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Fri, 16 May 2008 17:22:00 GMT

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Latest social work podcast from Community Care Live 08

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:15:00 GMT

Mark Ivory speaks to delegates at the Community Care Live 08 conference in London.

Partnership working as a matter of life or death

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Following the death of Victoria Climbié in 2000, a series of reforms has taken place in children's services to promote more effective partnerships.

Physical Disabilities

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:43:00 GMT

All our Physical Disability related reviews

Solutions to adult care funding crisis mooted in CC Live debate

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:41:00 GMT

Community Care Live speakers mooted a range of options to fill the £6bn long-term adult social care funding gap identified by the government, in a session yesterday.

The Essential Drug Service Manager

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:36:00 GMT

This book is one of the titles from the essential series, written by experienced professionals.

The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering public services through choice and competition

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:34:00 GMT

Julian Le Grand used to be Tony Blair's personal guru of the public sector quasi-market and here, in summary, are the forceful arguments for choice and competition that will have been heard in Downing Street during those years.

CC Live: Reitemeier warns against compulsion for excluded families

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:07:00 GMT

The Children's Society's chief executive has said compulsory measures for families such as parenting orders are not the answer to tackling social exclusion, in a Community Care Live session yesterday.

Tenders

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:40:00 GMT

Latest Tenders

Comic Relief: Alcohol Hidden Harm - Call for bids.

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:35:00 GMT

Comic Relief has supported work around young people and alcohol for many years and now wants to fund a number of projects across England for up to three years that are supporting children and young people living in families where there is problematic parental drinking.

Invitation for Expressions of Interest: The provision of mental health housing related support service and housing

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:34:00 GMT

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced organisations to provide Mental Health Housing Related Support (HRS) Services and / or Accomodation for twenty-six (26) units of Housing for people with mental ill health.

CC Live: Government 'must do more to safeguard learning disabled'

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:27:00 GMT

The government and social care leaders must do more to tackle hate crime and abuse against people with learning disabilities, Community Care Live delegates were told yesterday.

Youth work pay

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:01:00 GMT

A: It is difficult to know whether £14,000 is a reasonable salary without knowing more detail about the role, the hours and where it is based. Research comparable...

GSCC seeks tougher regulation of employers

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:54:00 GMT

Social workers always seem to carry the can. Whether it's the anti-adoption lobby criticising their interventions in the media, or their own regulator seeking poor practice, it is the frontline practitioner who gets collared.

Editorial Comments: Labour must hold fast and fund better adult social care

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:50:00 GMT

This has been adult care's week in the sun.

From the vaults

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:44:00 GMT

Keith Sellick trawls the archives for sustenance

Press Ganged

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:40:00 GMT

A monthly look at media coverage of social work

Move your body to get rid of stress

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:29:00 GMT

Get moving and you'll feel a whole lot better to cope with life's stresses, says Elisabeth Wilson

CC Live: Gay and lesbian foster carers 'near bottom of hierarchy'

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:00 GMT

Gay men and lesbians are near the bottom of an "unspoken hierarchy" of preferred foster carers and adoptive parents, an expert told Community Care Live today.

Scotland's new local government funding reforms

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:57:00 GMT

The Scottish National Party has developed a new way of funding social services north of the border - with less money ring-fenced and councils able to put forward local priorities. Pat Hagan looks at how the policy is shaping up

Childen in care: Shaftesbury's model for improving education

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:29:00 GMT

Shaftesbury Young People and Community Care are hosting a conference on 26 June that will investigate ways of improving educational outcomes for looked-after children. Andy Haines describes Shaftesbury's recent successes in this area

Child Protection Volunteers

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:15:00 GMT

Can there be a social work equivalent of a police community support officer? Corin Williams looks at a scheme that is pioneering work with children on the at-risk register

Ellie Roy quits as YJB chief executive

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:06:00 GMT

Ellie Roy has quit as Youth Justice Board chief executive after four years in the post to take up a job at immigration body the UK Borders Agency.

CC Live: Social work 'must put safety before clients'

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:06:00 GMT

Social workers must put their safety first and their clients second in situations where they feel at risk, Community Care Live heard yesterday.

News round up: Prisons campaigner found dead at daughter's grave

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:34:00 GMT

Other headlines in today's papers include: Tories launch new group to tackle homelessness; 'Ladette' culture sees jump in crimes by girls; Woman beat to death her grandmother to stop inheritance being spent on care bills

Concurrent planning in foster care

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:31:00 GMT

Ten years since it arrived in the UK, concurrent planning is making progress as a means of fostering and adoption. Helen Mooney reports

Prisons campaigner found dead at her daughter's grave

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:13:00 GMT

A first hand account of being an adoption social worker

Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:00 GMT

Lindsey Ford will never her first adoption case and the caring efforts of all concerned to give a little girl with a sad beginning a happier life.

