http://www.communitycare.co.ukAdult services news from Community Care. Read all the latest adult services stories as soon as they're published.en-gbReed Business Information, 2006Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMT60http://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108847/hackney-hammersmith-fulham-social-workers-gain-management-skills-and-salary.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108847/hackney-hammersmith-fulham-social-workers-gain-management-skills-and-salary.htmlNewsRadical 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 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:45:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108928/the-rise-of-the-personal-assistant.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108928/the-rise-of-the-personal-assistant.htmlNewsPersonalisation promises to extend career opportunities for personal assistants. Alison Petch reviews research that reveals the issues this will raise Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:52:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108906/adass-sarah-pickup-rejects-cuts-claim-in-care-home-fees-report.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/23/108906/adass-sarah-pickup-rejects-cuts-claim-in-care-home-fees-report.htmlNews A leading adult care director has rejected as "conjecture" suggestions that the use of quality criteria to determine fees for care home operators is masking...Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:52:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/22/108929/directors-take-on-responsibility-for-adults-and-children.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/22/108929/directors-take-on-responsibility-for-adults-and-children.htmlNewsSince 2003 children's and adults' services have been led by their own directors. But some authorities are bucking the trend and putting all services under one supremo, writes David Callaghan Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:56:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/22/108935/devon-mismanagement-practice-assessor-conduct-and-cycling-to-see-clients.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/22/108935/devon-mismanagement-practice-assessor-conduct-and-cycling-to-see-clients.htmlNewsI appreciate that for some workers in some areas, a car is a necessity in order to do their job ("Running on empty"). But for the past year I've been using a bike to get to work and back, and for the past four months I've been using it to visit clients. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/21/108890/dh-to-fund-partners-to-act-as-bridge-to-health-and-care-charities.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/21/108890/dh-to-fund-partners-to-act-as-bridge-to-health-and-care-charities.htmlNewsThe Department of Health will give up to ten voluntary health and social care bodies a maximum of £200,000 each per year to act as a bridge between the DH and the third sector.Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:35:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/21/108897/health-and-social-care-act-creates-merged-care-regulator.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/21/108897/health-and-social-care-act-creates-merged-care-regulator.htmlNewsThe Care Quality Commission (CQC) will assume responsibility for regulating health and social care and monitoring the welfare of detained mental health patients in England following the passage of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 today.Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:17:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/18/108894/office-for-disability-issues-mentally-ill-are-worst-off-among-disabled.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/18/108894/office-for-disability-issues-mentally-ill-are-worst-off-among-disabled.htmlNewsAn Office for Disability Issues survey published yesterday has found that people with mental health problems are significantly more disadvantaged than other disabled people.Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:35:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/17/108883/social-services-criticised-in-child-killing-report.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/17/108883/social-services-criticised-in-child-killing-report.htmlNewsOther headlines in today's papers include: NHS blamed for nurse's abuse of patients; Government confronts death taboo with call for funeral home open daysThu, 17 Jul 2008 09:21:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/17/108882/news-round-up-social-services-criticised-in-child-killing-report.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/17/108882/news-round-up-social-services-criticised-in-child-killing-report.htmlNewsOther headlines in today's papers include: NHS blamed for nurse's abuse of patients; Government confronts death taboo with call for funeral home open daysThu, 17 Jul 2008 09:20:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/16/108858/homes-sector-demands-migrant-rethink.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/16/108858/homes-sector-demands-migrant-rethink.htmlNewsThe care home sector could face serious disruption, including home closures, unless the government allows employers to recruit care staff and senior care...Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:39:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/16/108873/letters-from-readers-to-community-care-17-july-2008.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/16/108873/letters-from-readers-to-community-care-17-july-2008.htmlNews Service users can learn how to boss The debate regarding the relationship between service users and their personal assistants needs to be kept in context....Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/16/108871/letters-from-readers-10-july-issue.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/16/108871/letters-from-readers-10-july-issue.htmlNewsModernisation: what has Devon gained? I, and my colleagues, are incensed by the articles on modernisation written by David Johnstone, director of Devon...Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108863/law-commission-reviews-adult-social-care-law.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108863/law-commission-reviews-adult-social-care-law.htmlNewsThe Law Commission is drawing together the mass of adult social care legislation into a single statute for all services while jettisoning outdated, offensive terminology. Lauren Jamieson and Tim Spencer-Lane explain the process Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:33:00 GMThttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108867/personalisation-tsar-jeff-jerome-discusses-his-role.htmlhttp://communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2008/07/15/108867/personalisation-tsar-jeff-jerome-discusses-his-role.htmlNewsJeff Jerome has been put in the driver's seat of the personalisation of services. He tells Andrew Mickel about how he intends to find the right direction for services and staff in England Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT