Practice Panel: are the children at risk of neglect and emotional abuse?
Experts offer advice on how to help young children suffering the fall-out from their parents' violent rows and neglect
06 November 2011
Practice Panel: A disabled ex-serviceman faces homelessness
Professionals and a service user offer advice on a case involving a disabled ex-serviceman facing eviction and no place to go
12 April 2011
Practice Panel: resource allocation system sees woman pushed into depression
Professionals offer advice on a case in which a woman with learning disabilities can no longer afford her choice of carers
11 February 2011
Practice Panel: The risk of a disabled man returning home
Professionals offer advice on a case involving a man who has become disabled after an accident and wants to return home
10 November 2010
Improving support for an 11-year-old carer
Professionals offer advice on a case involving an 11-year-old carer who looks after both his mother and younger brother
21 October 2010
Practice Panel: An older person with a drink problem
Substance misuse staff and a service user offer advice on a case involving a man on a downward spiral of alcohol abuse
03 September 2010
Mental health treatments for those who abuse alcohol
Practice Panel: social workers and a service user offer advice on a case involving excessive alcohol use and depression
21 January 2009
Woman with multiple sclerosis harbours drug-using daughter
Social workers and a service user offer advice on a case involving a wheelchair user with diabetes at risk from her daughter's lifestyle
26 March 2009
Pratice Panel: Dealing with suspected abuse within the family
Social workers and a former service user offer advice on a case involving a father's violence against his wife and its traumatic effects on their children
02 April 2009
Advice on working with a woman with learning disabilities who offends
Social workers and a service user offer advice on a case involving a mother with learning disabilities who is descending into a life of crime
11 May 2009
Practice Panel: boy behaves violently in secure unit
Social workers and a service user offer advice on a case involving a boy who is now in a secure unit after behaving violently at his residential children's home
22 May 2009
Practice panel - The family of a woman of 84 are at a loss at what to do when, despite her strong desire to live at home, it becomes clear she is unable to live independently
The family of a woman of 84 are at a loss at what to do when, despite her strong desire to live at home, it becomes clear she is unable to live independently
06 July 2009
Working with man with a history of bipolar disorder and substance misuse who is accused of assault
Social workers and a service user offer advice on a case involving a man with mental health problems who uses drugs
04 September 2009
Age assessment dispute leaves young Afghan asylum-seeker destitute
Social workers and a service user comment on a case involving a young Afghan asylum seeker made destitute after a dispute over his age
18 September 2009
Practice Panel: professional comment on case of woman with physical and mental health issues
Social workers advise on a case in which a woman with mental and physical health problems is at risk of falling in her current accommodation. Her partner is abusive towards professionals
30 October 2009
Social workers advise on a case involving a mother with mental health problems
Practitioners and experts comment on a case in which a young man has alerted the NSPCC to his mother's paranoid and potentially dangerous behaviour
12 November 2009
Eligibility for medical care despite immigration status
A social worker and service users offer advice on a case involving a family with no recourse to public funds but with complex medical needs
14 January 2010
Courts to make own assessments of child asylum seekers' age
camilla.pemberton@rbi.co.uk Councils could have to defend themselves in hundreds of cases where...
01 February 2010
Young carer not allowed to socialise with her friends: experts advise
Social workers and a service user offer advice on a case involving a girl of 13 who has had to take on her parents' caring responsibilities
10 February 2010
Practice Panel: Should Tracy see the children on their birthday?
Advice on a case involving a mother with substance misuse issues who fails to show up at contact meetings with her children
23 July 2010
