Articles by Date : November 01 2006 - November 30 2006

Options for Excellence reports
The government review of the social care workforce, Options for Excellence, was published last month and its key themes are promoting continuing.... more
(10 November 2006 15:32)

Social care workforce to be registered
Care workers will be registered for a six-year initial period, according to Lynne Berry, general secretary of the General Social Care Council. more
(10 November 2006 15:23)

Scots reforms will not lead to increase in practitioners’ prosecution
One of Scotland’s most senior social work officials has played down fears that new reforms could lead to more practitioners being prosecuted for.... more
(10 November 2006 15:17)

England to have social work review
England is to have an inquiry into the role of social workers, modelled on similar reviews in Scotland and Wales. more
(10 November 2006 14:09)

Social worker found guilty of misconduct
In the first social care conduct hearing in Wales, a Neath Port Talbot Council community placement officer was found to have breached the codes of.... more
(10 November 2006 13:15)

Flexible working rights will not apply to all carers
Twenty per cent of carers will lose out on the right to request flexible working, the government announced yesterday. more
(10 November 2006 12:46)

Pay ‘only part of the answer’ to children’s services recruitment
Pay is a key issue for many children’s services staff but is often not the determining factor over whether they stay in their jobs, a Children’s.... more
(10 November 2006 12:26)

Sex offender killed child after evading authorities by changing name
A convicted sex offender murdered a 13-year-old girl after evading the authorities by changing his name, a report revealed yesterday. more
(10 November 2006 10:25)

Carers' rights worry business
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(10 November 2006 09:56)

Sixty second interview with Sir Alan Craft on the children's palliative care review
The government has announced an independent review of children’s palliative care, at a time when many children’s hospices are strapped for cash. The.... more
(09 November 2006 11:47)

Inspection merger delayed
The merger of the Commission for Social Care Inspection’s adult role with the Healthcare Commission is set to be pushed back a year it has emerged..... more
(09 November 2006 13:58)

Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health struggles to recruit workers
A flagship scheme to improve the lot of ethnic minorities in the mental health system is struggling. Anabel Unity Sale investigates more
(09 November 2006 00:34)

60 second interview with shadow health minister Stephen O'Brien on Tory policies for adult social care
What are the Conservative priorities in adult social care? The question of funding looms large but we are also focusing on more effective.... more
(09 November 2006 13:23)

Cost of caring to be examined
A year long study on the extra financial costs faced by the UK’s six million carers was launched by Carers UK today. more
(09 November 2006 13:37)

Tackling racial disparities in mental health services
Marcel Vige, co-chair of the Black and Minority Ethnic Mental Health Network, offers the following advice on how mental health services can tackle.... more
(09 November 2006 12:13)

CC Live news: Abuse should not be glossed over
The details of abuse suffered by children should not be glossed over by professionals, delegates at Community Care Live Scotland heard today. more
(02 November 2006 14:10)

Couple identified by judge get to keep fourth child
A couple who won a landmark ruling to speak out about their fight against care orders on their four children were told on Friday they could take one.... more
(06 November 2006 09:35)

Doctors back youth work role in fight against mental illness
The British Medical Association has flagged up a key role for youth workers in tackling mental health problems among vulnerable young people. more
(06 November 2006 16:53)

Training Materials Review: Dementia Care Training Manual for Staff Working in Nursing and Residential Settings
This manual is linked to national occupational and vocational standards and can be used by individuals or groups, writes Carol Dutton. more
(09 November 2006 10:08)

Exhibition Review: All at Sea
Mark Drinkwater’s photography exhibition, which helped promote World Mental Health Day, raised the curtain on this year’s theme of suicide in more.... more
(09 November 2006 10:06)

Dyslexia and Alternative Therapies
Some alternative therapies have been used for thousands of years, and here Maria Chivers reminds us how, until recently, chiropractice was considered.... more
(09 November 2006 09:55)

Collaborative Social Work Practice
This book is clearly designed for social work degree students, writes Richard Tipping. more
(09 November 2006 09:46)

The Approved Social Worker’s Guide to Mental Health Law
Finding a way through the legislation relating to mental health and the associated codes of practice and guidance is an increasingly complex process,.... more
(09 November 2006 09:39)

Sex attacker took a new name and murdered girl, 13
Clock on the above headline for more social care related news from today's papers. more
(09 November 2006 09:29)

Looked-after Children Green Paper
Children in care: Bob Broad on the green paper for looked after children View from a user Professionals' views of GP-style social work.... more
(09 November 2006 08:59)

