Articles by Date : October 01 2005 - October 31 2005

Hackney Council wins communication award
Hackney council in east London is leaving behind its former image as the pariah of local government with an award-winning consultation with young.... more
(28 October 2005 00:00)

Dean Crescent celebrates 10th anniversary
Gillian Jarrett started drinking to cope with domestic violence from her ex-husband. “I drank to numb the pain,” she says. “But I soon realised I.... more
(28 October 2005 00:00)

Solid foundations
Modernising an organisation can backfire if the past is devalued. By building on the Mental Health Foundation's core strengths, Andrew McCulloch is.... more
(20 October 2005 00:00)

After the fire
Emergency practitioner Chris Hadley was part of a team that had to make some swift and sensitive decisions, in the wake of a house.... more
(20 October 2005 00:00)

Just add water
With 30 per cent of admissions of older people to hospital A&E departments in Buckinghamshire related to dehydration, a fluid response was needed. more
(18 October 2005 16:28)

REVOLVING DOORS' LINK WORKER SCHEME
“Stop drinking. Stop taking drugs. Stop getting sent to court. Stop getting arrested. Don’t end up back in jail. Try my best to keep out of trouble..... more
(13 October 2005 00:00)

MIGRANT HELPLINE'S RECEPTION SERVICE
The lines of lorries and caravans snaking down to the ferry in Dover are familiar sights but if you walk alongside the traffic and go down a side.... more
(13 October 2005 00:00)

Just a bit eccentric?
An older man is living in squalor and having hallucinations. His environment may be harmful, but he doesn't want to leave more
(13 October 2005 00:00)

Previous Tabloid clangers
Catch up with some previous Tabloid Clangers more
(21 October 2005 00:00)

Conference reports from 2005
Click on the link to view all our reports from last years conferences more
(05 October 2005 08:08)

Tabloid Clangers
Roll on Halloween, kids ‘We’ll lock up trick or treat kids, cops warn parents’ In an issue which surely holds a record number of.... more
(09 October 2005 00:00)

Tabloid Clangers
Of Yobs and Dogs… more
(21 October 2005 00:00)

Bad Boy Badgers
24/10/05 to 28/10/05 more
(27 October 2005 10:24)

Missing Words - 09 October
Welcome to our first Missing Words quiz, in this section the missing words have been taken from the last two editions of Community Care magazine .... more
(09 October 2005 00:00)

QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY CARE ISSUE DATED 27 OCTOBER - 2 NOVEMBER 2005
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(27 October 2005 12:27)

Questions from Community Care issue dated 13-19 October 2005
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(14 October 2005 09:03)

QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY CARE ISSUE DATED 20-26 OCTOBER 2005
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(20 October 2005 00:00)

Sixty Second Interview with Beverley Hughes
Sixty Second Interview with Beverley Hughes By Amy Taylor   If you want to achieve one thing while you.... more
(10 October 2005 00:00)

Living with Mental Illness: A Book for Relatives and Friends
This is an excellent book and should be read by all carers of those who suffer from a severe and enduring mental illness, writes Greta Young. more
(27 October 2005 15:47)

Scandal, Social Policy and Welfare
Under pressure from the tabloid media, the eagerness to spot a scandal can make an already difficult job for social care professionals well nigh.... more
(27 October 2005 15:54)

Sixty Second Interview with Bryan Ritchie
Sixty Second Interview with Bryan Ritchie more
(27 October 2005 00:00)

How to work in multi-disciplinary teams
Like families, multi-disciplinary teams can work brilliantly together – or be totally dysfunctional. It’s hardly surprising that when you assemble a.... more
(27 October 2005 00:00)

Job File: Part-time support worker - Theresa Walsh
Theresa Walsh is part-time support worker for younger people with dementia at an Alzheimer’s Society day centre in Brighton. more
(27 October 2005 00:00)

Career Clinic with Owen Davies
I have young children and elderly parents and am interested in going part-time, perhaps as a job share. I have a stressful job managing a child.... more
(27 October 2005 00:00)

Sixty Second Interview with Liam Byrne
A Sixty Second Interview with care services minister Liam Byrne more
(10 October 2005 00:00)

