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Bill faces legal threat after advisers attack time allotted to race study
The draft Mental Health Bill may face a legal challenge because of the way the race impact assessment on the planned laws was carried out. more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER
Child index "must be nationwide" more
(09 December 2005 09:54)
Overload may cause more youth deaths
Overcrowding in prisons could lead to more young people dying in custody, a senior official has warned.
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(08 December 2005 00:00)
Majority of Asbos in Scotland breached
More than half the antisocial behaviour orders issued in Scotland may have been breached, new research has shown.
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(08 December 2005 00:00)
Supervision in the community slated
Management of sex offenders in the community is "poorly co-ordinated and inconsistent", according to a report published this week. more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Call to tackle needs of unpopular groups
Efforts to tackle social exclusion must focus on "unpopular" groups if the government is to make more progress, the chief of a Labour-linked.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
School saved after road route changes
Campaigners have won a 12-year battle to save a Scottish community and school for people with special needs after ministers decided to route a bypass.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Institute given nod to pay next chair
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has won permission from the Charity Commission to pay its new chair a salary, contrary to standard third.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Supporting People loses further funding
Projects funded by Supporting People face more cuts after the government announced that a further 30m would be shaved from the programme's budget.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Consultants fail to up Liverpool rating
Liverpool's Supporting People programme has been heavily criticised by inspectors, a little more than a year after the council brought in private.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Tougher appraisal of councils needed
Social services' performance assessment should include tougher training indicators to ensure departments focus on workforce development, an expert.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Union rages at £50 attendance bonus
Union leaders say a scheme to give social work staff a cash bonus if they take no sick days is a "joke" and a "gimmick". more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Bigger role mooted for voluntary sector
More youth justice services could be provided by charities under guidance to be rolled out shortly by the Youth Justice Board. more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
'Cash must target hard-to-reach youth'
Funds earmarked by the Treasury for youth services must target the socially excluded, charities say. more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
An end to a means
Families tempted to celebrate the end of means testing for the disabled facilities grant ought to save the champagne until the ceiling on funding is.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Barnardo's moderniser
Roger Singleton is retiring after more than 30 years at Barnardo’s. Here, he tells Janet Snell how the charity has led the transformation of.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
The Simon Heng Column
A service user's view of social care more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
The Big Question
Should the normal age of retirement be raised? more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
If you ask me....
Daniel Hardy has learning difficulties and works for the charity Voice UK more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Frontlines
One of our new team of practitioner columnists gives her take on an autistic client's view of Christmas more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Open Forum
Our view of what makes people “intelligent” is no longer relevant to today’s social care workplace, writes Roy Smith more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Which way forward for black children?
When the disturbances in France exploded at the end of October, sparked by the deaths of two youths of Mauritanian and Tunisian background in a.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Questions from Community Care - Keep quiet about it
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(08 December 2005 00:00)
Questions from Community Care - Someone to expect each day
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Avoiding risk is a risky business
Children could be at risk because professionals working with them are immersed in a culture of “playing it safe” a new report has claimed. more
(07 December 2005 16:41)
National children’s database for England confirmed
A single database containing basic information on every child in England will be fully operational by the end of 2008, children’s minister Beverley.... more
(08 December 2005 16:35)
Children trafficked into London
Around 100 children are trafficked into London each week, the Metropolitan Police have said. more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Keep Quiet About It
Recent research has found that people with mental health problems experience stigma more than they do discrimination. Michael Carter explains why.
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(08 December 2005 00:00)
Someone to expect each day
Intermediate care is often seen as a lifeline to establishing older people's independence after hospital. But limiting it to six weeks is wrong, says.... more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
Charity joins force with Tories for social justice group
A national charity is joining forces with the Conservative party in setting up a social justice policy group to help disadvantaged people. more
(08 December 2005 00:00)
THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER
100 trafficked children arrive in London each week, says Scotland Yard more
(08 December 2005 09:55)
Black people more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals
Black people are three times more likely to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales than the rest of the population, the first.... more
(07 December 2005 00:00)
Government failing poorest children
Save the Children today called for the government to adopt a strategy to address the needs of the poorest children in the UK. more
(06 December 2005 00:00)
Demos urges move away from witch hunt culture
A “risk averse” culture in children’s services is preventing the development of new ways of working, according to a report out today. more
(07 December 2005 00:00)
Eisenstadt appointed chief adviser on children’s services
The Department for Education & Skills has appointed Naomi Eisenstadt as chief adviser on children’s services. more
(07 December 2005 07:12)
Bill faces legal threat
The forthcoming mental health bill could face a legal challenge, according to a campaigner, following claims from government-appointed advisers that.... more
(07 December 2005 00:00)
Special report: Jewish Care to means test relatives
Jewish Care is to means-test the relatives of new council-funded residents in its care homes, to tackle a funding gap the charity says is.... more
(05 December 2005 00:00)
How to conduct job interviews
Practical advice on work issues more
(06 December 2005 15:43)
WEDNESDAY 7 DECEMBER
"Mental health trap" for black people more
(07 December 2005 09:46)
Children’s social services lag behind adult care
Councils are struggling to improve children’s social care services at the same rate as adult services, the latest annual performance ratings reveal. more
(02 December 2005 16:01)
Government pledges more support for children and families
Children and families could be able to access personalised services via a single worker under plans outlined alongside the pre-Budget report this.... more
(06 December 2005 15:42)
Charities join forces to amend childcare bill
The Childcare Bill currently going through Parliament must recognise the needs of the poorest children whose parents do not work, national childcare.... more
(06 December 2005 15:37)
Better care and lighter sentences promised for young offenders
The Youth Justice Board will work closer with colleagues in health and education in order to better meet the needs of young people in custody, it.... more
(06 December 2005 15:35)
Kelly endorses sound-led approach to literacy
By the age of five, all children will be taught to read through the recognition of the sounds of letters, the government has announced. more
(06 December 2005 15:32)
Brown: children and families services to benefit from £53 million
New government proposals to improve the lives of looked-after children will go out for consultation early next year, Chancellor Gordon Brown.... more
(06 December 2005 00:00)
Ofsted cites unacceptable practice in one fifth of nurseries
One fifth of nurseries in England do not have enough staff on duty at the start of the day to offer “good care” for children, education watchdog.... more
(06 December 2005 00:00)
Prison officers lack support
Prison officers working with young offenders lack professional support, Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, said last night. more
(06 December 2005 00:00)
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