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• Is a local government strike wise?

  by Adam McCulloch On Question Time last nigh t (Thursday 26 June) a social worker in the audience attacked the government over local government pay, lambasting ministers' failure to tax the rich more. But I couldn't help thinking that this is... Posted Jun 27 2008, 01:19 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, social workers, Adam McCulloch, workforce, pay, strike, unrest, local government, unions

• Child obesity is not child abuse!

  by Adam McCulloch Fellow Community Care blogger Simon Stevens wonders - not entirely seriously - if we'll see the day when you could be arrested for eating a Big Mac or ordering fish and chips . I laughed out loud on reading this but then I noticed... Posted Jun 16 2008, 02:16 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: child abuse, child protection, Adam McCulloch, children and young people, health, simon stevens, child obesity

• Iceland, single mums, happy families

  by Adam McCulloch High divorce rate, high birth rate, a large proportion of single mothers... I must be writing about a place beset with crime, poverty, delinquency and misery. But no, this is a description of Iceland, apparently the happiest place on... Posted May 19 2008, 12:29 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Adam McCulloch, children and young people, overseas, children, iceland, the observer, families, divorce, international, single mothers

• Michael Heseltine's drug's strategy: hit the Chelsea party set!

  by Adam McCulloch On last night's Question Time (BBC1) Michael Heseltine, in answer to a question on the government's cannabis u-turn, put the surprising view that any successful drugs strategy should “start at the top”. He singled out the “Chelsea... Posted May 09 2008, 11:11 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, Politics, Adam McCulloch, drugs, television programme, Piers Morgan, michael heseltine, Rachel Johnson, BBC1, Question Time, Menzies Campbell, Addiction

• Craig Bellamy's football, education and health plan in Sierra Leone

  by Adam McCulloch Do you think that Premiership footballers are overpaid, flashy, disrespectful, foul-mouthed and arrogant, only interested in money, nightclubs, betting and women? Well, think again. Craig Bellamy, a player who in the past might have... Posted May 06 2008, 03:10 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Adam McCulloch, children and young people, sport

• Josef Fritzl: Austrian idyl cracks

  by Adam McCulloch The story of Josef F , of humble Amstetten, has ushered Austria into a new period of self-doubt, even deeper than that brought on by the discovery of Natascha Kampusch's imprisonment in a cellar in 2006. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 04:53 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: child protection, Adam McCulloch, Elisabeth, Josef Fritzl, Austria

• Strictly Baby Fight Club: Channel 4's kids fighting shocker

  by Adam McCulloch Don't like to use this medium to depress people, especially so soon after dismissing the Children's Society poll on children's well-being as being too pessimistic, but most people who saw Channel 4's Strictly Baby Fight... Posted Apr 25 2008, 02:07 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, child protection, Adam McCulloch, children and young people, children's society, channel 4, strictly baby fight club, sport, nspcc, television programme

• Children's Society well being, mental health poll: should we be worried?

  by Adam McCulloch The Children’s Society new pol l, charting the misery of children in the UK will induce quiet sighs of despair in thousands of households. But are kids really fed up in this country? How should we measure that? Read More... Posted Apr 24 2008, 05:01 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Adam McCulloch, children and young people, mental health, children's society, well being

• Channel 4's The Doctor Who Hears Voices

  by Adam McCulloch Extraordinary Channel 4 drama-documentary last night – The Doctor Who Hears Voices – about a doctor diagnosed with schizophrenia who wants to continue practising despite voices in her head telling her to kill herself. Read More... Posted Apr 22 2008, 12:05 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Adam McCulloch, mental health, schizophrenia, NHS, tv, adam mcculloch;dr rufus may;channel 4

• Mark Speight, drugs attitudes and celebrity

  by Adam McCulloch The deaths of Mark Speight and Natasha Collins, both talented BBC children’s presenters, has brought a ferocious condemnation of cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy “partying” culture from Libby Purves and elicited one or two interesting comments... Posted Apr 15 2008, 06:42 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Adam McCulloch, drugs, natasha collins;kate moss;libby purves, pete doherty, amy winehouse, mark speight

• Ed Balls and Jack Straw show they care

  by Adam McCulloch Who says the government doesn’t feel passionate about social care issues? Apparently justice secretary Jack Straw recently threatened to punch education secretary Ed Balls after being spoken to rudely during a discussion about youth... Posted Apr 09 2008, 03:58 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Politics, Youth justice, Adam McCulloch, YJB, baroness ashton, ed balls, frances done, jack straw, baroness scotland

• Immigration: House of Lords inflames the arms race!

  by Adam McCulloch Pass the immigration ammunition! The House of Lords economic affairs committee has distributed an arms dump-worth of arguments to all comers. The Daily Mail is crowing, UKIP salivating and Migration Watch throwing street parties in Tunbridge... Posted Apr 02 2008, 01:16 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Politics, Adam McCulloch, immigration, house of lords, economic impact of immigration

• Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice... it's all so wrong!

  by Adam McCulloch Many of us were glued to the box last night for The Apprentice. Of course we shouldn't have been, especially you social workers. After all, Sir Alan Sugar is just a vulgar bully, looking to instil fear and obedience in the naïve... Posted Mar 26 2008, 12:24 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: BBC, Adam McCulloch, workforce, sir alan sugar, The Apprentice, Clarkson

• Forced marriage: does this poster offend?

  by Adam McCulloch There are reports this morning that there has been an outbreak of, as one MP puts it, “lily-liveredness” in schools concerning an anti-forced marriage government poster (pictured). Some headteachers are concerned that the poster will... Posted Mar 14 2008, 12:03 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: child protection, bradford, faith groups, poster, luton, birmingham, dcsf, tower hamlets, Adam McCulloch, ethnic minorities, children and young people, forced marriages, leeds