CC Live: Care staff 'must sue employers for workplace assaults'

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Social workers need to start taking legal action against their employers when they are assaulted at work, a Conservative Party candidate and youth worker told Community Care Live yesterday.

CC Live: Domestic violence and child protection 'not on same planet'

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:02:00 GMT

Domestic violence and child protection services "operate on different planets" despite the strong correlation between cases of each, a leading academic told Community Care Live yesterday.

CC Live: Beresford challenges justice agencies on hate crime

Thu, 15 May 2008 13:11:00 GMT

The criminal justice system should do more to encourage vulnerable adults to come forward to report abuse, Community Care Live heard yesterday.

CC Live session sparks debate over merits of personalisation

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:00 GMT

Social workers were challenged to stop managing service users' live at Community Care Live yesterday, in a session which sparked a heated debate on the merits of the government's personalisation agenda for adult care.

Couple's suicide over care home fears

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:43:00 GMT

Other headlines in today's paper include:- Rewards for good hospitals, action on schools.

News round up: Couple's suicide over care home fears

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:42:00 GMT

Other headlines in today's paper include:- Rewards for good hospitals, action on schools.

How practitioners use ICT in social care work

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Overview of other research and resources by the Social Care Institute for Excellence

Jon Glasby and Helen Dickinson on interagency co-operation

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In the first in a series of articles on partnership working, Jon Glasby and Helen Dickinson look at the value of interagency co-operation in the health and social care field to produce better outcomes

CC Live: Ray Jones issues warning over personalisation

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:46:00 GMT

Former British Association of Social Workers chair Ray Jones has warned practitioners to beware the "pitfalls and potholes" of the personalisation of adult social care.

Gordon Brown pledges legislation to strengthen children's trusts

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:53:00 GMT

Prime minister Gordon Brown today issued plans to legislate to strengthen children's’s trusts through legislation to enhance support for children with additional needs, as part of the draft Queen’s Speech.

CC Live: Practitioners 'must take lead from young people on gangs'

Wed, 14 May 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Senior practitioners working in gang-affected neighbourhoods must be willing to give up power and let young people take the lead in service provision, Community Care Live heard today.

CC Live: Mind bids for better debt support for mental health users

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:14:00 GMT

Mental health charity Mind today called for better regulation of banks, lenders and bailiffs in order to help people with mental illness who are at risk of debt.

CC Live: Directors 'using wider powers to solve eligibility crisis'

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:16:00 GMT

Directors of adult social services are increasingly using their extended powers over services such as leisure and culture to provide for people ineligible for care, a top Department of Health official said today.

News Round Up: Survey of patients shows big NHS performance gaps

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:57:00 GMT

Other headlines in today's papers include:- Disabled woman allowed to challenge post office closures; Man arrested over murder of teenager and 'People do stupid things - that's what spreads HIV'

Survey of patients shows big NHS performance gaps

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:55:00 GMT

Other headlines in today's papers include:- Disabled woman allowed to challenge post office closures; Man arrested over murder of teenager and 'People do stupid things - that's what spreads HIV'

GSCC wants code of practice for employers to be mandatory

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:29:00 GMT

The General Social Care Council is seeking tougher powers of regulation over employers amid fears that senior managers are being "let off the hook" over misconduct.

Harrow Council ditches plan for critical adult care criteria

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:14:00 GMT

Harrow Council has dropped plans to restrict adult care services to those with "critical" needs, five months after losing a judicial review on the issue.

Children’s services

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:42:00 GMT

Lord Laming’s inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie led to an overhaul of children’s services in the form of the Every Child Matters green paper, published in 2003, and the Children Act 2004.

Children's Trusts

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:39:00 GMT

The government’s overhaul of children’s services stemmed from Lord Laming’s inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie. The key message to come out of Laming’s inquiry report was the need to improve accountability; and the need for better communication and joint working between agencies involved with children and young people. Better outcomes Alongside the government’s response to his inquiry report, it also published the green paper Every Child Matters which led to the Children Act 2004. Children’s trusts were one of the main initiatives to emerge from the new Children Act. Their aim is to ensure that all services for children and young people in one area are brought together to provide an integrated service for children. Children’s trusts are partnerships between different services which provide, commission or are involved in delivering better outcomes for children and young people. Most local authorities should have a children’s trust by 2006 and all areas are expected to...

Sharing services: 'unlikely to save much money'

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:48:00 GMT

The delivery of shared services, where department share IT and other resources, is seen as a significant benefit by social care managers, but is unlikely to save much money, a new survey has found.

