Community Care articles from June 2007

Community Care archives from June 2007

Diary.
June 7, 2007... 14 15 Diary A lighter take on the working week. An ASW student in an assertive outreach team , letter of the week i John Dove, Daventry Foster carers question 'exoneration' Monday I am on placement today with the...

Reviews.
June 7, 2007... Effective Fostering Panels: Guidance on Regulations, Process and Good Practice in Fostering Panels in England aaaa Sarah Borthwick and Jennifer Lord, BAAF ISBN 978 1 905 664 09 2, [pounds sterling]7.95 This pack updates BAAF's...

Frontlines (old).
June 7, 2007... Frontline Focus helen bonnick for June 7 "Sorry" : a word that slips out easily enough to mean "I didn't hear", " excuse me" - or even "how dare you" with a particularly laden intonation, but which has to be dragged out screaming, it...

Reviews.
June 7, 2007... Glimpses aaaaa Declan Henry, The London Press ISBN 1905006128, [pounds sterling]13 or [pounds sterling]10 direct from author - PO Box 333, Gillingham, Kent ME7 5WU Three out of every four children enjoy a good enough childhood,...

Disabled jobs on The line.(Simon Heng (old))(closure of Remploy Ltd. factories)
June 7, 2007... Remploy's decision to close factories has provoked a debate on the employment of disabled people. Simon Heng pitches in A few weeks ago, I commented here that Remploy didn't publicise its services widely enough. But if, as they say, all...

Let's be adult about this.(Features)(Scope's Orchard Manor transition service)
June 7, 2007... oung people with profound and complex learning and physical disabilities and significant additional needs are often overlooked when they reach the age where their contemporaries go on to further education, training or employment. Scope's...

Participation of children in shaping services.(Features)
June 7, 2007... Each week the Social Care lthough the word "participation" has been widely used in social care for some time, the role children and young people can play in helping to shape services has only been recognised relatively recently. While this...

Service user vocations.(Features)(Survey)
June 7, 2007... Alison Petch reviews research partly led by service users to discover what mental health clients want in terms of education, training and employment The RESEARCH Title: Still Dreaming: Service Users' Employment, Education and Training...

News.
June 7, 2007... Simeon spisback Supported housing providers will have to provide regular information on their tenants' progress in managing their health, participating in training and leisure opportunities and reducing their debt, under a new government...

Editorial Comment.(Editorial)
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Features.
June 7, 2007... research abstracts: participation of children Author MORRIS, Kate BURFORD, Gale Title Working with children's existing networks - building better opportunities? Reference Social Policy and Society, 6(2), April 2007, pp.209-217 ...

Travellers' checks.(Features)
June 7, 2007... A project to break down prejudice against travelling communities and improve their well-being is reducing hospital admissions, reports Louise Tickle inding your way up an unmade road to a travellers' site where dogs roam freely and you're...

Features.
June 7, 2007... FIFTEEN YEARS AGO i The rows over continuing care funding have bedeviled social services and health for many a year. But it all started so hopefully. The Association of County Councils warmly welcomed guidance that said mainstream NHS...

Features.
June 7, 2007... social skirmishes Rosie Warlock, a senior practitioner in children's social services, has more than her day in court i As a keen theatre-goer and someone who has not so much trod the boards as pounded them into submission in local...

The challenge of children.(Features)(training social workers)
June 7, 2007... Finding the right calibre of child care social workers is tough but the DfES has the skills to help, writes Andrew Christie Apparently thought is being given to splitting social work training into children's and adults' degree courses. Not...

Q Two years ago a colleague went part-time. Recently I discovered that she is still being paid a full-time salary. I have lodged a complaint. What are my rights?(Features)
June 7, 2007... A: Over the past few years, the government has introduced a number of employment legislation changes designed to encourage family-friendly working arrangements, such as the right to request a temporary or permanent reduction in hours. The...

Features.
June 7, 2007... ichard West is a carer who shares a flat with his partner, Tracey, who has learning disabilities. He says it is difficult to get the recognition and support they need - even an assessment - but all he wants is the same rights as other carers....

When carers need caring.(Features)
June 7, 2007... When people with learning disabilities have care duties More people with learning disabilities are finding they have been transformed. From being labelled as "cared for" they have become carers themselves. Whether this means coping with...

Playing in the same ballpark.(Features)(community development through sports)
June 7, 2007... Using sport to cut across diverse ethnic, religious and cultural divides has paid dividends in Bedford. Crispin Andrews reports omething is stirring in the Queen's Park neighbourhood of Bedford. Diverse, multi-ethnic communities known for...

