A new report highlights how insensitive support services fail
new mothers and pregnant women seeking refuge. Clare
Jerrom considers how their situation could be
improved.
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news analysis of regeneration shake-up in London
The London Development Agency welcomes a proposed shake-up in
the management of regeneration schemes, but other organisations are
less enthusiastic, writes Lauren
Revans.
A daily summary of social care stories from the main newspapers
By Clare Jerrom, Reg McKay and Alex Dobson.
New Bakewell murder inquiry
The police are to launch a new investigation into the killing of
Wendy Sewell.
Problem of female abuse
It is right that sexual abuse by women is a
bigger problem than most people realise ("Women abuse too", 14
March).
Shadow of the past
Reminiscence work is widely used to alleviate
the symptoms of memory loss in older people, but talking about the
past can trigger recollections of events that people would prefer
to forget,
An ‘unreliable’ witness
This week's multi-disciplinary panel discusses the rape of a
woman with learning difficulties by a day centre care worker.
Increase stability
You are right to highlight the plight of young
people remanded in prisons ("Youth crimes and punishment", 14
February).
Sexual stereotypes
Government action in health, education and
social care needs to be gender sensitive, understanding and
addressing the differences between male and female experience and
needs, says Anna
It’s time to be kind to ourselves
Harry Ferguson says social work academics
should play more of a role in presenting the profession in a
positive light.
Slipping through
In the light of revelations over lapses in the
checking of sup ply teachers, Anabel Unity Sale asks whether the
social care sector is up to the task of checking agency staff and
finds a system
Call inspectors to inquiry
I am surprised that Lord Laming did not call
evidence from the joint review team that inspected Haringey Council
during the period covered by the Victoria Climbie Inquiry.
No age restriction for social workers
Social workers will be able to practise before
they reach the age of 22 following a decision by the General Social
Care Council.
System should be shaped by users
In the third of our five-part series on child
protection, Peter Beresford says that if the child protection
system is to change for the better then it is time for front-line
social workers and
Babies in danger
Failures in implementing the current child
protection system, rather than the system itself, are to blame for
many child abuse deaths, argue the NSPCC's Peter Dale, Richard
Green and Ron
Social workers to practise before age of 22
Social workers will be able to practise before they reach the
age of 22 following a decision by the General Social Care Council,
writes Katie Leason.
www.younglivin.org.uk
This is an innovative site developed and
maintained by children and young people in Kingston in partnership
with that borough's children and family services department, writes
Alan Coombe,
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