Community Care articles from July 2008

Community Care archives from July 2008

Care commission to have social care representatives.(News)
July 10, 2008... mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk The Care Quality Commission board will include people with experience in social care and compulsory mental health services, after the government bowed to concerns that the new joint regulator would be...

News.(Gillian Pugh )(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... star turn Former chief executive of Coram Family Gillian Pugh was presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Children's Stars Awards, organised by charity 4Children. Pugh, who was a big influence on the Sure Start programme and Every...

Henderson consultation may 'hinder chance of reopening'.(News)(Henderson Hospital )
July 10, 2008... Councillor says process is so lengthy it could prevent hospital being reopened sally.gillen@rbi.co.uk The validity of the consultation on the future of the flagship Henderson Hospital for people with personality disorders was called...

Care of patients who attacked staff probed.(News)(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... The care of two mental health patients who separately attacked social care staff, one of whom died, is to be investigated. The first case concerns Ronald Dixon, who pleaded guilty last October to the manslaughter of Sunderland mental health...

News.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... news in brief ADULT CARE Service users in England should be able to find out how much money is spent on them during their annual care reviews in 2009-10. The Department of Health's strategic finance director for social care, John...

Communication champion call for speech difficulties.(News)
July 10, 2008... Conservative MP John Bercow has recommended the creation of a high-level council and a "champion" to help improve children's speech, language and communication services, in a government-commissioned report this week. The final report of...

News.(Callum the Chameleon )(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... 10July08p4callum (pic) Callum the Chameleon is one of a new crop of characters from Leonard Cheshire's Creature Discomforts advertising campaign to challenge negative attitudes to disability. The new characters are voiced by young disabled...

News.(Thomas O'Neill)(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... A social worker who conducted "inappropriate and exploitative sexual relations" with two vulnerable supported housing service users became the 19th practitioner in England to be removed from the register this week. Thomas O'Neill...

News.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... LEARNING DISABILITIES A funding calculator was launched last week to help providers and commissioners decide on a fair price for residential learning disability services. It was developed by local authority-led regional partnerships and...

Custody variations trigger demand for council audits.(News)
July 10, 2008... London children most likely to receive custodial sentences Councils are being asked to audit cases where children under 18 have been jailed amid concerns over wide local variations in custodial sentencing across England and Wales. The...

News.
July 10, 2008... quality Children's best practice body outlines priorities daniel.lombard@rbi.co.uk The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes begins the task of scouring England today to identify and disseminate best practice on children's services....

News.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... I am sailing Gisela Malseed, a resident of Bupa's Southlands Nursing Home in Harrogate, was recently taken on a "virtual cruise" to Cannes in the south of France, with the help of Dean Cowley, the director of Bupa Care, and members of the...

News.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... looked after children Special guardians hit by cut in councils' financial support Hundreds of foster carers who have become special guardians are struggling to cope due to reduced support from councils, experts are warning. ...

News.
July 10, 2008... child protection 'External watchdog must regularly oversee children's services in Jersey' Social work expert says there is no evidence of systematic abuse of children on island maria.ahmed@rbi.co.uk Jersey's children's...

News.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... 10July08p8carers (pic) Junior children's minister Kevin Brennan scrawls a message on the t-shirt of a young carer at the annual Young Carers Festival last month, at YMCA Fairthorne Manor in Southampton. Brennan answered questions in a...

News.
July 10, 2008... Related articles Safeguarding arrangements patchy in Catholic Church Adoption sector concern over likely loss of Catholic agencies Expert guide to child protection safeguarding Church bodies face exposure by new Catholic...

News.
July 10, 2008... children's services Balls: schools will have duty to co-operate on well-being Education and children's services unions back DCSF plans to improve partnership DCSF proposals * Children's trusts boards put on statutory footing....

News.
July 10, 2008... 10July08p9click 1. Skills for Care unveils study of direct payment users as employers 2. Tributes flow in for Ray Wyre after death at 56 3. 640,000 council staff to strike on 16 and 17 July 4. DH and DCSF probe social work...

