loses out in rights ruling
A disabled woman and her husband were awarded £10,000 damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 in a landmark case last week after being forced to live.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Barnardo's urges more involvement
A new report by children's charity Barnardo's is calling for young people in care to be involved in inspections of local authorities. more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Drive to increase care trust uptake
A new support network was launched by the government this week to encourage and support the uptake of care trusts. more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Parents were kept informed, court told
A social worker who helped arrange the adoption of an emotionally and behaviourally disturbed five-year-old child told the High Court last week that.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Mixed reaction to equality proposals
Proposals for a clutch of new equality directives and a single equality body have received a mixed response. more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Young people Charity critical of homeless definition
Councils, the government and homelessness agencies have to be clearer about what they mean by homelessness prevention if they are to tackle the.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Behind the headlines
Our regular panel comments on a topic in the news. more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Staff association pans Milburn's plan for new role for social workers
Proposals by the health secretary to replace the traditional social worker role with social care professionals with a broader range of skills have.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Dispute over rough sleeper figures
The number of people sleeping rough in central London has increased by nearly 50 per cent over the past year and a half. more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Research into practice
Jill Manthorpe reports on how research into services for specific groups of people with dementia highlights a need for good practice guidance. more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Provoking prejudice
To mark National Care leavers Week, Phil Frampton describes the discrimination facing care leavers. more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Suffer little children
It is hard to construct a youth justice system that can contain children with desperate needs, while also controlling and discouraging their.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

The end of social workers?
Initial reaction from the profession to health secretary Alan Milburn's proposal for replacing some social workers with a new-style hybrid.... more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Doing it for the kids, but which ones?
Yvonne Roberts would like to see more done for all teenagers, not just those deemed "vulnerable to crime." more
(31 October 2002 00:00)

Listen and learn
Jenny Morris explains how listening and asking the right questions can help young people with communication problems engage with others. more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

Education and care must go together
A good education is important to children in the care system, according to the results of a questionnaire sent out by the government’s Social.... more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

Denham moves on strategy
Local preventive plans are expected to be in place from next year as part of the government’s policy to end social exclusion. more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

Obesity epidemic fears
The World Heart Federation says that 22 million children worldwide are overweight and that obesity rates could lead the way to a global epidemic of.... more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

No u-turn on seekers’ centres
The Home Office has vowed to persevere with proposals to build accommodation centres in rural areas for asylum seekers even though the proposals were.... more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

Global theme for work week
Youth Work Week, which runs from 28 October to 3 November, will have the theme of global citizenship. more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

Tories change tack on drugs and parenting
Several new policy initiatives affecting children and their families emerged from the Conservative Party annual conference in October, with the.... more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

Jail terms for parents of truants become reality
Fast-track prosecutions for the parents of persistent truants who "refuse" to send their children to school are being introduced by the government. more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

UN report pans government over children's well-being
The United Nations’ five-yearly report on the UK’s children’s rights record criticises the government for its failure to ban smacking, urges it to.... more
(31 October 2002 16:43)

No place like home
Family support is vital to prevent youth homelessness, argues Rosemary Watt Wyness of charity Safe in the City. more
(29 October 2002 00:00)

The barriers are coming down
The idea of children’s trusts, first floated in the comprehensive spending review white paper, came a step closer to reality when health secretary.... more
(29 October 2002 16:29)

Thursday 31 October 2002
Police child abuse trawls 'snaring innocent'' while antisocial behaviour fines are extended nationally. more
(31 October 2002 10:19)

London and south-east councils support four-fifths of the UK’s asylum seeking children
Local authorities in London and the South East are caring for more than 80 per cent of the asylum-seeking children in England that need social.... more
(28 October 2002 17:17)

National Autistic Society launches awareness campaign targeting GPs
The National Autistic Society is running a direct mail campaign to doctors in the UK this week to raise the awareness of autistic spectrum disorders. more
(30 October 2002 11:19)

Wednesday 30 October 2002
MPs to examine league table culture while Blunkett defends plans to imprison mentally ill indefinitely. more
(30 October 2002 11:12)

Support network launched to encourage uptake of care trusts
A new support network was launched by the government this week to encourage and support the uptake of care trusts, writes Derren Hayes . more
(30 October 2002 10:12)

New director claims joint reviews make great impact
Joint reviews have a "great deal of impact at all levels", the newly appointed director of joint reviews told Community Care, writes Katie Leason. .... more
(30 October 2002 10:03)

Businesses lobby for tax breaks
Tax breaks are being proposed for businesses to help them with the costs of improving access to premises for disabled people. more
(29 October 2002 16:51)

Misleading assessment framework will damage image of social services
The comprehensive performance assessment framework published last week " plays into the hands of the name and shame culture” the Local Government.... more
(29 October 2002 16:48)

Tony Blair understands concerns over draft mental health bill
The Prime Minister last week told MPs that he understood the Mental Health Alliance’s concerns over the proposals set out in the draft mental health.... more
(29 October 2002 15:38)

Older people's services must work together, says Audit Commission
Older people’s services must work together if they are to meet the needs of older people as too often individuals receive a disjointed and confused.... more
(29 October 2002 15:52)

Third phase of recruitment campaign launched
The number of people applying to social work courses has increased by over 8 per cent in the last year, according to provisional data from the Social.... more
(29 October 2002 15:36)

Green light for children's trusts
In a speech that clearly signalled the eventual separation of children's from adults' social services, health secretary Alan Milburn announced plans.... more
(29 October 2002 11:32)

Labels ready
The government is spending large extra sums of cash on combating child poverty and exclusion, but do its proposals risk stigmatising vulnerable young.... more
(29 October 2002 11:28)

'Don't bypass parents'
Government initiatives aimed at helping young people are likely to fail if parents and families are not allowed to influence their delivery. So says.... more
(29 October 2002 11:24)

My life
The anguish of 13-year-old Holly Jacks' first days at secondary school have never left her. more
(29 October 2002 11:06)

Gap year
There's a yawning gulf between children's academic performance at primary school and their first year at secondary school. But the government is on.... more
(29 October 2002 10:52)

Mean streets
How far has street robbery and assault become a routine occurrence for children? Young people tell Reva Klein what it's like to be on the receiving.... more
(29 October 2002 10:49)

Fieldwork
Investment in local sports schemes has soared as new means are sought to reduce youth offending. But do they work? Graham Hopkins finds out. more
(29 October 2002 10:56)

Weighty issue
As diseases associated with poor diets crop up more regularly among young people, Sarah Wellard looks at what can be done to turn around an unhealthy.... more
(29 October 2002 10:46)

Marginal allowance
Benefits expert Neil Bateman pans the current labyrinthine support system for 16 and 17 year olds, and points to how welfare payments can be used to.... more
(29 October 2002 10:42)

Tuesday 29 October 2002
Churches support smacking ban while race crimes have increased in Oldham. more
(29 October 2002 10:18)