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Christmas Book Review Special
We asked Community Care readers, reviewers and contributors which books they hope to receive or intend to give this Christmas. more
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Social Worker Experiences
Asylum more
(04 December 2006 15:21)
Asylum Seekers
Practice section more
(09 December 2006 17:21)
Christmas Quiz
Complete our Christmas quiz and you could win an ipod nano. more
(21 December 2006 00:00)
Exhibition aims to show true reflection of refugees' lives
Refugees tell their stories in a powerful new exhibition, Belonging, on now at the Museum of London. It shows how refugees settling in the UK.... more
(27 December 2006 00:00)
November cartoons
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(15 December 2006 09:09)
Question from Community Care - issue dated 7 December 2006
How should care providers interact with the higher levels of informal family care available in more deprived areas? more
(07 December 2006 00:34)
Question from Community Care issue dated 14 December - 3 January
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(14 December 2006 16:27)
Community Care Awards 2006
Community Care is delighted to announce the winners of the 2006 Community Care awards which recognise excellence and innovation in the social care.... more
(14 December 2006 15:52)
Community organisations to advise magistrates
Community organisations will be able to advise magistrate’s courts on unpaid work options for offenders before they are sentenced under government.... more
(29 December 2006 00:00)
Twenty per cent of social workers at work over Christmas
While many people across the country were tucking into turkey and trimmings and watching the Queen's speech on Christmas day, a significant.... more
(29 December 2006 00:00)
Young runaways review to measure impact of children’s services reforms
Local authorities and other agencies are to be quizzed in the New Year on the impact of Every Child Matters reforms on society’s most vulnerable.... more
(26 December 2006 01:00)
Thinking about making a New Year's resolution? How about volunteering?
As the end of 2006 is fast approaching, it is time to think about those New Year's resolutions for 2007.
Paul Donohoe from CSV, the UK’s largest.... more
(29 December 2006 00:01)
Review of the year
Community Care revisits the sector's most memorable revelations and scandals of 2006. more
(28 December 2006 00:01)
In care at Christmas
Christmas, as we all know, can be one of the most stressful times of the year. And for children in care, the constant focus on family during the.... more
(22 December 2006 00:01)
Record numbers call helpline as families face Christmas with a loved one in jail
A national helpline for prisoner’s families is receiving record numbers of calls as many face Christmas without their loved ones.
Charity Action.... more
(21 December 2006 00:00)
Ray Jones quits BASW
Ray Jones has resigned from his role as chair of the British Association of Social Workers. more
(20 December 2006 00:00)
If Tony Blair was Father Christmas, what would you ask him for?
We asked key people in the social care sector - if they could ask the government for one thing for Christmas to improve things in the social care.... more
(25 December 2006 00:01)
How Crisis supports homeless people over the Christmas period
For the last 35 years, homelessness charity Crisis has sought to bring some Christmas cheer to homeless people and those without permanent.... more
(22 December 2006 00:01)
Local Government Ombudsman criticises Stockport Council
Stockport council failed to support a vulnerable adult who lived in a council-managed supported tenancy, a report by the Local Government Ombudsman.... more
(22 December 2006 00:01)
New children's commissioner in Northern Ireland announced
Patricia Lewsley has been named as the new Northern Ireland commissioner for children and young people and will take up the post in January.
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(21 December 2006 00:00)
Climbie social worker denied place on register
The social worker at the centre of the Victoria Climbie case has been refused registration with the General Social Care Council.
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(20 December 2006 00:00)
Councils need to provide safe rooms for domestic violence victims
All councils will be required to provide “safe” rooms for domestic violence victims forced out of their homes, communities secretary Ruth Kelly.... more
(20 December 2006 00:00)
Patients given power to veto health records being held electronically
Electronic NHS patient records will be piloted from spring this year, health minister Lord Warner announced yesterday more
(19 December 2006 00:00)
Independent inspectorate for asylum and immigration proposed
An independent inspectorate for asylum and immigration could be set up under government proposals published yesterday. more
(19 December 2006 00:00)
Children’s centres not doing enough to reach the most disadvantaged
Children’s centres must do more to reach the most disadvantaged families, a National Audit Office study published today says. more
(19 December 2006 00:00)
Some private hospitals falling short of minimum standards
Click on the headline above for more social care related stories from the main national newspapers. more
(20 December 2006 00:00)
Unemployed could have benefits stopped
Unemployed people who refuse help to find work could be stripped of their benefits, work and pensions minister John Hutton said today. more
(18 December 2006 16:38)
Call for people with learning difficulties who self-harm to share experience
Researchers are calling for service users with learning difficulties who self-harm and their carers to share their experience of support services. more
(18 December 2006 16:33)
Drug action teams failing to assess users’ needs
Nearly half of drug action teams in England are failing to give drug users a comprehensive assessment of their needs, a review of drug treatment by.... more
(18 December 2006 13:35)
Disabled denied career in social work by discriminatory entry requirements
Disabled people and those with long-term health conditions are being denied the chance to train and practice as social workers because of.... more
(18 December 2006 13:28)
Care cuts mean fewer old folk are being helped to live at home
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from the Monday and weekend papers. more
(18 December 2006 10:09)
2006 Conferences
Understanding self-harm: developing good practice and effective services 13 December, Central London .... more
(15 December 2006 14:30)
Lord Warner announces retirement
Health minister Lord Warner has announced he will retire next year to spend more time with his family. Warner ,66, has had extensive experience in.... more
(15 December 2006 14:14)
Survey of home care users aged 65 and over finds they feel more in control
Almost half of all older people receiving home care services say the report they receive helps them feel in control of their lives, according to a.... more
(15 December 2006 13:54)
Social worker sent inappropriate text to service user, conduct committee hears
A social worker who is fighting allegations that he formed inappropriate relationships with service users sent a text message to a client saying he.... more
(15 December 2006 13:33)
Labour must focus on child poverty, says minister
Labour must focus on child poverty, says minister more
(15 December 2006 10:30)
When the laughter has to stop
Comic turned campaigner Tony Robinson tells Simeon Brody why he wants to see 100,000 older people and their carers blockade Downing Street more
(14 December 2006 07:51)
Editorial Comment: More Bang Less Whimper
Buried in the chancellor’s pre-budget report last week was a mention of social care. It came on page 137, a single, fragile reference which may not.... more
(14 December 2006 14:00)
Chancellor's Pre-Budget Report
Special report more
(14 December 2006 16:39)
Returning Expatriates to the UK
Special report more
(14 December 2006 16:37)
TV Review - Cathy Come Home
We review the BBC’s No Home season to mark 40 years since Cathy Come Home more
(14 December 2006 12:31)
If you ask me...Manel Guell
Manel Guell has HIV and a physical disability and uses HIV services at River House in London more
(14 December 2006 12:24)
The Simon Heng Column
A service users view of social care more
(14 December 2006 12:19)
The Big Question
Is society prejudiced against disabled people? more
(14 December 2006 12:14)
Calls grow for reform of laws on prostitution
Click on the above headline for more social care related stories from today's papers. more
(14 December 2006 11:47)
This Life: Diagnosis only a start
Labels are great for food, but they fail to enlighten us on a condition termed BPD, says Anna C Young more
(14 December 2006 09:00)
Open Forum: 14 December
An opinion: Gimme Shelter is the best song the Rolling Stones ever recorded. In 2001, Valuing People identified “inclusion” as a key white paper.... more
(14 December 2006 08:45)
Frontlines: How some people can't face Christmas
Routine tends to go out the window at Christmas. Many of us struggle to cope with the stress, the hype and the search for presents for people who.... more
(14 December 2006 08:39)
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