News.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... news in brief LEARNING DISABILITIES One-third of people with learning disabilities have experienced cuts to or increased charges for day-time services. The Learning Disability Coalition survey claims several councils had failed to...

News.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... workforce Unison seeks to limit staff strike opt-outs Only a few Unison members working with the most vulnerable service users will be exempted from the two-day national pay strike next week, according to the union's head of local...

Separation of couples is unethical.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
July 10, 2008... Modernisation: what has Devon gained? I, and my colleagues, are incensed by the articles on modernisation written by David Johnstone, director of Devon social services ("Devon's plans to change care management",...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
July 10, 2008... CareSpace Photo competition (please include pic of balloon/rally car etc) Win your choice from a huge selection of once-in-a-lifetime experiences in the CareSpace photo competition. The brief for entries is fairly simple - provide...

Reviews.(Talking About Adoption to Your Adopted Child)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 10, 2008... Talking about Adoption to your Adopted Child 5/5 stars Marjorie Morrison BAAF ISBN 978 1 905664 26 9 [pounds sterling]8.50 Are you working with adopted children, thinking about adopting or already done so? If so,...

Should I live near my clients?(Features)
July 10, 2008... Q: I am moving to live in the same area where I am starting a new job as a social worker. Is this a good idea or will I never be able to escape from work, always being accessible and available to my clients? A: Working and living in the...

Youth crime: it's not all money and glamour.(Features)
July 10, 2008... W A Hull project is turning young people away from a life on the wrong side of the law by making them think about the consequences of crime as a career, Mark Hunter finds out more ould you apply for a job if the pay was poor, the...

Walk (or cycle) this way.(Features)(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... The car is now unviable for short journeys, says John Cossham, so it's time to use our legs lifestyle tips tips for making your life greener

careless? NO, just needy.(Opinion Columns)
July 10, 2008... Users of direct payments have to cut corners when employing PAs, the alternative is a long wait that could harm us - or worse Users of direct payments are guilty of workforce practices that would be unacceptable within care agencies or...

Opinion Columns.
July 10, 2008... Where's the logic? On paper special guardianship appears a positive move designed to benefit looked-after children. It gives carers more freedom to make day-to-day decisions such as giving permission to attend school trips. In other words...

Features.
July 10, 2008... How to ensure tax credit applications are successful Finally, there is a sense of order around the tax credit system, so it could be time to ensure your clients are benefiting from it, writes Gary Vaux ake-up of child tax credit and...

Market goods.(Good Practice)
July 10, 2008... In the third in our series of articles on personalisation, Andrew Mickel looks at how one council has been encouraging providers to develop services for clients ndividual budgets only work if there is a choice of services for the client to...

Reviews.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 10, 2008... Mental Health Interventions and Services for Vulnerable Children and Young People 4/5 stars Panos Vostanis (editor), Jessica Kingsley ISBN: 978-1-84310-489-6 Panos Vostanis brings together a rich collection of writers who...

Reviews.(Book review)
July 10, 2008... Talking about Adoption to your Adopted Child aaaaa Marjorie Morrison BAAF ISBN 978 1 905664 26 9 [pounds sterling]8.50 Are you working with adopted children, thinking about adopting or already done so? If so, this...

Just being there is a privilege'.(Interview/Profile)
July 10, 2008... It is three years since the terrorist attacks on London's transport system but the need for post-trauma support continues. Derren Hayes speaks to Westminster's psychosocial response manager who helps survivors The third anniversary of the...

Diary.
July 10, 2008... Monday I went to my placement at 9am, after a weekend of revision for my law exam this Friday. My eyes are feeling heavy after sitting for three hours typing up my assessments, need some more coffee! I then nip out to get lunch a whispa...

Opinion Columns.(Essay)
July 10, 2008... reception desk dummies? They may be more polite than their adult counterparts but what is the point of student receptionists, surely they should be in class I have been very patient. I have played games, scored them out of 10, compared...

