Community Care articles from August 2008

Community Care archives from August 2008

News.
August 7, 2008... learning disabilities Related articles: NHS failing to treat people with learning disabilities equally NHS staff ignore needs of vulnerable people Government response awaited after review of NHS care for people with learning...

Lambeth pioneers plan to tackle gang violence.(News)(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... youth justice comcare.news@rbi.co.uk A five-year plan to target gangs in an attempt to reduce violent youth crime has been launched by Lambeth Council. Young and Safe is believed to be the first comprehensive joint council, health...

Scottish council staff to strike over pay.(News)(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... Thousands of local government workers in Scotland will walk out on 20 August in a 24-hour strike over pay. Potentially more than 125,000 council staff, including at least 50,000 social care workers, will strike after members of Unison, GMB...

News.(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... 07August08p9nibs WELFARE REFORM The government has commissioned a review of the impact of using conditions and sanctions in getting benefit claimants into work. Under the welfare reform green paper, published last month, claimants...

News.(People with learning disabilities )
August 7, 2008... 7August08p10-11healthld Pix: Wendy Edwards (main pic - case study) Headshots: Jo Williams and Jonathan Michael People with learning disabilities are "invisible" to the NHS in England, which is widely failing to meet their needs and...

News.(mental health services)
August 7, 2008... Only joint leadership can transform Camhs daniel.lombard@rbi.co.uk Child and adolescent mental health services can only improve through joint leadership between health and social care at all levels including central government. ...

News.(equal pay job reviews of Local Government Employers )
August 7, 2008... comcare. news@rbi.co.uk Less than 60% of English and Welsh councils have completed equal pay job reviews, despite previous assurances from employers that 75% would be complete by April, Community Care has learned. The latest figures...

News.(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... LEARNING DISABILITIES A survey of professionals working with people with learning disabilities has found that 94% believe barriers prevent their clients from having sex and relationships. The poll was conducted by the fpa (Family Planning...

News.
August 7, 2008... 7August08p5pova By Louise (with two pie charts) The vast majority of social care staff suspected of harming vulnerable adults do not get banned from working in social care, according to research for the Department of Health. The study,...

Single agency to oversee Scotland's hearings system.(News)(Scottish Children's Hearings Agency )
August 7, 2008... comcare.news@rbi.co.uk A single national body to oversee a streamlined children's hearing system is planned for Scotland. The body - provisionally called the Scottish Children's Hearings Agency - will be responsible for the delivery...

News.(Ellen Cummings celebrated 100th birthday )(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... century maker Mayor of Peterborough Patricia Nash and Minster housing association managing director Steve Wilson recently helped Ellen Cummings celebrate her 100th birthday at her home. She is a resident at Hartwell Court, a sheltered housing...

News.
August 7, 2008... Box: South Yorkshire private law findings Douglas pledges Cafcass will improve on private law Chief executive vows third damning Ofsted report this year will be the last mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk Cafcass chief executive Anthony...

News.(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... news in brief CONDUCT A General Social Care Council conduct committee has cautioned social worker Rawle McCarthy, who formed "inappropriate personal relationships" with two vulnerable service users while working for a Southend Council...

News.(Pure Recruitment raised [pounds sterling]5,000 for Children's Society )(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... 7August08p8apprentice (pic) Staff from recruitment consultancy Pure Recruitment recently raised [pounds sterling]5,000 for the Children's Society through an Apprentice-style challenge to run a shop for a day recently. Staff split into four...

Rolling inspections reduced in overhaul of assessments.(News)
August 7, 2008... Ministers in drive to reduce burden on children's and adults' services with limited visits standards comcare.news@rbi.co.uk Local safeguarding children boards in England will be inspected once every three years from 2009, it was...

News.(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... 7August08p9click 1. Council employers to meet unions but say pay offer is final 2. Camhs services fail to meet childrens needs interim report says 3. Unison and Unite to meet local government employers for pay talks 4. James...

Great expectations for tale of Dickens' life.(News)(Charles Dickens' life in 'Girl in a Blue Dress')(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... booker prize A social worker whose debut novel has been nominated for the 2008 Booker Prize said her tale of marital misfortune was partially inspired by working with dysfunctional families. Gaynor Arnold, who works for Birmingham...

