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Staff at housing provider to ballot on strike action
Unison is to ballot care staff at housing provider Family Mosaic on whether to strike over proposals to slash pay and increase working hours.
24 November 2011
Housing association cuts branded appalling by union
Social care staff at the housing association Family Mosaic are facing pay cuts and longer working hours in move branded "appalling" by Unison.
15 November 2011
Is supported living delivering on its promises of choice for people with learning disabilities?
Supported living is the way forward for people with learning disabilities but the world of rents and benefits is a harsh one that may see them forced to live away from their social networks. Molly Garboden reports
18 November 2011
Extra care housing 'better than care homes', finds report
Extra care housing delivers better outcomes at less cost than residential care for people with the same needs, an independent report is expected to conclude next month.
24 November 2011
The impact of competitive tendering on social services and service users
Mark Drinkwater reports on how competitive tendering of services can leave staff, and service users, feeling all at sea
18 November 2011
Are riot-related social housing evictions just empty threats?
Social housing providers talked tough after the summer street disturbances. Samantha Thorp asks whether they were empty threats
21 November 2011
How retro-styling homes can help elderly people with dementia feel more comfortable
Retro-decorating can help people with dementia to stay at home for longer by placing familiar items from their past in their home to reduce anxiety and to trigger memories. Jeremy Dunning reports
17 November 2011
Research: multiple exclusion homelessness
Michelle Cornes and Jill Manthorpe summarise the findings of the Multiple Exclusion Homelessness Research Programme outlining the key practice implications for social workers
17 November 2011
How to…work with housing colleagues
BASW policy development officer Joe Godden explores how social workers can work better with their colleagues in housing
17 November 2011
Can councils still afford to house care leavers?
Legislation to improve the lot of children leaving care needs to be backed by money, finds Joe Lepper
17 November 2011
Helping people with learning disabilities take control of their lives
A project to help learning disabled people take charge of their support is helping Cornwall shed its legacy of abuse, reports Maria Ahmed
13 November 2011
Centrepoint staff to stage strikes this month over cuts
Unite members at Centrepoint are to go on strike three times this month in response to the homelessness charity's plans to cut staff salaries.
04 November 2011
Hike in number of rough sleepers with mental health issues
Increasing numbers of people with mental health problems are sleeping rough due to cuts to mental health services, homelessness outreach workers have warned. (Picture: Rex, model released)
31 October 2011
Supply of extra care housing drying up
The supply of extra care housing is drying up because of a lack of government funding and the poor state of the housing market, experts have concluded.
19 October 2011
Benefit reforms 'threaten vulnerable people's independence'
Planned housing benefit reforms may force vulnerable people to leave supported housing settings for residential care or to return to their families, says a coalition of charities.
07 October 2011
Housing support staff require more personalisation training
Supported housing staff need significant extra training in personalisation to help the people they support make the most of personal budgets.
05 October 2011
Social services failing to support older teenagers who may be homeless
Child S lived in Manchester for 10 months when he was found hanged in bed and breakfast accommodation. Born in Eastern Europe he came to England at the age of 16 with his father to find work. But by the time he arrived in Manchester he had been abandoned, was unable to speak English and had no money.
03 October 2011
Cuts 'could deny independence' to learning disabled people
More people with learning disabilities could be denied their wish to live independently because of government welfare cuts and a shortage of housing for the client group, Mencap has warned.
27 September 2011
Homelessness staff: Rough sleepers being lured into slavery
Homeless workers have reported a growing problem of gangs luring rough sleepers into enforced labour by preying on their desperation.
18 September 2011
Extra care housing 'delivers better outcomes than home care'
Social care professionals have been told to give users more information and advice on extra care housing after research found that it led to better outcomes and reduced costs compared with home care alone.
13 September 2011
