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NHS cuts put pressure on social workers over assessments
Council social care professionals are facing increased workload pressures and disputes with NHS colleagues as primary care trusts seek to cut funding for NHS continuing care.
12 August 2011
Multi-agency working 'needs advanced agreement to split costs'
Social workers may have to sign contracts with other agencies when agreeing to payment by results-based early intervention services
10 June 2011
Little divides Labour and SNP on adult social care in Scotland
Labour and the Scottish National Party are locked in a tight battle to win next month's Scottish elections, but on the subject of adult social care they are almost at one.
11 April 2011
Health and social care merger at heart of Scots election
Radical plans to merge health and adult social care are at the heart of the Scottish election campaign, with all of the major parties putting forward proposals to bring the two services together.
07 April 2011
New ADCS president wants more radical solutions to SEN
The new president of the Association of Director’s of Children’s Services has set out his ambition to help make the green paper on disabiilty and special educational needs "more radical".
05 April 2011
Abuse goes unchallenged in name of partnership working
Potential elder abuse can go unchecked by social workers because they fail to stand up to professionals in partner agencies. Angie Ash reports
28 March 2011
Avoiding cultural and racial traps in child protection
Social workers involved with families from ethnic minorities can be bamboozled by some of their customs. Gordon Carson reports on how to demystify beliefs while engaging positively
02 March 2011
NHS shake-up signals major changes for social care
The NHS will be overhauled with significant implications for its relationship with social care, under legislation introduced today by health secretary Andrew Lansley
19 January 2011
Children’s services in England
The Children Act 1989 was the first piece of legislation to set out the duty of councils in regard to child protection. Lord Laming's inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié, published in January 2003, led to an overhaul of children's services in England in the form of the Labour government's Every Child Matters white paper also published in 2003, and the subsequent Children Act 2004.
20 December 2010
New child protection guidance issued in Scotland
Scotland's child protection register will no longer identify children under a category of abuse it was announced today.
13 December 2010
Multidisciplinary teams
Facts, links and other information about the kind of teams social workers are increasingly working within... multidisciplinary teams
09 December 2010
Child protection 'should be split into investigation and support'
Hilary Searing, a retired social worker in Carmarthenshire, reflects on some of the changes to child protection that need to be considered by the Munro review
03 December 2010
Local partners failing children in need in Wales
Children in need in Wales are suffering because local partners fail to support the work of social services, according to a major review.
01 December 2010
Health visitors and social workers to work more closely in early intervention
Health visitors are set for a larger role in early intervention in the lives of vulnerable children. Julie Griffiths reports
26 November 2010
Integrated services for people with long-term neurological conditions
Robin Miller and Helen Dickinson review research on the quality of local integrated services for people with long-term neurological conditions
18 November 2010
Personalisation: Walsall Council's advice and information service
Improving advice and care for the public is key to personalisation and Walsall Council has made it a priority, finds Natalie Valios
29 October 2010
NHS reform threat to joint social care and health working
The government’s NHS reforms risk driving health and social care apart unless action is taken to promote joint commissioning, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Richard Jones has warned.
12 October 2010
Facebook-style site in bid to replace ContactPoint
ContactPoint should be replaced by a social-networking style system, according to a social innovation consultancy. (Picture: Rex/model released)
19 August 2010
Joint working between health and social care in Herefordshire
Councils would be wise to look west when they draw up their plans to integrate health and social care services. As Jeremy Dunning reports, Herefordshire is already ahead of the game
10 August 2010
The need for a cheaper family justice system based on mediation
Professionals can help create a cheaper and more responsive family justice system with mediation at its heart, says justice minister Jonathon Djanogly
10 August 2010