Opinion Columns.(Quality Care Campaign)
August 7, 2008... so many good intentions For all the sound ideals of the Quality Care Campaign, it will take a lot more than a bit of extra funding to realise them There's a long-running tension within social care between aspiration and achievement:...

Devon: success proved by facts?(Letters)
August 7, 2008... Guardianship is a positive step The article on special guardianship ("Not so special relationship," 10 July,www.communitycare.co.uk/108795) gave a very negative account of foster carers applying for special guardianship orders. We offered...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
August 7, 2008... 7augwordonweb Blogs From the Social Care Experts Blog by Elaine Aspinwall-Roberts Agency social workers damage permanent staff's prospects By taking the agency shilling social workers risk letting themselves become dispensable...

PAR for the course.(Features)(Participation, Advocacy and Rights)
August 7, 2008... Young people in Sussex are training social workers and changing policies. Sam Thorp reports eceiving a standing ovation is not a run-of-the-mill experience when you've grown up in care. But that's exactly what 19-year-old care leaver Jamie...

How do children grieve?(Features)
August 7, 2008... In our monthly look at guidance on key issues in children's social work practice, Alison Penny describes how practitioners should approach children who have experienced bereavement Children respond to the death of someone close physically,...

News.(adult services)(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... adults at risk Safeguarding children will be a priority for the new comprehensive area assessment (CAA) system which will herald a rolling programme of inspections. But not so adult services, where inspections will be triggered by...

News.(wage gap)
August 7, 2008... councils drag their feet The revelation that 42% of councils still haven't completed equal pay job reviews is truly shocking. Amid the legal wrangling it is easy to forget that this is about raising the status of some of the most...

Features.(human rights and children)
August 7, 2008... The last word on tug-of-love rows and Roma-only classes Ed Mitchell looks at the latest case law concerning human rights and children, following recent judgements from Europe's highest court ince the enactment of the Human Rights Act...

The summer holiday gap.(Features)(disabled and disadvantaged)
August 7, 2008... Disabled and disadvantaged children looking for a summer break have limited options when it comes to mixing with At a time when most parents and carers are facing the problem of how to entertain their children during the long summer school...

Food for thought.(Features)(Independent Asylum Commission head Nicholas Sagovsky)
August 7, 2008... A campaigner for asylum seekers insists his week spent living on [pounds sterling]10 was an insight into the difficulties faced by society's dispossessed. Canon Nicholas Sagovsky spoke to Amy Taylor It has been called one of the most...

Good Practice.(self-assessment)
August 7, 2008... Anabel 7.8 adults section: good practice (fifth in a series of five good practice articles on personalisation, this one looking at self assessment, it needs the personalisation logo on the page) Self-assessment is the cornerstone of...

Knowing me, knowing you.(Good Practice)(social care; self-assessment)(Case study)
August 7, 2008... Self-assessment will be a key element of personalisation. Anabel Unity Sale looks at how Barnsley is making the process a success case study Geoffrey Roberts wheelchair user Beating boredom eoffrey Roberts belongs to a bowling...

Features.(child welfare)
August 7, 2008... he philosophy underpinning Every Child Matters and the Children Act 2004 is that children's welfare and well-being can be safeguarded through collaborative practice, integrated service provision and early intervention of need. Both aim to...

Brokerage and co-operation.(Features)
August 7, 2008... There is a divide over how to deliver external support in the move to personalisation, but both sides are more given to evangelising than offering evidence, says Melanie Henwood The research Title: Choice and Control: The training and...

Improving safeguarding.(Features)(elder services management)
August 7, 2008... Councils must look at new working practices in their effort to develop their increased role in safeguarding vulnerable adults, writes Penny Furness-Smith here is a growing awareness that high quality social care for adults is about more...

News.(social care for terminally ill patients)
August 7, 2008... I received a phone call from my friend "Libby" who greeted me with the news that the care agency had decided to withdraw the current level of care she receives. This followed a lengthy dispute over the lifting and handling she requires in the...

