Articles by Date : October 01 2006 - October 31 2006

Focus on Children and Families
Three years down the road from the publication of the Every Child Matters green paper the children’s services landscape has changed beyond.... more
(05 October 2006 00:25)

Council must pay back nursing care fees after wrong assessment of needs
Wandsworth Council should pay £27,000 to a woman who paid the sum in “unnecessary” nursing care fees for her mother, the local government ombudsman.... more
(05 October 2006 10:21)

August cartoons
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(05 October 2006 10:12)

Council ordered to pay £27,000 for care fees charged in error
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from today's papers. more
(05 October 2006 09:57)

Listen to the reasons behind bad behaviour.
I love reading. It has always seemed a wonderful thing to me that I can pick up a wad of paper covered in printed words and enter someone else’s.... more
(05 October 2006 09:21)

If you ask me...Wayne Bridger
Wayne Bridger attends at Bells Piece, a Leonard Cheshire service in Farnham, Surrey more
(05 October 2006 09:18)

The Big Question
Would prime minister Gordon Brown be good for social care? more
(05 October 2006 09:15)

The Simon Heng Column - 5 October 2006
There’s a standing joke among people with physical disabilities – and, I would guess, people with sensory impairments – what’s in your cupboard? more
(05 October 2006 09:13)

My son is no nutter
Caring for a son with schizophrenia means having to put up with prejudice, writes Georgina Wakefield more
(05 October 2006 09:10)

Frontlines - The Impossibility of Eliminating Risk
Someone goes to the theatre and, because they know one of the actors, they go back stage to meet them afterwards. more
(05 October 2006 09:07)

Met revises child abuse desk system
The Metropolitan Police is to cut the number of child protection referral desks, which take calls about child abuse from social services and the.... more
(05 October 2006 00:41)

More means less
Anabel Unity Sale reports on how the system of child benefits and tax credits can penalise families with more children more
(05 October 2006 00:20)

Must do better
Pressed hard to raise school standards some head teachers struggle to focus on the broader objectives of Every Child Matters policies. Here, John.... more
(05 October 2006 00:11)

Punishing schedule
Parents are being held more responsible for their children's behaviour under this government, Sally Gillen reports more
(05 October 2006 00:02)

Children in private fostering arrangements still unknown to councils
Thousands of children being looked after by someone other than a close relative are missing out on support because they remain hidden to local.... more
(04 October 2006 17:35)

Obstacle course
In a practical discipline like social work, practice placements are hugely important. more
(05 October 2006 00:07)

Criminal Records Bureau
Employers must apply for standard or enhanced disclosure for potential employees working with children or vulnerable adults. more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Executive disputes underfunding claim
The Scottish executive has been called on to revise its funding formula for children’s services after a finance expert found that Scotland’s councils.... more
(05 October 2006 00:05)

New editor for Community Care
Mike was formerly the editor of Hospital Doctor magazine and has a background in public and voluntary sector journalism. more
(05 October 2006 00:03)

Herts take action over admissions
More than 50 schools in Hertfordshire have had their admissions arrangements changed to ensure they meet requirements to prioritise looked-after.... more
(05 October 2006 00:01)

Mind study slams in-patient wards
More than half of recent mental health in-patients rated their ward as unpleasant or very unpleasant, according to a survey. more
(05 October 2006 00:57)

Anne Owers slams Yarl's Wood health services
Health services at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre were slammed today by the chief inspector of prisons. more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Students’ pockets hit by new rules on practice placement travel costs
Social work students in England say a new limit on the payment for travel expenses incurred during their practice placements could force them to.... more
(05 October 2006 00:51)

NHS bosses want two per cent pay rise for staff
NHS bosses are calling on pay review bodies to award staff a 2 per cent rise next year in line with demands from chancellor Gordon Brown. more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Open Forum - 5 October
Collaboration with universities is crucial to guarantee quality student placements, writes Janet Lancefield more
(05 October 2006 00:43)

