Research suggests that early intervention to
support families with babies in their first year has the long-term potential to
cure many of society’s ills - a message that the
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More quality placements
As a student social worker about to qualify, I
have been watching the developments in the new social work degree
with interest (News Analysis, 13 June).
The degree has two major flaws.
Politics
The
asylum bill goes against many of the government's equality policies, says
Pamela Fitzpatrick of the Family Rights Group.
Victims should not pay
Victim Support strongly sympathises with the
calls being made by Irish child abuse victims that welfare benefits
should not be affected by the award of compensation (News, page 14,
23 May).
What carers want to know
Good multi-professional care in the field of dementia is
essential, so all practitioners must understand what is needed, say social care
researcher Jill Manthorpe and health
Too little too late
The new care leavers’
legislation will achieve little unless there is a significant increase in
resources allocated to children in care, which will require a major shift
Need for decent pay
It is all very well the
government spending large amounts of money on expensive advertising campaigns
to recruit new people to the social work profession (News, page 10, 16
Silence in class
Increasing
demands on teachers and the pressures of the curriculum can mean that children
who are suffering abuse may feel there is no one at their school they can
confide in,
Breaking barriers
The academic study of disability may itself be
disabling for the group being studied, but a new course seeks to break down this effect by involving people with learning difficulties.
Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare
Edited by Tom Mason, Caroline Carlisle,
Caroline Watkins and Elizabeth Whitehead.
Taylor and Francis
£16.
Smith spells out need for new skills
All future social work students will have to
demonstrate their ability to work "confidently and effectively"
with other professionals under new requirements for training
announced by health
Off the curriculum
Schools are ideally placed to alert the police
and social services over abuse concerns, but there is no statutory
responsibility for them to carry out this role.
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
Including headlines from Saturday and
Sunday.
By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson.
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom and Alex Dobson.
Final news reports from Community Care Live 2002
All the latest news from Community Care Live 2002 staged
at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London:
Reports from Thursday 23 May (see below for reports from
Wednesday 22 May,
Balancing act
Service providers should support people with
learning difficulties to develop meaningful interpersonal
relationships, but robust and sensitive procedures are essential in
order to balance
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