Backchat.(diary of a social worker)
August 7, 2008... Monday I am interviewing families with children who have life-limiting illnesses about their experiences of transition to adulthood. Because of my desire to be early, I often wait in lay-bys and out-of-town supermarket cafes killing time before...

Reviews.(Edinburgh Festival Fringe)(Theater review)
August 7, 2008... Mark Drinkwater 7.8 adults section: Edinburgh reviews The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has over 2,000 shows to choose from. Mark Drinkwater sifts through this year's bumper programme and finds the best shows featuring social care themes ...

Opinion Columns.(Column)
August 7, 2008... the light is fading Service user choice is a fine thing but leads to dilemmas when those choices put too much pressure on other family members Months have gone by, and emotions are less raw. My mum is now in a nursing home, having been...

Protection at a price.(Features)
August 7, 2008... A recent legal ruling concerning adult protection will have implications for how adults' and children's services work together, discovers Mark Hunter The label "vulnerable adult" conjures up two contrasting images. On the one hand, people...

'Colleagues' feedback helped me see what I could do better'.(My practice)
August 7, 2008... Self-reflection provided useful lessons for Jane Naik when she wanted to review her approach to anonymity in a case t was the call a social worker dreads - an older man, with dementia, alleging that his wife was abusing him. The referrer...

Backchat.(Brief article)
August 7, 2008... social skirmishes Rosie Warlock, a senior practitioner in children's social services, on what the summer brings * Long gone is the idea that the summer months are a time for relaxation, especially at work. Unless you book your time off...

left out of the great plan.(Opinion Columns)(Column)
August 7, 2008... The problems "Libby" encountered suggests that care needs are increasingly assessed against the possibility of imminent death I received a phone call from my friend "Libby" who greeted me with the news that the care agency had decided to...

Turn off, tune in, slow down.(Working Lives)
August 7, 2008... Learn to go slow and your life will become fuller and richer, as well as less stressful, writes Elisabeth Wilson stress busting living too long in the fast lane can be bad for your health Summer is a lazy season, rarely imbued with any...

I'm worried about my workload.(Working Lives)
August 7, 2008... Q: Two people are soon to leave my team to move to more senior jobs elsewhere and it may be some time before we successfully recruit to their posts. I am worried about what this will mean for my workload. What can I do? A: There will...

News.(demolition in Huyton, Liverpool)(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... 14August08p10demolition Ninety-year-old Jack Mantle rang the bell to trigger the demolition of a block of flats in Huyton, Liverpool, which is due to be replaced by an extra care complex for older people. Jack, a resident of Hillside...

News.(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... YOUTH CRIME Young offenders should go before restorative justice panels at the earliest possible opportunity, rather than the courts, the Liberal Democrats said last week in a youth crime plan. The plan, which also called for an expansion...

Fears for future of prevention scheme for female offenders.(News)(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... criminal justice comcare.news@rbi.co.uk Staff and agencies have "considerable anxiety" about the future of a pilot scheme to prevent women from offending, according to a Ministry of Justice study. The research found that service...

Plans flesh out skills academy education role.(News)(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... professional skills Leadership and commissioning may be among the areas focused on by a skills academy for the adults' social care sector. Proposals for developing skills in training service users to become employers of personal...

Surrey's merged services to stay intact despite criticisms.(News)(Surrey Council )
August 14, 2008... Ofsted finds fusion of children's and adults' departments has hindered improvements Related articles Surrey to hire 40 children's workers as front line benefits from rejig Expert guide to children's services Expert guide to...

Wirral to axe 29 qualified workers.(News)
August 14, 2008... Practitioner concern mounts as council prepares to increase number of non-qualified staff in personalisation reforms mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk Wirral Council plans to cut 29 qualified social worker posts while expanding non-qualified...

News.(fund raising for Cancer Research UK and the Sickle Cell Society)
August 14, 2008... high five Staff from children's and adults' services at Haringey Council, north London, celebrate winning social care IT supplier Corelogic's recent five-a-side football charity tournament. The team raised [pounds sterling]2,500 each for Cancer...

News.(care for learning disabled persons)
August 14, 2008... Call to clarify DH plans on learning disability funding comcare.news@rbi.co.uk Social care and health leaders have called for clarity on the transfer of NHS learning disabilities funding to councils, after care services minister Ivan...

