The Housing Inspectorate has awarded Westminster Council's
housing with care project two stars out of a possible three in its
Best Value rating, according to a new report.
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Westminster’s housing service stars in inspection
Councils ‘failing’ black staff
The race relations record of local authorities has come in for
criticism from the chairperson of the Local Government
Association.
Services, but at a price
The Carers and Disabled Children's Act 2000 promises carers
flexibility.
Councils lagging
It is now two years since the Stephen Lawrence inquiry reported
its disturbing findings.
Councils told by their own leader to improve race record
The race relations record of local authorities has been
criticised by their own leader.
A summary of social care news
Children given e-mail warning
Children in Hampshire are being warned of the dangers of being
stalked by paedophiles on the internet in a new leaflet produced by
the police.
Bedlam on the Streets
Caroline Knowles with photography by Ludovic Dabert.
Routledge
£16.
In on the act
There are high hopes that the Crime and Disorder Act will go a
long way towards tackling racism within the youth justice system.
Audience participation
When social workers make contact with ethnic minority families
in child protection cases they are often ill-equipped to deal with
cultural and linguistic differences.
Racism leaves young people homeless
A new report says hostels are failing homeless young black and
Asian people reports Cathy Cooper.
Homeless hostels are failing young black people.
Modern adoption is more than a redistribution of children
Murray Ryburn's 'Between a rock and a hard place', (11-17
January), an historical view of adoption and its links with poverty
and disadvantage, leads to his conclusion that adoption 'will
remain
On Equal Terms – Working With Disabled People
Edited by Sally French.
Butterworth Heinemann
£12.99
ISBN 0 7506 0751 3
This is a book to make you angry.
Student fought for second opinion
Opportunity for a second opinion option for students who fail
the Diploma in Social Work was welcomed.
The End of Innocence. Britain in the Time of AIDS
By Simon Garfield
Faber & Faber
£17.
Audience participation
When social workers make contact with ethnic minority families
in child protection cases they are often ill-equipped to deal with
cultural and linguistic differences.
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