Youth Justice Convention: special report
Coverage from the Youth Justice Convention more
(09 November 2006 08:47)

Community Care Live Scotland
All our coverage from the recent Community Care Live Scotland event more
(07 November 2006 09:24)

Scots told to follow England on 'user tsar'
A service user should be appointed to represent the interests of people with learning difficulties at the Scottish parliament, a campaigner told.... more
(09 November 2006 08:26)

Editorial Comment: A Difficult Job Well Done
The story of Nicola and Mark Webster, who have been allowed to take home their five-month-old son Brandon for the first time this week, has been.... more
(09 November 2006 08:12)

Professionals fear loss of anonymity as judge allows family to be named
A landmark High Court ruling allowing a family in a live child protection case to be named could have dangerous repercussions for children and.... more
(09 November 2006 08:06)

Editorial Comment: Asbos mean we're failing
In an uncertain world there is, in a perverse kind of way, something deeply reassuring about Louise Casey more
(09 November 2006 08:08)

Casey criticises youth justice sector for failing to sell itself to the public
Respect “tsar” Louise Casey told the conference that the youth justice sector was failing to convince the public that it was working to protect them. more
(09 November 2006 08:12)

Question from Community Care: Promoting best practice in dealing with sexual orientation issues
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(09 November 2006 08:04)

Question from Community Care: Independent living: There are too many confusing schemes, says Bob Hudson and Melanie Henwood
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(09 November 2006 07:58)

Independent living: There are too many confusing schemes, says Bob Hudson and Melanie Henwood
Disabled people are finding that the road to greater control over their lives is paved with confusing and complex schemes, write Bob Hudson and.... more
(09 November 2006 07:50)

Benefits of boarding school for looked-after children to be tested
A project to examine how boarding schools could benefit looked-after children was launched yesterday by children’s minister Beverley Hughes. more
(07 November 2006 08:22)

Childcare highlighted as key to achieving child poverty and employment targets
The government will fail to meet its goals on reducing child poverty and getting more parents back to work unless it invests more in childcare, the.... more
(08 November 2006 18:06)

Judge rounds on wasted costs orders
A warning was sounded by a High Court judge this week against penalising councils that bring cases to court unnecessarily and delay hearings. more
(09 November 2006 00:28)

Buildings-based initiative pays off
A controversial scheme to support rough sleepers in buildings rather than on the street is showing results, according to an independent evaluation. more
(09 November 2006 00:26)

Youth offending teams urged to persuade courts to use more community sentences
Youth offending team workers should urge courts to use community sentences and challenge any failure to use them, the conference was told. more
(09 November 2006 00:21)

Minister favours restorative justice
Home Office ministers are considering plans to prevent police unnecessarily prosecuting young people for low-level crimes. more
(09 November 2006 00:19)

'Train practitioners to counsel couples’
Social care professionals should be trained to provide relationship counselling if they are to fulfil the Every Child Matters agenda, according to a.... more
(09 November 2006 00:08)

Inquiry into suicide bid by Feltham inmate that left him brain-damaged
A High Court judge has ordered an independent public inquiry into the attempted suicide of an inmate at Feltham young offender institution. more
(09 November 2006 00:05)

Councils ignore notify safeguard
Too few councils are using a scheme to safeguard homeless children, increasing the risk of another preventable child death, a new report has warned. more
(09 November 2006 00:03)

Funding rises by one fifth for youth
Investment in child and adolescent mental health in England increased by almost 20 per cent last year but there were still wide variations in.... more
(09 November 2006 00:01)

Residents fights on against transfer
Three care home residents who were refused permission to appeal against a High Court decision allowing a local authority to transfer homes to the.... more
(09 November 2006 00:58)

Planning delays alleged in Cornwall
Campaigners have claimed delays in care planning are hitting people with learning difficulties living in NHS-supported accommodation in Cornwall.... more
(09 November 2006 00:50)

Appleby casts doubt on rape allegations
Most of the 19 rape allegations made in psychiatric wards from 2003 to 2005 are subject to “significant doubt”, the government has claimed. .... more
(09 November 2006 00:48)

Probation to be contracted out, home secretary confirms
The home secretary has reiterated a pledge to put out probation services to competition from other providers from April 2008. more
(08 November 2006 15:45)

Pay parents more to tackle child poverty
Employers must do more to tackle child poverty by providing better quality jobs and pay for parents living on low incomes, a campaign group said.... more
(08 November 2006 15:40)