News.(puppetry workshop )(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... 14August08p4puppetry Two young people go head-to-head in a puppetry workshop held at an artistic weekend in Cheshire organised by NCH for more than 80 service users. It marked the first stage of the children's charity's ARTiculation...

News.
August 14, 2008... South Tyneside Council's failure to handle two older people's complaints of bullying by their sheltered housing warden illustrates the need to put adult protection on a statutory footing. The was the message from Action on Elder Abuse chief...

News.(Southfield Care Home closed)(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... residential care Care home closed due to serious risk to residents comcare.news@rbi.co.uk The Commission for Social Care Inspection closed a care home in Northamptonshire last week after inspectors decided residents' safety and...

News.(Doris Long)(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... up, up and away Daredevil nonogenerian Doris Long recently took a flight in a hot air balloon, courtesy of Stannah Stairlifts' Think Again fund, which allows people over 50 to fulfil their ambitions. Two years ago Doris, 94, became the world's...

News.(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... substance misuse BASW calls for drug and alcohol training British Association of Social Workers members have urged employers and educators to provide more support in working with substance misusing clients. During a meeting of...

News.(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... 14August08p7click 1. Anthony Douglas pledges Cafcass will improve on private law 2. GSCC panel cautions social worker for relationships with two users 3. Ivan Lewis challenges adult social care to deliver 4. Safeguarding:...

News.(home care services staffing)
August 14, 2008... domiciliary care Related articles How soaring petrol prices affect social care staff ECCA says care home fee increases fail to match rising costs External information United Kingdom Homecare Association Local...

News.(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... ADULT WORKFORCE Skills for Care has launched a consultation on the future of the Training Strategy Implementation (TSI) fund - Department of Health money which the workforce development body channels into adult social care training. One...

News.(Brief article)(Photograph)
August 14, 2008... 14August08p8charter Hazel Mitchell, from Wales, recently become the first person in the UK to earn a qualification devised by the Chartered Institute of Housing to recognise housing association tenants who are particularly active in their...

News.(Stannah Stairlifts)(Brief article)(Photograph)
August 14, 2008... 14August08p8stannah Alan Ponting from Stroud, Gloucestershire, fulfilled a lifelong ambition recently by taking a flight in a B206 Jetranger helicopter across the south of England. He was chosen at random by Stannah Stairlifts in its...

News.(protection for social workers urged by Trades Union Congress)
August 14, 2008... Unions warn of employers preying on agency staff comcare.news@rbi.co.uk The TUC has called for agency social care workers to receive increased protection from rogue employers. Nicola Smith, senior policy officer for the TUC's...

News.(locum hiring in social services)
August 14, 2008... Bid to raise locum standards New association pushes councils over quality of locum hiring agency staff debate CareSpace, our online discussion forum, has seen debate raging over the impact of agency working on councils, service...

News.(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... Work-to-rule 'will not delay homes checks' Ofsted has denied unions' claims that a continuing work-to-rule will delay inspections of children's homes in England. Since 16 June, 1,000 inspectors and administrative staff have been...

Opinion Columns.(Column)
August 14, 2008... Community care This year marks two major anniversaries relevant to children and young people - the 60th anniversary of the NHS and the tenth anniversary of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act which established a new youth justice system. In...

Opinion Columns.(child health services)(Column)
August 14, 2008... Prevention is the key Community care This year marks two major anniversaries relevant to children and young people - the 60th anniversary of the NHS and the tenth anniversary of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act which established a new...

Hackney's efforts should be backed.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
August 14, 2008... Campus closure is a worthy victory Community Care must be delighted with the news that Ivan Lewis has announced [pounds sterling]96m of funding to support the resettlement in the community of people with learning disabilities from NHS...

Support for South Asian women and children.(Features)(Report)
August 14, 2008... Anna Gupta examines a review study of the experiences of domestic violence in research realities: Domestic violence The Research: Title: "I can't tell people what is happening at home". Domestic abuse within South Asian...

Letters.
August 14, 2008... A recent post on agency workers at our Social Care Experts blog by social work manager Elaine Aspinwall-Roberts prompted a flurry of intelligent, informative and impassioned comments on our CareSpace forum. We present some of those comments and...

