Articles by Date : October 01 2007 - October 31 2007

Care trusts
The care trust is an NHS organisation to which local authorities can delegate health-related functions to provide integrated local health and social.... more
(08 October 2007 14:46)

Care Services Improvement Partnership
Founded in 2005, CSIP embraces eight programmes. They are the National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Support Service; Health.... more
(08 October 2007 14:45)

Better Government for Older People Network
Better Government for Older People (then minus the “network”) was set up by the government in 1998 to oversee 28 research projects on the engagement.... more
(08 October 2007 14:32)

Best Value
Best Value was a 1997 Labour manifesto promise to replace the Conservatives’ Compulsory Competitive Tendering. It was one of the first instruments.... more
(08 October 2007 14:31)

Mother wants disabled girl to have hysterectomy ‘to give her a better life’
Other headlines today include:- Health to be the biggest winner; European court to rule on UK disability discrimination ban; Airline refuses to carry.... more
(08 October 2007 10:12)

Quickfire Q & A with Robin Currie
Chief Executive of the health and social care charity PSS more
(08 October 2007 10:03)

Who would be your favourite celebrity service user?
This week, Britney Spears was the latest in a long line of celebrities to have a very public meltdown. more
(08 October 2007 09:30)

Rob Greig: Valuing People follow-up due out within weeks
The government's renewal of its Valuing People agenda for people with learning disabilities will be published within the next few weeks. more
(08 October 2007 07:55)

Government pilots raising care leaving age to 18
The government may extend the age that young people leave the care system from 16 to 18 if a new pilot scheme proves to be successful. more
(05 October 2007 12:45)

Suspected trafficking victim missing from care home
A suspected victim of child trafficking has gone missing from a Salford care home. more
(05 October 2007 11:03)

Morgan aims for mental health move
Other headlines include Prison wing ‘unfit for animals’ closed down; British guards ‘assault and racially abuse’ people during deportations; A longer.... more
(05 October 2007 10:16)

Islington rejects call for director to resign after critical report
Islington Council has rejected calls for the resignation of its adult social care director over her role in two care contracts which subsequently.... more
(05 October 2007 00:15)

Social worker struck off for breaching user's confidence
A Birmingham social worker has been struck off by the General Social Care Council for sharing information provided by an abuse victim with the.... more
(05 October 2007 00:28)

Nurse at centre of Manchester strike faces disciplinary
Karen Reissmann, a community psychiatric nurse allegedly suspended for trade union activity, faces a disciplinary hearing this month to decide her.... more
(05 October 2007 00:01)

Inquest into death of psychiatric patient begins
The inquest into the death of an 18-year-old psychiatric patient begins today in Harrogate. more
(04 October 2007 15:52)

Baby of 11 months ‘shaken to death by her childminder’
Other headlines today include: £500k bill as Hodge cuff dads cleared; Carer dies after being gunned down in crossfire and Sex trafficking victims.... more
(04 October 2007 12:07)

Rethinking Palliative Care: A Social Role Valorisation Approach
This book pulls no punches in arguing that the palliative care model has failed, writes Kelvin Karim. The author, a social worker, draws upon his.... more
(04 October 2007 10:44)

Planning and Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Issues for Case Managers and Other Professionals
Case management is the co-ordination of services and systems that best meet an individual's need. Putting that role into practice is the focus of.... more
(04 October 2007 10:41)

Are you for turning?
Would you ever vote Tory? more
(04 October 2007 09:59)

LGA makes £8.4bn spending review pitch for children and care
The Local Government Association has said councils will need an extra £8.4bn over the next three years to deal with new pressures in children's.... more
(04 October 2007 09:54)

Community Care lobbying sees mail order debt waived
A catalogue company has agreed to write off a £7,000 debt run up by a woman with learning disabilities after being contacted by Community Care. more
(04 October 2007 08:05)

David Cameron vows to end welfare for those who refuse jobs
Conservative leader David Cameron told his party's conference yesterday that benefit claimants who refused a fair job offer would lose access to.... more
(04 October 2007 08:13)

Child care provider Sedgemoor goes into administration
Leading residential child care provider Sedgemoor has gone into administration. more
(04 October 2007 08:11)