Not so special relationship.(Features)
July 10, 2008... Special guardianships were meant to give carers more responsibility for foster children and encourage stable relationships. But something has gone wrong, says Sally Gillen It may be promoted as the ideal arrangement for some children in...

Integrated care teams to transform Devon landscape.(Management in Practice (old))
July 10, 2008... David Johnstone, in the last of three articles on personalisation, describes how integration is improving Devon's health and social care evon has a fully integrated health and social care service. Complex care teams (CCTs) comprise teams...

Opinion Columns.
July 10, 2008... We need the knowledge Research can play a vital role in improving outcomes for children, but the workforce, and policymakers, must learn how to use it A robust knowledge base which draws upon the experiences of those who deliver the...

Editorial Comment.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... familiar themes for jersey Andrew Williamson, drafted in to review Jersey's children's services, makes some eminently sensible recommendations in his report. Many of the concerns about malpractice which gave rise to the review would...

Impact of domestic violence on children.(Proven Practice)
July 10, 2008... Each week the Social Care Institute for Excellence analyses research findings behind specific social work practices rofessional responses to domestic violence should be informed by the perspectives of children. Practitioners need to...

Knowledge gaps on people with learning disabilities in England.(Research Realities)
July 10, 2008... Bob Hudson looks at a study that draws on national data about people with learning disabilities to reveal a worryingly incomplete picture ABSTRACT This report, commissioned by Mencap and the Learning Disability Coalition, aims to...

Features.
July 10, 2008... Mark 10.7 adults section: research school As a flick through the learned pages of the British Journal of Social Work will tell you, our universities are full of academics only too happy to talk to each other. Research funders have often...

School of thought.(Features)(National School for Social Care Research )
July 10, 2008... The National School for Social Care Research is to be launched with a budget of [pounds sterling]3m a year. With such constraints, can it achieve anything, asks Mark Ivory As a flick through the learned pages of the British Journal of...

cost of drivingFigures from the AA show that the average petrol car consumes 107.17 litres a month. ......(Features)(Report)
July 10, 2008... cost of drivingFigures from the AA show that the average petrol car consumes 107.17 litres a month. At the current average price of 118.9p a litre, this is costing the average petrol car owner [pounds sterling]127.43 a month. Petrol prices per...

Backchat.(Brief article)
July 10, 2008... social skirmishes Rosie Warlock, a senior practitioner in children's social services, bemoans performance indicators A colleague calls me over, "Have you seen this?". He shows me a list of indicators for local area agreements (don't...

Jersey 'must rebuild morale of care staff'.(News)(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... Related articles Jersey child protection review: No evidence of current abuse Full coverage of Simon Bellwood case Full coverage of Haut de la Garenne police inquiry More information Williamson report Senior Jersey...

news in brief.(News)
July 17, 2008... LOCAL GOVERNMENT Councils will face a new duty to respond to petitions from members of the public while all authorities will be expected to allow citizens to determine how a share of the budget is spent by 2012, a government white paper on...

Serious case reviews probe highlights poor practice.(News)
July 17, 2008... Inspectors criticise level of regional variations in reporting and reviewing daniel.lombard@rbi.co.uk Inspectors have uncovered failings and wide variations in agencies' responses to child deaths caused by abuse or neglect. A...

News.
July 17, 2008... workforce Essex social worker first to be cleared of misconduct mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk A social worker from Barking in Essex has become the first practitioner in England to be cleared of misconduct following a General Social...

Social work degree 'must retain its generic stance'.(News)
July 17, 2008... Evaluation rejects splitting qualification into specialist children's and adult care courses maria.ahmed@rbi.co.uk Social work leaders have backed a call not to split degree training for adults' and children's practitioners in England....

News.
July 17, 2008... 17July08p5nibs news in brief YOUTH CRIME The government was due to publish its youth crime action plan on Tuesday. Full coverage from www.communitycare.co.uk/108843 LEARNING DISABILITIES Mark Goldring will take over as...