Features.
August 14, 2008... Accentuate the positive and the solutions will soon follow A teenager who refused to leave her bedroom for two years was coaxed to return to school, says Peter Lewer, through subtle work with her parents arenting is less about...

News.(Children's Workforce Development Council)(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... LEARNING DISABILITIES Southern counties, incuding Cornwall, Hampshire, Kent and Surrey, have won the biggest chunks of [pounds sterling]96m of funding designed to help residents of NHS campuses settle in the community. Care services...

Councils take the pledge.(Features)
August 14, 2008... The Care Matters reforms aim to give looked-after young people a voice in shaping services, but local authorities need to set out a framework of what they can offer, writes Amy Taylor There are 60,000 looked-after young people in England....

UK social work's international champion stays 'old school'.(Features)(Terry Bamford)
August 14, 2008... Terry Bamford is to be recognised for his contribution to social work. Derren Hayes points to past highlights and hears of future hopes erry Bamford jets off to Brazil for the International Federation of Social Workers' (IFSW) annual...

News.(Wirral Council )
August 14, 2008... Wirral to axe 29 qualified workers Practitioner concern mounts as council prepares to increase number of non-qualified staff in personalisation reforms mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk Wirral Council plans to cut 29 qualified social worker...

festival review Mad about the show.(Features)
August 14, 2008... Exuberance and innovation were on display yet again at the Bonkersfest in south London, says Mark Drinkwater BONKERSFEST Camberwell Green, London Saturday 19 July aaaaa Despite its dodgy name, there's something...

Do I know you from somewhere?(Features)
August 14, 2008... Ah, the advantages of living close to work: commuting becomes a thing of the past and you get a feel for your patch. But then you run into an angry clientand then their relatives. Work-life balance sounds like a good idea: at the end of a...

Launching personalisation.(Features)
August 14, 2008... The challenges for councils in implementing the personalisation agenda are many, but it is an exciting time for those prepared to radically change an established system, writes Zoe Porter hen staff from 13 councils in England gathered...

When is a team not a team?(Features)
August 14, 2008... Effective teams are about more than a group of people, write Helen Dickinson and Jon Glasby in their latest look at partnership working L Helen Dickinson and Jon Glasby, Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, are...

Opinion Columns.
August 14, 2008... are we too soft on kids? Strict parenting is seen by many as outdated but have we gone too far in giving children the right to dictate terms at home? We live in a time where parents are held to account for all the ills of society...

'My new job needs fresh skills'.(Working Lives)
August 14, 2008... Q: I am a newly qualified social worker in a new job working with adults with a learning disability and want to ensure that I keep my knowledge and skills up to date in my new job. What support can I get to do this?? A: In a CCETSW (the...

Reviews.('Learn the Child: Helping Looked After Children to Learn', 'Wider Family Matters: A Guide for Family and Friends Raising Children Who Cannot Live with Their Parents')(Book review)
August 14, 2008... Learn the Child: Helping looked after children to learn. A good practice guide for social workers, carers and parents aaaaa Kate Cairns and Chris Stanway ISBN I90369938X Learn the Child succeeds in its aims: to provide...

Gold rush!(Features)
August 14, 2008... The UK's Paralympians take to the Beijing stage in September, matching their able-bodied colleagues in skill and hoping to better them with a record medals haul. By Mark Drinkwater In 1948, Dr Ludwig Guttmann, a neurologist at Stoke...

News.
August 14, 2008... Social workers, a radical breed? Some like to think so and bemoan the current crop of box tickers. But is it true, or a myth like horned Viking helmets or a desperate hope like the British Olympic team returning with a haul of medals from...

News.(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... "Personalisation will be good if it frees staff to empower users" beware the bureaucrats Few would quarrel with the personalisation policy's goal of giving service users more control over their lives. It is a good fit with the...

fuelling a home care crisis.(News)(Brief article)
August 14, 2008... We are all too aware of the effects of rising fuel costs on our household bills, but there are more insidious results that could see some vulnerable adults unable to remain at home. The UK Homecare Association warns that rising fuel bills...