Articles by Date : October 01 2003 - October 31 2003

Advocacy guides to sort out complaints
There have been calls for action on the control and restraint of people with mental health problems following the verdict of unlawful killing.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Mind slams treatment of mentally ill following verdict of unlawful killing
There have been calls for action on the control and restraint of people with mental health problems following the verdict of unlawful killing.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Refugee body ends emergency shelter
The Refugee Council will no longer be providing emergency accommodation to newly arrived asylum seekers in London, it emerged last week. more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Majority want all chatrooms closed
All internet service providers should close chatrooms down according to more than six out of 10 visitors to Community Care 's website. more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Shortlisted projects selected from hundreds of entries for 2003 awards
The shortlist for this year's Community Care Awards, which attracted nearly 400 entrants, was announced this week. The awards recognise the.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Platt outlines her plans for social care's new independent regulator
Lauren Revans talks to Denise Platt about how the new regulation body for social care will champion service users - but expects social workers to.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Media will add to a child's trauma
A child's right to privacy has been ignored by a recent court ruling to uphold press freedom, writes Richard White. more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Service-user power
Social care's values are the opposite of the alienation that defines modern political life, says Peter Beresford. So it is encouraging that some.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Latest big idea will sustain inequality
The proposal to hand a £30,000 bonus to those retiring at 70 will mainly benefit the better off. more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

McTernan on politics
The private/public debate on public services is something of a red herring. more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Escape from isolation
Shopping malls offer Ian Madoza a place to reflect, a place where he can feel just part of the crowd. more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Behind the headlines
Our regular panel comments on a topic in the news. more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Party lines
The conference season has seen the three main parties starting to formulate policies for the General Election in two years' time. Ruth Winchester.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Early warning system
With World Mental Health Day falling this week (10 October), Louise Tickle looks at a pioneering project in Shetland which trains people to detect.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Rearrange the pieces
In the first of a series of features examining issues thrown up by the children's green paper, Natalie Valios talks to Lord Laming among others about.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Fair share of - the credit?
Tax credits are an important weapon in the government's war on poverty. Yet problems of take-up and the effects of the poverty trap may blunt their.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

We are not criminals
A coalition of groups is challenging the negative portrayal of young people and trying to balance the debate around youth crime, reports children's.... more
(09 October 2003 00:00)

Denise Platt talks to Community Care
Denise Platt, the shadow chairperson of the Commission for Social Care Inspection, spoke to Community Care’s news editor Lauren Revans about her.... more
(08 October 2003 18:00)

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(08 October 2003 15:54)

Thursday 9 October 2003
Many maternity and paternity rights could be abolished under a Conservative government. UK accused of failing vulnerable children. more
(09 October 2003 09:57)

Government delay could threaten school dedicated to Climbie
Plans to build a school with funds raised by a charity set up by Victoria Climbie’s parents could be under threat unless the government honours its.... more
(08 October 2003 15:00)

Children should not be left out of antisocial behaviour debate, minister told
Children should be consulted about the Antisocial Behaviour Bill before it becomes law, a group of young people warned the minister for children,.... more
(01 October 2003 16:13)

Wednesday 8 October 2003
Labour guilty of race bias over poll candidate. Woman abused two children nearly 40 years ago. more
(08 October 2003 10:00)

Services for children in care in Wales show improvement
Services for children in care are improving according to new data, although the number of looked after children in the principality has risen by 200.... more
(08 October 2003 00:00)

Councils spend nearly a quarter more on children in need
English local authorities spending on children in need has increased by almost a quarter over 16 months, according to a Department for Education and.... more
(07 October 2003 18:02)

Social work vacancy rate falls
Efforts to train more social workers have resulted in a 3.4 per cent fall in the vacancy rate, the latest report from the Social Care and Health.... more
(07 October 2003 17:25)

Government in dark about how parenting orders work
Guidance published last week on an expanded system of parenting orders and new powers to issue fixed penalty fines to parents, includes an admission.... more
(06 October 2003 18:37)

Big rise in social services spending on children in need
Expenditure by local authority social services departments on children in need increased by 23 per cent in 16 months, according to a survey by the.... more
(07 October 2003 14:01)