News.(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... pay protest Unison head of local government Heather Wakefield (centre) leads a demonstration against councils' 2.45% pay offer outside the Local Government Association offices in Westminster last week. Up to 640,000 Unison and Unite members in...

Practice improvement is top priority for Cafcass.(News)(Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service)(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... amy.taylor@rbi.co.uk Practice improvement, particularly in private law, is Cafcass's "top priority" for 2008-11 the family court organisation's chief executive said this week. Anthony Douglas's comment came as Cafcass published its...

Hughes enlists directors in fight to end child poverty.(News)(Beverley Hughes)(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... Directors should ensure that early intervention and child poverty are priorities, says minister daniel.lombard@rbi.co.uk Children's minister Beverley Hughes last week urged directors of children's services to play a lead role in...

Homes sector demands migrant rethink.(News)(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... The care home sector could face serious disruption, including home closures, unless the government allows employers to recruit care staff and senior care workers from outside Europe. The English Community Care Association, the National Care...

News.(social issues)(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... CHILD POVERTY The government was due to announce plans for a London child poverty target on Tuesday as part of a "pledge" to reduce deprivation among the capital's children. www.communitycare.co.uk/108838 LEARNING DISABILITIES The...

News.(Sheila Foley, chief executive of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, resigned)(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... workforce Mental health boss quits on eve of report critical of trust comcare.news@rbi.co.uk The chief executive of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, which was hit by a series of strikes last year over the dismissal...

Failed asylum seekers still deprived of routine NHS care.(News)(National Health Service)
July 17, 2008... High Court ruling in April not adequately communicated to hospitals and GPs Related articles Scrap policy of refusing NHS treatment to failed asylum seekers More information Joint committee on human rights 2007 report on...

News.
July 17, 2008... 17July08p9click 1. Social worker struck off for exploitative sexual relations 2. Child protection expert Ray Wyre dies at 56 3. Unison urges councils to restart mileage talks after NHS ups rates 4. GSCC hearing for ASW accused...

Forced marriage being used to ensure care.(News)(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... learning disabilities Some parents are using forced marriage as a long-term care option for people with learning disabilities, a parliamentary meeting heard last week. Haji Saghir Alam, a member of government disability advisory body...

News.(Brief article)
July 17, 2008... news in brief VOLUNTARY SECTOR The Commission for the Compact will spearhead a three-month debate on whether the agreement on public and voluntary sector relations should be backed by statutory powers. Third sector minister Phil Hope...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2008... www.communitycare.co.uk/carespace CareSpace is an online community where social care professionals can share good practice information, ask for advice, network with colleagues from around the country or discuss the big issues of the day....

Opinion Columns.
July 17, 2008... placements are the key The social work degree has been a success and proves the value of generic learning. But we must strengthen practice placements How well does the degree prepare social workers for practice? Two years on since it...

A retrograde and dangerous step.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2008... 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. Obviously the relationship roles have reversed in that the previously passive...

Off the slippery slope.(Interview/Profile)(Alison Henderson )(Interview)
July 17, 2008... Alison Henderson has gone from the ski slopes of San Moritz to working to improve the lives of prisoners and their families. By Derren Hayes interview It is hard to imagine how working in the Swiss Alps and serving a prison sentence...

Features.
July 17, 2008... The Law Commission is drawing together the mass of adult social care legislation into a single statute for all services The legal framework for adult social care is widely recognised as inadequate, incomprehensible and outdated. It remains...

Do I need to do more training?(Features)
July 17, 2008... Q: I qualified as a social worker three years ago when the training wasn't generic. I chose the community care adults pathway. Would I need to do extra training to work in children's services? A: Qualifications for social work have been...

Management in Practice (old).
July 17, 2008... Let's end central control and the deskilling of social workers In the final part of our Hackney series, Clare Chamberlain describes how the borough's children have benefited from changing work practices ust over a year ago, we started...

