Articles by Date : October 01 2005 - October 31 2005

Management Module
We are keen to keep developing our website and one of the modules we plan to introduce over the next few months is a Management Zone designed to help.... more
(10 October 2005 00:00)

Children’s safety placed at risk in family court proceedings
Children and victims of domestic violence are being placed in danger in family court proceedings due to their safety receiving insufficient.... more
(12 October 2005 14:59)

Teachers back zero tolerance approach to bad behaviour
More than 80% of teachers blame parents for children’s unruly behaviour in the classroom, a new survey has revealed. more
(11 October 2005 11:33)

Drugs campaign to target peer pressure
A fifth of teenagers admit they would be influenced by peer pressure to experiment with drugs, according to new research. more
(11 October 2005 11:36)

Tuesday 11 October 2005
Blunkett slams welfare state system as "crackers" more
(11 October 2005 00:00)

Fathers ignored in child care research
New research which claims children fare best when looked after by their mothers has been criticised by the Equal Opportunities Commission for.... more
(11 October 2005 11:31)

Youth Comment
Young people are the victims of a double standard in our attitude to alcohol, writes Josh Feder more
(01 October 2005 00:00)

My Life
Table tennis champion tennis champion Adam Thompson describes his journey to the Special Olympics more
(01 October 2005 00:00)

Urgent rethink needed on asylum policy
Comment from John Nicholson, practice manager at Bury Law centre more
(01 October 2005 00:00)

Charity demands more refuges for young runaways
A major campaign to establish a national network of government-funded refuges for young runaways has been launched by the Children’s Society. more
(10 October 2005 12:20)

Monday 10 October 2005
Runaways not reported missing Dads to get six months paternity cover more
(10 October 2005 10:07)

Friday 7th October 2005
NHS deal to “end two-tier workforce” Call for NHS to embrace complementary medicine more
(07 October 2005 10:11)

Welsh children to get flying start
The Welsh Assembly has pledged £46m to help disadvantaged children from birth to three. more
(07 October 2005 10:00)

Barriers for people with learning difficulties highlighted
Depressing reading. That is the only description for the first national survey of adults with learning difficulties in England published this week, .... more
(07 October 2005 08:05)

Book Review: Elijah's Cup
  ELIJAH'S CUP Valerie Paradiz, Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN 184310802X, £12.95 STAR RATING:.... more
(06 October 2005 14:37)

Book Review: Resettling Homeless People: Theory and Practice
Resettling Homeless People: Theory and Practice Mike Seal, Russell House Publishing ISBN 1903855659, £18.95 STAR RATING: 5/5 This.... more
(06 October 2005 14:34)

Exhibition review: Family Faces
National Portrait Gallery; now at Bruce Castle Museum, London N17 until 1 December more
(06 October 2005 14:32)

Children’s commissioner decries media’s portrayal of young people
England’s children’s commissioner Al Aynsley-Green has called for a radical change in the way young people are portrayed in the media. more
(06 October 2005 11:11)

This Life: Matron of dishonour
The attitude of one hospice matron convinced Elizabeth Rogers that her sick husband should be at home. more
(06 October 2005 14:24)

Joint funding plea for advocacy service
Funding for a new service that will provide advocacy for people who lack capacity should be jointly allocated to councils and primary care trusts,.... more
(06 October 2005 14:20)

Professionals urge caution over benefit reform roll-out
Despite mixed messages from pilot schemes the government is keen to launch the new housing allowance nationally. Simeon Brody reports more
(06 October 2005 14:19)

Unions to reject Cafcass pay offer
The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service may face industrial strife after unions lambasted a 2.5 per cent pay offer made last week. more
(06 October 2005 14:16)

Birmingham set for star showing at last
Birmingham Council could win its first social services star this year after an inspection of its historically poor performing children's social.... more
(06 October 2005 14:14)

A joint misadventure?
Care services minister Liam Byrne is full of bright ideas; he had another one in his interview with us this week. more
(06 October 2005 14:12)

Consultants running Birmingham scheme
Consultancy Robson Rhodes has taken over managing Birmingham's £52m Supporting People programme - the biggest in Britain. more
(06 October 2005 14:11)

A dying need
To mark the first World Hospice and Palliative Care Day this weekend, Josephine Hocking finds out about the work of palliative care social workers. more
(06 October 2005 14:09)