Placement debacle forces university to cut intake
Brunel University has cut the number of students on its social work degree because of problems finding practice placements. The move comes as.... more
(02 October 2007 07:47)

Remploy factories saved
There will be no factory closures at Remploy without ministers agreeing, the work and pensions minister Peter Hain told the labour party conference. more
(03 October 2007 17:16)

Local government unions accept pay deal
The recent annual TUC conference passed a motion backing proposals for public service unions to work together on pay, including joint campaigning,.... more
(03 October 2007 16:58)

The National Association of Social Workers in Education (Naswe): all you need to know
NETWORKING: Helping practitioners and service users connect with like-minded people more
(03 October 2007 16:44)

Education welfare officers and social work in schools
Community Care shares the experiences and views of social workers in the education sector more
(03 October 2007 16:27)

Modernising adult care
Bob Hudson looks at the implications of a report which analyses a series of studies in order to assess progress in social care's modernisation.... more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Learning disabilities: elderly people face loss of independence
Older people with learning disabilities face having their hard won independence taken from them as they reach 65. Janet Snell explains more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Motor-neurone disease: how should people with MND be supported? A case study
When a degenerative illness strikes it is not just the man's physical needs that need to be taken into account. Two members of Derbyshire's physical.... more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Career Clinic
Q: I have seen an advert for a job in a neighbouring authority but know that if I apply for it my current boss will find out as she knows people who.... more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

On the Move
Latest social care movers and shakers more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Lifestyle review: A pathway of pictures
Mark Drinkwater walks the corridors of someone else's mind more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Community Clairvoyance
the alternative horoscope for social workers more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Social skirmishes
Rosie Warlock, a senior practitioner in children's social services, asks 'what's in a name?' more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Research abstracts: Child Refugees and asylum seekers in families
Author CUNNINGHAM Jo, CUNNINGHAM Steve Title No choice at all: destitution or deportation? A commentary on the implementation of Section 9 of the.... more
(03 October 2007 12:43)

The social care needs of refugee and asylum-seeking children
Each week the Social Care Institute for Excellence analyses research findings behind specific social work practices more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Restraint: how to achieve low injury rates
The continuing absence of national restraint and injury reporting systems means that the level of injury and misery caused by the misuse of restraint.... more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Life-story work: Trudy and Keith Pye break the mould
The importance of adopted or fostered children knowing about their early lives has been recognised in law since 2002, yet in practice the idea has.... more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Children who sexually abuse: what's the strategy?
We need a proper strategy to deal with children and young people exhibiting harmful sexual behaviour, one based on more than risk management, argues.... more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Cutting the red tape: moves to slash social workers' paperwork
Social workers have been engulfed in paperwork for years. But a return to direct work with clients and a new approach to admin is being planned..... more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

GMB and Unite vote to accept council pay offer
Local government members at trade unions GMB and Unite have accepted employers' 2.475% pay offer, despite prospects of a Unison strike next month. more
(03 October 2007 11:21)

Could social services cope with a flu pandemic
Although a national contingency plan would kick into action if a pandemic flu outbreak hit the UK, there are doubts that social services departments.... more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Mental health: Asian people less satisfied with services
Asian mental health service users are more likely to respond negatively to specialist community services than black or white people, a study has.... more
(03 October 2007 10:55)

Prime minister raises election fever as Cameron prepares for crucial speech
Other headlines include: Pledge to create prison places and end early release; Racist officers may be given a second chance; 800,000 pupils ‘get poor.... more
(03 October 2007 10:45)

Editorial Comment: Werrington report shows need for social worker posts at young offender institutions
The decline in the safeguarding of children at Werrington YOI coincides with the departure of the social worker based there, which is no coincidence. more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Editorial Comment: CSCI inspectors voice discontent
Last January, Community Care published a letter from an inspector expressing concern at the dwindling frequency of inspection in adult social care. more
(03 October 2007 10:39)

The Big Picture: Health Bar Discrimination
The requirement for good health in certain professions should be negotiated with employers rather than put into law more
(04 October 2007 00:00)

Diary - A lighter take on the working week.
A team manager in a council children and families service more
(04 October 2007 00:00)