Low allowance may face legal review
Kirklees Council could face a judicial review over the level of support it gives to carers who become special guardians. more
(05 October 2006 00:35)

Sexual Offences Act 2003
The Sexual Offences Act is aimed at protecting the public, specifically children and families, from sexual offenders. more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

National service framework for children, young people and maternity services
The NSF was published in September 2004. more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Lewis drops lead adult member plan
The Department of Health has dropped plans to legislate to make local authorities appoint a lead councillor with responsibility for all adult.... more
(05 October 2006 00:28)

Local Safeguarding Children Boards
Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) are designed to help key agencies work together to ensure children are safeguarded properly. They put the.... more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

The Protection of Children Act List
The name of anyone working with children who has been dismissed for misconduct “which harmed a child or placed a child at risk of harm” is placed on.... more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Price ‘key driver’ in outsourcing care
More than £5bn was spent on independent social care and mental health provision in the UK last year, a report has revealed. more
(05 October 2006 00:21)

Child protection register
Child protection registers have historically held the names of those children deemed to be at risk of significant harm and held by social services.... more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Children's database
Again another outcome of Every Child Matter, the children’s database is the government’s response to Lord Laming’s call for better joint working.... more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Report slams strip searches at prison
The prisons inspector has criticised the use of force on young people who refuse to be strip searched at Huntercombe Young Offender Institution. .... more
(05 October 2006 00:49)

The Bichard Report
The day after Ian Huntley was found guilty, the Home Secretary announced the launch of an independent inquiry into the manner in which the police had.... more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Councils to stop footing bill when NHS wrongly limits continuing care
Councils will stop automatically taking responsibility for service users who should be receiving NHS continuing care, a leading social services.... more
(05 October 2006 00:38)

Jessica Chapman and Holly Well - the Soham Tragedy
On 4 August 2002, Holly Well and Jessica Chapman both aged 10-years-old, went missing from their home in Soham, Cambridgeshire. Less than two weeks.... more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Every Child Matter
In 2003, the government published a green paper called Every Child Matter alongside the formal response to the report into the death of Victoria.... more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Shock suspension for Telford director
A leading figure in children’s services has been suspended in a move that has shocked the sector. more
(05 October 2006 00:30)

Victoria Climbie
The Victoria Climbie case was the most horrific child abuse case seen in this country and did little to improve the negative portrayal of social.... more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Ready for blue labour?
Back in the mid-1990s the Labour leadership stole some of the Conservative’s clothes and gave us New Labour. more
(05 October 2006 00:24)

The Children Act 1989
The Children Act 1989 was the main legislation governing child protection procedures. more
(04 October 2006 00:00)

Tories make play for social workers’ affections with promise on status
Social workers would be given the same status as doctors and teachers under plans being prepared by the Conservatives, shadow children’s minister Tim.... more
(05 October 2006 00:13)

Garnier signals criminal justice rethink
The Conservative Party is ditching hard-line attitudes on tackling crime, according to shadow home affairs minister Edward Garnier. more
(05 October 2006 00:09)

Care failings of police under fire
Police have been slammed for failing to adequately care for a man with mental health problems but cleared of acting unreasonably by allowing him to.... more
(05 October 2006 00:06)

Solihull pledge to focus on integration
The new care trust in Solihull will aim to integrate health and local government rather than seek NHS control of social care, the project chief said.... more
(05 October 2006 00:19)

Fewer users offered talking therapies
Mental health campaigners have called on the government to improve access to talking therapies in the community after the number of people being.... more
(05 October 2006 00:17)

Councils blamed for delays in transfers
A Welsh hospital trust has blamed “council inaction” for a jump in the number of delayed transfers of care more
(05 October 2006 00:13)

Warning on drug services ring-fence
The government has been warned not to stall progress in drug treatment services by removing the ring-fencing from funding. more
(05 October 2006 00:10)