“Too many initiatives, too little accountability” in round 2 EAZs
An Ofsted report on Education Action Zones in round two of the programme has found they share the strengths and weaknesses of EAZs in the first round.... more
(07 October 2003 13:51)

Positive Ofsted reports for Suffolk and South Yorkshire Connexions Partnerships
Connexions Suffolk is a good partnership which has made steady progress in the last 12 months, according to Ofsted. more
(07 October 2003 14:05)

Some children will be seen as less deserving of care, academic warns
Children are in danger of being seen as "deserving and undeserving" in our future care systems, a leading academic has warned, writes Maggie Wood. more
(07 October 2003 10:46)

Tories plan health screening of all immigrants
The shadow health secretary yesterday reiterated the Conservatives' plans for compulsory health screening for people coming to stay in Britain as he.... more
(07 October 2003 10:34)

Tuesday 7 October 2003
Wife denied care home visits by her husband dies. Care agenices in Scotland have lessons to learn from girl's murder. more
(07 October 2003 09:55)

Government told to slow down on children's trust drive
The government's proposal to roll out children's trusts across the country by 2006 before the model has been evaluated has been criticised by leading.... more
(06 October 2003 18:30)

Children should not be left out of anti-social behaviour debate, minister told
Children should be consulted about the Antisocial Behaviour Bill before it becomes law, a group of young people warned the minister for children,.... more
(06 October 2003 18:29)

Lone parents offered new incentives to work
Unemployed lone parents are to be offered affordable childcare for up to 12 hours a day in a scheme designed to help them get back to work, work and.... more
(06 October 2003 18:26)

Debate on whether cultural differences prevent closer integration
We asked for people's views on whether cultural differences prevent closer integration between social care and health. more
(06 October 2003 17:39)

On-the-spot fines for parents of truants
Education welfare officers, headteachers and police could be given powers to issue £100 fines to the parents of children who are persistent truants, .... more
(06 October 2003 16:57)

Minister warns care homes not to break law
Care homes which refuse council-funded residents could be breaking the law, community care minister Stephen Ladyman has warned, writes Natasha.... more
(06 October 2003 16:48)

Is tolerance the name of the game?
Prostitution is polarising opinion in Scotland. There have been experiments with designated tolerance zones to allow prostitutes to work and enable.... more
(06 October 2003 14:17)

Monday 6 October 2003
Parents of truants face on-the-spot fines. Met officers suspended after inquest into death of black man in custody. more
(06 October 2003 09:56)

Delegates debate social care policies
The Liberal Democrats blasted the government’s record on social care last week, pledging to end the "artificial barriers between health and social.... more
(02 October 2003 00:00)

Vision for voluntary sector blurred by its failure to focus on solutions
The government's consultation paper on developing the voluntary sector in England has positive points but has left groups unimpressed. Derren Hayes.... more
(02 October 2003 00:00)

Priests believe Catholic Church has covered up abuse
A significant number of parish priests believe that the Catholic Church has covered up incidents of child sex abuse, according to new research, .... more
(03 October 2003 17:29)

Lone parents offered new incentives to work
Unemployed lone parents are to be offered affordable childcare for up to 12 hours a day in a scheme designed to help them get back to work, work and.... more
(03 October 2003 17:21)

Court decides whether asylum seeker is destitute
In R (T) v home office (23 September 2003) the court of appeal heard the latest round of the litigation concerning the plight of asylum seekers from.... more
(03 October 2003 16:33)

Council left to pay preserved rights bill
In R (Liverpool Council) v Secretary of State for Health a row erupted as to who should meet the full cost of services for thousands of people with.... more
(02 October 2003 15:42)

Council asked court for advice on police information
A local authority received information that a suspected drugs supplier was living with a mother and child, but they were told that they could not.... more
(02 October 2003 11:47)

Friday 3 October 2003
Nick Hornby slams provision for autistic children more
(03 October 2003 10:18)

Training materials
Getting Involved in Choosing Staff and Learning the Language: Building Relationships with People with Severe Learning Disability. more
(02 October 2003 00:00)