Articles by Date : December 01 2006 - December 31 2006

Social worker faces misconduct charge over allegations of inappropriate relationships with service users
A social worker who has allegedly breached the General Social Care Council’s code of practice /will appear before the conduct committee next week. more
(05 December 2006 13:06)

Overhaul tax credits or miss key child poverty targets, Brown told
Click on the above headline for more social care related stories from today's papers. more
(05 December 2006 09:15)

Women seeking asylum after rape face 'disbelief'
Women seeking asylum after surviving rape face an “uphill struggle” to establish their claims and are often treated with disbelief, campaigners say.... more
(05 December 2006 08:46)

Black inmates tell inspectors of racism at Castington young offender institution
Many black and minority ethnic young people at Castington young offender institution claim they have experienced racism, according to a report by the.... more
(05 December 2006 08:32)

Management
Asylum Seekers section more
(04 December 2006 19:27)

Social Worker Experiences 2004 (Asylum)
My practice - Meic Phillips My Practice - Panos Vostanis   more
(04 December 2006 15:20)

Disabled people twice as likely to be poor
An assessment of poverty in Britain has found disabled people are twice as likely to be poor than the able bodied, and the gap has widened in the.... more
(04 December 2006 13:23)

Children at risk from abusers online, report finds
Potential sex abusers are hacking into children’s website accounts and making unwanted advances, a report published today warns. more
(04 December 2006 12:37)

Psychiatric patients kill over 50 people each year
Over 50 homicides are committed each year in England and Wales by mental health patients but the number of cases is not increasing, according to a.... more
(04 December 2006 12:30)

Children in private care 'left vulnerable' under government's new rules
Click on the above headline for more social care related news from the Monday and weekend papers. more
(04 December 2006 10:00)

Battling the resistance
A man with severe learning difficulties is cared for by his family which is in crisis and refuses external help. Our panel advises more
(04 December 2006 11:07)

Lobby to demand end to benefit barrier for visually impaired
Campaigners for visually impaired people will march on Parliament today calling for them to receive higher levels of disability living allowance. more
(04 December 2006 09:43)

Public bodies come under disability equality duty
Around 45,000 public bodies come under a duty today to promote equality for disabled people, with those who fail to implement it liable to face court.... more
(04 December 2006 09:41)

Help for asylum seekers needed to break HIV-poverty link, says report
A report launched today to coincide with World Aids Day says the link between HIV and poverty in the UK has strengthened, with asylum seekers and.... more
(01 December 2006 14:03)

Children's electronic records: implementation in turmoil. Special report
Only a “minority” of councils are set to meet a government target to implement a key electronic case record system for children’s social care. The.... more
(01 December 2006 13:56)

Six children in each area ‘too dangerous to place’
There are at least six children in each local authority who are hard to place in services because they are considered to be too dangerous,.... more
(01 December 2006 13:35)

Pensioners are denied home help as councils plead poverty
Pensioners are denied home help as councils plead poverty more
(01 December 2006 10:19)

MPs blast government policy on asylum seekers with HIV
MPs today strongly criticised policies to charge failed asylum seekers for HIV treatment and return them to countries with poor access to.... more
(01 December 2006 10:13)

Guess Who September
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(01 December 2006 10:06)

Plans to lower the cost of borrowing for poorer customers do not go far enough
Campaigners say proposals to lower the costs of borrowing to help poorer customers, announced yesterday, have not gone far enough. more
(01 December 2006 00:01)

Families with disabled children are missing out on benefits
Families with disabled children are missing out on significant amounts of benefits due to bureaucracy and a lack of information, a report today.... more
(01 December 2006 00:01)

Performance assessment framework indicators published - special report
Alongside this week’s adult star ratings, the Commission for Social Care Inspection has published the annual performance assessment framework.... more
(01 December 2006 00:00)