May demands right to respite care and signals role for voluntary sector
All carers should have the right to receive respite care and the voluntary sector would have a part to play, Theresa May, shadow secretary of state.... more
(06 October 2005 14:03)

The Simon Heng column
Housing providers don't seem to understand the social model of disability, and how someone's care needs might vary with the kind of place they live.... more
(06 October 2005 14:01)

My practice
Sarah Baalham and her team drew up a plan of action to deal with a service user's mother who pestered staff repeatedly more
(06 October 2005 11:48)

Should he stay at home?
Intensive support staff Alison Scott, Kath Smith and Jacki Hayes have helped a boy with challenging behaviour to rebuild his education. But can this.... more
(06 October 2005 12:31)

Schools fail to offer year-round services
Less than 1 per cent of secondary schools and only 2 per cent of primary schools in England provide child care or activities all year round, new.... more
(06 October 2005 13:57)

Council services improve at a cost
Improvements in councils' child protection services have reduced their capacity to offer support to other children. more
(06 October 2005 13:54)

Common borders 'assist regulation'
The different geographical boundaries of health and social care bodies pose "real challenges" when inspecting partnership working, according to a.... more
(06 October 2005 13:50)

State's strategy for looked-after children branded 'a national disgrace'
The way the state looks after children in its care is "nothing less than a national disgrace", Theresa May told the conference. more
(06 October 2005 13:49)

Who are the real experts?
Some people receiving palliative care are fighting the idea that because of their condition they should somehow be passive recipients of services. .... more
(06 October 2005 13:47)

Alone together
Emergency duty team members tend to be autonomous and work alone. So how do you build a sense of teamwork and belonging? Martin Smith tells Graham.... more
(06 October 2005 12:42)

Gillan hints at policy shift from 'prison works' to intervention
The number of people in prisons in England and Wales is "frightening" and more emphasis should be placed on preventing crime, shadow home affairs.... more
(06 October 2005 12:37)

Councils find homes for Scope residents
The last residents have moved out of a Cardiff sheltered care facility run by Scope for people with cerebral palsy, just days before the site was.... more
(06 October 2005 12:36)

More respite urged for Scotland's carers
Improvements to the way unpaid carers are supported in Scotland by local and national government have been demanded by the Scottish executive's.... more
(06 October 2005 12:34)

Data-sharing plans on sexually active children fall foul of regulator
The information commissioner's office has voiced concerns about several areas of the London Child Protection Committee's interim protocol for.... more
(06 October 2005 12:33)

Open forum
Direct payments offer more freedom but Phil Madden is concerned about safeguards against abuse more
(06 October 2005 12:21)

Fresh strike threat over pensions row
The local government pensions row, which almost triggered strikes in March, has been reignited by proposals that go beyond earlier plans to limit.... more
(06 October 2005 12:19)

Social care picks up tab for NHS cuts
The drive to tackle NHS budget deficits is placing extra burdens on social services' stretched finances, a director claims. more
(06 October 2005 12:17)

Government on wrong track with child care proceedings review, argue lawyers
Critics fear that cost-cutting dominates the government's quick consultation over care cases. Helen McCormack reports. more
(06 October 2005 12:16)

Schools to ignore children's trusts
A report claiming that the vast majority of schools in England will not become involved in children's trusts has led to renewed calls for schools to.... more
(06 October 2005 12:13)

Not valued enough
At Community Care's Valuing People conference in London last week, the achievements of the policy were self-evident. more
(06 October 2005 12:12)

Health services may switch to councils
Councils may take over functions now carried out by primary care trusts under reforms to health and social care. more
(06 October 2005 12:05)

Opinion: One of our team of practitioner columnists gives her take on the benefits of parks and the countryside
We shouldn't overlook the benefits to our well-being of walking in the countryside, writes Jennifer Harvey more
(06 October 2005 12:04)

Cornwall lambasted over foster care
Cornwall Council has agreed to pay £30,000 in compensation after the local government ombudsman found it "mishandled" the foster care of two.... more
(06 October 2005 12:00)

What's best for mental health: therapy or medication?
Shaun Webster - Change self-advocacy group Doctors hand out tablets too often because they're easier and cheaper. There should be more.... more
(06 October 2005 11:59)