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The enormity of the effects on professionals of negative
media coverage of social work hit home like a bullet between the eyes last week
at Community Care Live 09. Read More...
Care services minister Phil Hope was not at Community Care
Live 09 this week. It was good timing. Read More...
How do families evade scrutiny by social workers when there are signs of child neglect or harm? Some of them manage it - so the social worker has to be savvy about the methods. Read More...
Can PR guru Max Clifford be social work's Mr Fixit? He is certainly looking well. Perhaps he has been on holiday. Read More...
The flaws in child protection and how social workers can be aided to iron out these flaws are being examined. Read More...
The death of Baby P has brought the response of agencies to child deaths back into the spotlight, and Sir Roger Singleton is ready to offer his thoughts. Read More...
The devil on my shoulder is pleading for someone to ask a question so complex that it would stump even the brilliant mind of Stephen Hawking. Read More...
Dementia is something most of us will experience in some way as the UK population ages. So listen up! Read More...
It is a perennial question for social care. Are we any closer to answering it? The session includes a personal account from Pippa Murray, of IBK Initiatives. Read More...
The same for everyone? I hope so, but the whiff of irony in the question is akin to someone whispering in my ear "you've got to be joking". Read More...
Uh-oh: the press pack - a species detested nearly as much as politicians (with or without moat). Read More...
No sign of a politician at our keynote address today. They are probably too busy clearing their moats and adjusting their chandeliers now that the lackey fund is being disbanded. Read More...
Next week is Community Care Live 2009 and Outside Left will
be reporting live from all the main plenaries, updating the debate every 10
minutes or so. A "Live from Live", if you like. Read More...