<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Employment issues articles from Community Care</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk</link><description>Read articles about employment issues from Community Care as soon as they're published.</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright>Reed Business Information, 2006</copyright><generator /><lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Hackney, Hammersmith &amp; Fulham: social workers gain management skills and salary</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108847/hackney-hammersmith-fulham-social-workers-gain-management-skills-and-salary.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108847/hackney-hammersmith-fulham-social-workers-gain-management-skills-and-salary.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Radical changes in social work departments are allowing experienced social workers to find a balance between the frontline and management in more senior roles. Anne Gulland reports </description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carer Sharon Coleman wins landmark discrimination ruling</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/18/108891/carer-sharon-coleman-wins-landmark-discrimination-ruling.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/18/108891/carer-sharon-coleman-wins-landmark-discrimination-ruling.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Britain’s army of carers are celebrating a landmark victory after an employer was found to have acted unlawfully in refusing a woman time off work to care for her disabled son.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Carer wins landmark employment case</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/18/108893/carer-wins-landmark-employment-case.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/18/108893/carer-wins-landmark-employment-case.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include:- Unions hit Brown with 130 demands; Gordon Brown approves benefits halt unless unemployed seek work; More young people are saying no to drugs; Children need more protection from paedophiles</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>News round up: Carer wins landmark employment case</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/18/108892/news-round-up-carer-wins-landmark-employment-case.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/18/108892/news-round-up-carer-wins-landmark-employment-case.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include:- Unions hit Brown with 130 demands; Gordon Brown approves benefits halt unless unemployed seek work; More young people are saying no to drugs; Children need more protection from paedophiles</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GSCC: Social worker suspended for relationship with child's father</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108864/gscc-social-worker-suspended-for-relationship-with-childs-father.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108864/gscc-social-worker-suspended-for-relationship-with-childs-father.html</guid><category>News</category><description>A General Social Care Council conduct committee has suspended a Huntingdon social worker for six months for forming an inappropriate relationship with the father of a child whose case she was allocated.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>News round up: U-turn on knife crime hospital visits</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108850/news-round-up-u-turn-on-knife-crime-hospital-visits.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108850/news-round-up-u-turn-on-knife-crime-hospital-visits.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include:- Alcohol ban for teenage drivers proposed; Immigration: Bail bonds and electronic tags proposed for illegal migrants; Three million pensioners survive on less than £10,000 a year.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:13:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>U-turn on knife crime hospital visits</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108851/u-turn-on-knife-crime-hospital-visits.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108851/u-turn-on-knife-crime-hospital-visits.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include:- Alcohol ban for teenage drivers proposed; Immigration: Bail bonds and electronic tags proposed for illegal migrants; Three million pensioners survive on less than £10,000 a year.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schools used for 'social engineering' - headteacher</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/07/108748/schools-used-for-social-engineering-headteacher.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/07/108748/schools-used-for-social-engineering-headteacher.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include: Talk therapy for the depressed 'could be wasting millions', say psychotherapists; Doctors told to report knife wounds</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>News round up: Schools used for 'social engineering' - headteacher</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/07/108747/news-round-up-schools-used-for-social-engineering-headteacher.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/07/108747/news-round-up-schools-used-for-social-engineering-headteacher.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Other headlines in today's papers include: Talk therapy for the depressed 'could be wasting millions', say psychotherapists; Doctors told to report knife wounds</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unison urges councils to restart mileage talks after NHS ups rates</title><link>http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/04/108723/unison-urges-councils-to-restart-mileage-talks-after-nhs-ups-rates.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/04/108723/unison-urges-councils-to-restart-mileage-talks-after-nhs-ups-rates.html</guid><category>News</category><description>Unison has urged councils to restart talks about increasing car mileage allowances for social care staff amid soaring fuel costs and an improved deal for NHS staff.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>