Cambridgeshire kids dealt a good hand.(Good Practice)
July 17, 2008... A cashcard scheme is giving disadvantaged children in Cambridgeshire a chance to enjoy a wide range of leisure activities. Lindsay Clark reports Lindsay Clark 17.7 children's section: good practice ince the publication of the...

review Torch bearer for disability.(Working Lives)(Francesca Martinez )
July 17, 2008... She may have refused to carry the Olympic torch, but Francesca Martinez has jokes to burn, says Mark Drinkwater Francesca Martinez: In Deep The Stand Edinburgh aaaaa Francesca Martinez is one of this country's best known...

Backchat.
July 17, 2008... from the vaults Keith Sellick delves into the Community Care archives Thirty yEARS AGO i The Tory education shadow spokesperson Rhodes Boyson (he of the Dickensian sideburns) was claiming social workers were responsible for the...

Opinion Columns.
July 17, 2008... I want to ride my bicycle The car as a mass mode of transport has had its day. With fuel now so expensive society could be set for radical changes For a number of years I've been a non-car user. My main modes of transport are my push...

Better off at the frontline.(Features)
July 17, 2008... Radical changes in social work departments are allowing experienced social workers to find a balance between the frontline and management in more senior roles. Like many social workers with a few years' experience Julie Rooke was looking...

Opinion Columns.
July 17, 2008... flawed learning process Those who do not heed history are doomed to repeat its mistakes. Learning from our mistakes is an important process it is why the serious case review process was introduced. Yet, according to the third joint...

Editorial Comment.(Editorial)
July 17, 2008... IF it ain't broke don't fix it After five years the social work degree appears to have proved its worth. It has increased the number of social work students, formal study and practice placements are both generally rigorous, and employers...

Training together to work together.(Features)
July 17, 2008... The third article in Helen Dickinson and Partnership working has assumed an important role within UK public services, but an awareness of the need for professions in medicine, health and social care to work together more effectively has...

The role of social work in mental health services.(Proven Practice)
July 17, 2008... Each week the Social Care Institute for Excellence analyses research findings behind specific social work practices Useful links Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) - supports positive changes in services and in the wellbeing...

Childcare knowledge that transcends national borders.(Research Realities)(Report)
July 17, 2008... A series of studies from six countries have been analysed in one book to form a valuable aid for childcare professionals. John Randall looks at what it has to offer The RESEARCH Title: Research for Action: Cross-national perspectives...

Let's get personal.(Interview/Profile)(Interview)
July 17, 2008... Jeff Jerome has been put in the driver's seat of the personalisation of services. He tells Andrew Mickel about how he intends to findthe right direction for services and staff in England Previous Community Care articles on personalisation:...

Backchat.
July 17, 2008... 74 backchat All gags, jargon and gossip gratefully received by keith.sellick@rbi.co.uk social skirmishes Rosie Warlock, a senior practitioner in children's social services, shares your "cuppa" stories * Mark Drinkwater's...

Research Realities.
July 17, 2008... 74 backchat All gags, jargon and gossip gratefully received by keith.sellick@rbi.co.uk social skirmishes Rosie Warlock, a senior practitioner in children's social services, shares your "cuppa" stories * Mark Drinkwater's...

Little- known facts.(Features)
July 17, 2008... Serious case reviews could provide invaluable lessons for practice but the details remain hidden in council files, writes Paul Stephenson Last month, the mother of Victoria Climbie, the eight-year-old girl who was killed in 2000, said she...

Father slams 'insensitive' review of children's deaths.(News)(Gabriel Ogunkoya )
July 24, 2008... child protection sally.gillen@rbi.co.uk A serious case review into the case of two children killed by their mentally-ill mother has been condemned as "scandalous, inaccurate and insensitive" by the father. Gabriel Ogunkoya made...

News.(Brief article)
July 24, 2008... DISABILITY People diagnosed with sight loss should be entitled to an agreed level and quality of service, whilst maintaining their independence and quality of life, a report by Guide Dogs has recommended. The charity called for people to...