Social worker Irena Sendler tells of her Schindler-style mercy mission in Warsaw ghetto

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:29:00 GMT

Polish social worker Irena Sendler worked in child protection of a rather special kind during World War Two. Derren Hayes reports

House of Commons lobby held for sacked nurse Karen Reissmann

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:24:00 GMT

Health workers, patients and union activists have marched on parliament in protest against the sacking of Manchester community psychiatric nurse Karen Reissmann, allegedly for speaking out against service cuts.

Youth Justice Board under fire as custody numbers rise by 10%

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:00 GMT

The Youth Justice Board has missed its target to cut youth custody numbers by 10% from 2005-8. Instead, numbers have risen by almost 10%.

Herefordshire Council backs down over kinship carer allowances

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:52:00 GMT

A kinship carer has won £12,000 in unpaid allowances for bringing up her two grandchildren after threatening the local authority with legal action. Herefordshire...

Community orders 'fail to cut number of women prisoners'

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:33:00 GMT

The use of new community orders and suspended sentences has failed to reduce the number of women being sent to prison, according to a Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report.

Help the Aged renews calls to outlaw age discrimination

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:15:00 GMT

Help the Aged has renewed calls for ageism to be outlawed following new research showing that two-thirds of the UK population do not think the government is taking older people seriously.

Children in care

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT

The definition of looked-after children (children in care) is found in the Children Act 1989.

Children Act 2004

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:29:00 GMT

The centrepiece of the government’s legislation for protecting children is the Children Act 2004.

Ministers may look at social care insurance as costs rise

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:16:00 GMT

Other headlines in today's papers include:- Bar lesbians from IVF treatment in absence of father figure, say Tories; Carer who tried to kill husband spared jail; The multiple sclerosis sufferer who spent six years sleeping in a chair after 'health bosses banned nurses from lifting her in case they got injured'

News round up: Ministers may look at social care insurance

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:16:00 GMT

Childcare

Tue, 13 May 2008 09:08:00 GMT

This article contains all relevant information about care child services, child day nurseries and early years provision for young children. It also contains relevant links to care child jobs, child tax credits and care child vouchers.

Social Work Conferences and Events from Community Care

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:31:00 GMT

Community Care runs a programme of one-day social work conferences that cover all the hot topics in social care. We liaise with major partners from the voluntary, public and private sectors to provide social care professionals with comprehensive solutions to their working lives and the lives of service users. Community Care conferences are the premier social work conferences for everyone working in social care. Our social work events provide: An unrivalled opportunity to hear and question social care’s leading experts on the big issues A training opportunity to gain practical solutions to working practice issues Information and debate on policy implementation Best practice innovations that really make a difference to yourself, your team and the lives of service users Upcoming Social Work Conferences and Events Simply click on the links below for further information or book today on 020 7347 3573. Make sure to book early to avoid disappointment and to take advantage...

Gordon Brown: Adult social care funding needs fundamental reform

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:27:00 GMT

Gordon Brown today admitted the current adult social care system needs "fundamental reform" as he launched the long-awaited consultation on future funding.

Child Protection

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:15:00 GMT

Expert guide on child protection This article features key information about child protection and child abuse including child protection services, child abuse cases, child protection policy, child protection training and child protection procedures. It includes information about child protection legislation including the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004 Key sections within this article focus on major child abuse cases in the UK which have led to major reforms of child protection procedures. These cases include the murder of Victoria Climbie and the Soham tragedy involving Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells. Latest child protection vacancies http://www.communitycare.co.uk/jobs/search/rss.xml?sortby=Datecat47=4573cat177=177

GSCC bars social work student for 'dishonesty and deception'

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:23:00 GMT

A General Social Care Council conduct committee has struck off a Cornwall social worker for failing to declare previous criminal convictions for financial dishonesty.

Community Care Live takes place this week

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:01:00 GMT

This week it’s Community Care Live – the biggest event in the social care calendar.

Mind: People with mental health problems are struggling with debt

Mon, 12 May 2008 12:28:00 GMT

People with mental health problems are struggling with debt to the detriment of their conditions, Mind warned today in a report to launch its annual awareness week.

Local government pay: Unison considers strike ballot

Mon, 12 May 2008 11:37:00 GMT

Unison's local government pay negotiators will meet today to consider the case for balloting members on industrial action on council employers' 2.45% offer to staff for 2008-9.

Refugee Council: Asylum children need better educational support

Mon, 12 May 2008 10:09:00 GMT

The Refugee Council has urged children's services to provide better advice and guidance for asylum-seeking children on accessing education, when they first arrive.