Profile - Bobby Cummines
Profile By Josephine Hocking Bobby Cummines is chief executive of charity Unlock, the national association of ex-offenders . .... more
(04 October 2005 11:00)

Profile - Georgina Wakefield
Georgina Wakefield is carer to her son Christian who has schizophrenia. She is also an author, trainer, consultant and former user of mental health.... more
(24 October 2005 00:00)

Why I Love My Job - Jill Bartlett
Jill Bartlett is part-time development officer for Contact a Family in Wales. The charity supports parents of disabled children. more
(04 October 2005 10:52)

Why I love my job - Paula Rawding
Paula Rawding is centre manager at Woodlands, a 20 bed MS Society respite care centre in York. more
(24 October 2005 00:00)

Career Clinic with Addie Stevenson
Career Clinic Q I am a local authority senior social worker and have specialised in substance misuse work for many years. I am ready for a.... more
(10 October 2005 00:00)

Agencies are failing drug addicts
Agencies are failing hundreds of drug misusers because they are referring them to out-of-area treatment centres without checking if they will receive.... more
(31 October 2005 00:00)

National Social Services Conference Coverage
All our coverage from the recent National Social Services Conference. more
(25 October 2005 08:46)

Disabled people face debts to pay for essentials
Disabled people are building up large debts to pay for essentials such as food and fuel, a new study has found. Clearing debt is difficult for many.... more
(28 October 2005 12:35)

BAAF chief executive steps down from post
Felicity Collier is set to stand down from her role as chief executive of BAAF next June, it was announced today. more
(31 October 2005 00:00)

Previous How To's
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(25 October 2005 14:21)

Asylum seekers forced to queue for hours
Vulnerable asylum seekers are being made to queue outside the government's main asylum processing centre for long periods of time in freezing.... more
(31 October 2005 00:00)

Young care leavers placed in unsuitable accommodation
Care leavers as young as 16 are still being placed in “unsavoury” bedsits because of fundamental weaknesses in the law designed to protect them,.... more
(31 October 2005 00:00)

DH accused of institutional racism
The Department of Health has been accused of institutional racism over the way it has handled the race equality impact assessment of the mental.... more
(31 October 2005 00:00)

Exclusive poll shows opposition to government's reforms
An exclusive Community Care poll has highlighted the scale of opposition within children’s services to some of the government’s major reforms. more
(28 October 2005 00:00)

YJB defends ISSP research findings
Chair of the Youth Justice Board Ellie Roy today defended the government’s community sentencing programme for young offenders following a report that.... more
(28 October 2005 00:00)

Learning difficulty services to be scrutinised
Learning difficulty services across England and Wales are to be put under scrutiny following an investigation into alleged abuse of people with.... more
(26 October 2005 00:00)

Monday 31 October 2005
Blair and Blunkett in row over welfare system more
(31 October 2005 00:00)

Friday 28 October 2005
Almost 11 million people in Britain have taken drugs more
(28 October 2005 00:00)

Supermarkets to curb underage drinking
The government is joining forces with supermarkets in a bid to stop the sale of alcohol to underage drinkers. more
(27 October 2005 17:08)

Campaigners celebrate abolition of means test for adaptation grant
Children’s charities have welcomed the government’s decision to scrap the means test for families in England applying for funds to adapt their homes.... more
(28 October 2005 12:04)

Interview with the chief executive of the Children’s Workforce Development Council
Jane Haywood talks exclusively to 0-19 about her plans for the children's workforce more
(27 October 2005 16:45)

Web Review
www.sunderlandpeoplefirst.org.uk more
(27 October 2005 16:00)

Childrens’s staff concerned with electronic records
Only a quarter of children’s services staff believe that their departments are ready to go live with electronic records on 31 December as planned by.... more
(27 October 2005 13:45)

Wages bill tops a billion pounds
The wage bill for social workers and managers rose to more than £1bn in the year ending September 2004, according to the social services workforce.... more
(26 October 2005 16:21)

New role need to tackle antisocial behaviour
Home Office minister Hazel Blears has called for a new type of professional is needed to tackle the causes of antisocial behaviour. more
(26 October 2005 07:54)