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Paths to learning
Full-time work can be an obstacle to studying
for a Diploma in Social Work while part-time employment frees up
time but can lead to poverty. more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Support for right to access birth records
A massive 96 per cent of visitors to
Community Care's website believe the government should
amend the Adoption and Children Bill so adopted people.... more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Barking reaps benefits of integration
Barking and Dagenham Council, east London, has
seen improvements in health following the integration of social
services and health care under one.... more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Cafcass board faces constitutional crisis
A leading lawyer has said that the Children
and Family Court Advisory and Support Service is facing a
"constitutional crisis". more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Workplace stress initiative launched
Social services are being targeted in a search
to find the UK organisations that are best at preventing
work-related stress. more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Council wants post graduate grants
The General Social Care Council has called for
a grants system for postgraduate social work training matching that
on offer to teacher trainees and.... more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Domestic violence network set up
The Crown Prosecution Service has set up a
national network of co-ordinators as part of a drive to crack down
on domestic violence. more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Child care providers struggle to adapt to new system of regulation
Teething problems continue to dog the Early
Years Directorate of school inspection body Ofsted, three months
after it took over responsibility for.... more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Union to ballot staff over strike
Home helps in Glasgow are to be balloted on
industrial action after negotiations broke down between the council
and the workers' main trade union,.... more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Charity highlights hidden homeless
T he average time a homeless person is without
a home is more than seven years, although often with less than two
years spent on the streets,.... more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Trust doubts spread
We have become used to speculation about the
future of social services, whether they will still exist in five
years' time or whether the spoils.... more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
Less than zero
Violence
against social workers has at last been officially recognised. more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
In sickness and in health
The pressure is on to find more adoptive
parents in the run-up to new adoption legislation hitting the
statute book. more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
How can you tell
Are paediatricians and social workers on the
same wavelength when it comes to deciding whether children have
been the subjects of an induced.... more
(06 December 2001 00:00)
COUNCILS TO RECEIVE 4 PER CENT INCREASE IN FUNDING (with link to full list of figures)
Councils with education and social services responsibilities
will receive at least a 4 per cent increase in next year’s
local government.... more
(04 December 2001 16:52)
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay.
Care home ‘zombies’
Thousands of older people in residential and nursing homes are
being sedated.... more
(05 December 2001 09:36)
Braille to be used on bottles of alcoholic drink
The Royal National Institute for the Blind has welcomed a move
by retailer the Co-op to include Braille labels on its own brand
alcoholic drinks.... more
(05 December 2001 10:25)
Staff need training to avoid discrimination against pupils with learning difficulties or physical disability
Staff in mainstream schools and colleges need training in how to
deal with students with a learning difficulty or physical
disability if they are.... more
(05 December 2001 10:38)
New hostel for female offenders in Glasgow
Female offenders who would otherwise be jailed are to be offered
a supportive alternative in the community in the first full time
facility of its.... more
(05 December 2001 11:35)
Homeless figure in Edinburgh bucks trend
Homelessness in Edinburgh has bucked the national trend by
increasing to an all time high. more
(05 December 2001 11:46)
Ask our expert about violence at work
If you have ever experienced violence in the workplace would you
like to make a point or ask a question of our expert? Or perhaps
you would just.... more
(05 December 2001 16:57)
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Reg McKay. more
(03 December 2001 09:16)
Council loses test case over nursing home fees
A man will not be forced to sell his house to pay for his
father’s nursing care, the high court has ruled. more
(03 December 2001 12:40)
Judge clarifies role of children`s guardian during supervision order
Where care proceedings result in a supervision order, those
proceedings are not effectively concluded until the order has
ended. more
(03 December 2001 14:35)
New homelessness unit set up by government
A new homelessness directorate is to be introduced early next
year to look at all forms of homelessness, it has been announced,
writes Katie Leason. more
(03 December 2001 15:25)
Social work manager could face prison sentence
The manager responsible for supervising Victoria Climbie’s
social worker between August and November 1999 could face a six
month prison.... more
(03 December 2001 16:22)
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom. more
(04 December 2001 09:44)
Doctors warn against care trusts
Doctors leaders warn that health professionals need a rest from
constant reform and cannot cope with the upheaval involved in
setting up care.... more
(04 December 2001 11:14)
Number of homes falls by 900
There were 700 fewer residential care homes and 200 less nursing
homes in March this year than in March 2000, new government figures
reveal, writes.... more
(04 December 2001 12:29)
Mental health policy develops quickly but patients still denied basic rights
Mental health policy has developed faster and more dynamically
over the last two years than during any other period, but detained
patients are.... more
(04 December 2001 12:41)
New education minister delegates responsibility for schools
Cathy Jamieson, the newly appointed minister for education and
young people in the Scottish executive, has delegated day-to-day
running of schools.... more
(03 December 2001 11:21)
How can I cope with interview nerves? MORE...