News round-up: Johnson admits £6bn black hole in adult care funding

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:23:00 GMT

Other stories include hunt for youth after 13th teenage murder in London.

Johnson admits £6bn black hole in adult care funding

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:22:00 GMT

Other stories include hunt for youth in 13th teenage murder case in London.

Nottingham City Council vindicated over adoption of disabled girl

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:02:00 GMT

Judges have thrown out a mother’s claim that she was denied a fair hearing before her disabled daughter was put up for adoption.

Child poverty

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:54:00 GMT

What measures has the government taken to eradicate child poverty and how much more has to be done?

BASW silent on social work form-filling culture

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:50:00 GMT

Form-obsessed, keyboard-chained, over-worked, hard-pressed, mega-stressed, resource-stretched, sorely-tested...social workers

Chief inspector of prisons slams closure of Thorn Cross unit

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:24:00 GMT

The Youth Justice Board has closed England’s only open juvenile unit, at Thorn Cross prison in Cheshire, despite it being rated a beacon of good practice.

Sexual and other inappropriate relationships: guidelines to blame

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:08:00 GMT

There is a “wide variation” across the country in employers’ guidelines regarding professional boundaries between social care staff and service users, practitioners have warned.

Carers

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:55:00 GMT

This is a ‘bigger picture’ on carers with useful background information, key statistics, an overview of relevant legislation and links to other useful websites.

Who is studying PQSW? Implications of the PQSW student profile

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:43:00 GMT

Recent changes in PQSW education mean that information regarding the programmes and their subsequent impact is becoming increasingly important. As yet, little work has been published on impact although early work by McCloskey on evaluating PQSW programmes found they had a positive effect on personal, team and organisational development, with implications for social workers and organisational performance being particularly powerful.

A novel multi-component intervention for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Young People: The Well Being Project- London Borough of Hillingdon.

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:43:00 GMT

This study describes the Well Being Project, which provides a number of multi-service, psychological educational, educational and practical interventions for unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) at the London Borough of Hillingdon. Over the course of two years the project has worked with 376 UASC and 99 social care professionals. The project achieved the targets identified in the public service agreement and made clinically important improvement to the children’s emotional and behavioural outcomes scores.

Learning by Experience: Disabled students and staff: disclosing disability

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:42:00 GMT

Learning by Experience is a new section showcasing recent research in social care. It will focus on research in important areas of social care and social work which contributes to the evidence base for practice.

New Research: Learning by Experience

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:16:00 GMT

If you want to find out about useful recent research on good practice in social care, this is the place for you. Here, academics and practitioners present their findings as we build up a database of evidence-based practice across adult and children’s social care. Click on the links below to locate articles of interest to you.

Podcast: What will Boris Johnson bring to social care?

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:28:00 GMT

Community Care executive editor Mark Ivory discusses the election of Boris Johnson to London mayor in the latest Ivory Tower podcast.

Number of Asbos issued drops by a third

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:04:00 GMT

Other stories in today's papers include: Paedophile escapes jail for abusing girl, 11, after judge says 'she welcomed sex'

News round up: Number of Asbos issued drops by a third

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:03:00 GMT

Other stories in today's papers include: Paedophile escapes jail for abusing girl, 11, after judge says 'she welcomed sex'

Autism and Asperger's strategy signalled by Ivan Lewis

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Plans for a groundbreaking national strategy for adults with autism and Asperger’s syndrome have been announced by the government today.

Antisocial behaviour: Jacqui Smith says police will harass offenders

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:37:00 GMT

Home secretary Jacqui Smith warned persistent offenders “there would be no escape” in a new crackdown on antisocial behaviour.

Health Commission highlights drug services' hepatitis faults

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:02:00 GMT

Drug services in England are failing in the treatment and prevention of hepatitis B and C among drug users, health watchdogs have warned.

Personalisation and self-directed support: In Control findings

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:24:00 GMT

In Control service users have reported improved quality of life, writes Melanie Henwood, who goes on to question the confusing use of terminology in this field

Boris Johnson's strategy for tackling antisocial behaviour in London: youth organisations give their views

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:34:00 GMT

London's new mayor, Boris Johnson, has made it his first priority to tackle violence and antisocial behaviour by young people. Emphasising this strategy,...

Ministers pledge £77m for stroke survivors

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:53:00 GMT

Other headlines in today's papers include: Man, 23, becomes 20th Bridgend suicide victim; Obesity increases the risk of dementia

News round up: Ministers pledge £77m for stroke survivors

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:11:00 GMT

Other headlines in today's papers include: Man, 23, becomes 20th Bridgend suicide victim; Obesity increases the risk of dementia

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