News Interview (old).
June 7, 2007... Simeon gill profile for Jun 7 Early indications from the individual budgets pilot in Norfolk suggest people with mental health problems are able to look well beyond the traditional models of social care when it comes to spending their...

Features.
June 7, 2007... Discrimination Law Handbook (Second edition) aaaaa Edited by Aileen McColgan, ISBN 9781903307390, [pounds sterling]55 Discrimination law is close to becoming an incomprehensible morass of legislation for anyone other than...

News.
June 7, 2007... there must be a better way Adam Rickwood became the youngest person to die in custody in modern times while on remand at Hassockfield Secure Training Centre in 2004. He was 14-years-old. Hours before hanging himself Adam had been...

News.
June 7, 2007... learning disabilityp.4 Guidance urges councils to avoid discrimination mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk Councils should avoid discriminating against parents with learning disabilities when their children are involved in care proceedings,...

Features.
June 7, 2007... Where there's blame, there isn't always a claim A claim for negligence against a local authority puts the spotlight on "duty of care". But it can depend on who is making the claim. Ed Mitchell reports What's the issue? Child...

Letters.
June 7, 2007... Not big, not clever As a student social worker, I was horrified to watch two fellow student social workers enter the Big Brother house, claiming that they find politics confusing, and that women should never have to pay for anything. ...

exhibition review Fog-bound in the Hayward.(Features)
June 7, 2007... Mark Drinkwater considers the unsettling and the familiar Antony Gormley: Blind Light aaaaa The Hayward Gallery, South Bank Centre, London Until 19 August This isn't the first time I've felt in a fog at a contemporary art...

Beyondforgiveness?(News)(Church of England to review child abuse cases)
June 7, 2007... A series of child abuse scandals has tarnished the reputation of the Anglican Church. Now it is ready to face up to the problem, even if it means rethinking its ethos of compassion, reports Maria Ahmed he Church of England is to review its...

News.
June 7, 2007... news in brief families Be My Parent, the family finding service run by the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, has gone online. Agencies wanting to find families can include multiple photos, video clips and drawings by the...

Two long stay hospitals still open despite closure pledge.(News)(Orchard Hill, Prudhoe Hospital)
June 7, 2007... Charities welcome closure of three long-stay hospitals but seek action over Orchard Hill amy.taylor@rbi.co.uk More than 80 people with learning disabilities remain living in long-stay hospitals over three years after their original...

Features.
June 7, 2007... on the move The Youth Justice Board has appointed Rosanna O'Connor as a member with immediate effect. She has been director of regional management at the National Treatment Agency for the last four years and is experienced in partnership...

Too close and personal.(Features)(social workers' attitudes)
June 7, 2007... Maintaining proper boundaries with service users can be tricky, especially now that technology makes it easier to cross the line. Sally Gillen and Anabel Unity Sale report When was the last time you invited a service user round for dinner...

News.
June 7, 2007... simeon.brody@rbi.co.uk Adam Rickwood's mother has promised to challenge the legality of the restraint used on the 14-year-old following the inquest into his death. A jury last week returned a suicide verdict on Rickwood but Mark...

News.
June 7, 2007... TUC seeks review of effect of past efficiency drives simeon.brody@rbi.co.uk The government's must not extend its Gershon public service efficiency programme until the impact of current savings have been reviewed, according to unions....

Features.
June 7, 2007... A question of support To mark National Childcare Week, Simon Vevers asks whether the measures to make it easier for the parents of disabled children to return to work go far enough The penalties are high for parents of disabled...

News Interview (old).
June 7, 2007... (Tony Hunter, executive director of community services at Liverpool City Council and co-chair of the ADASS resources committee gives his view on the future of health and social care commissioning) Consultation on the Department of Health's...

Features.
June 7, 2007... 'The day I met Lynda was my turning point' Lynda Shentall and Jessie Manga discuss how their relationship developed despite Jessie's ill-health. By Anabel Unity Sale Lynda Shentall, service and development manager for HIV charity...

Don't fall for minimums.(Features)
June 7, 2007... Paul Lewis cuts your credit card and store card debt in a few simple steps Banks are clever at sums. Customers on the whole are not. Which is why the banks turned in record profits this year and we are a bit hard up most of the time. ...

Diary.
June 28, 2007... Diary The word from the front line. An adults' services social worker writes Monday I accompany a colleague to the house of an older woman. She has a small dog, which carers have been complaining about, as it can be vicious. We enter...

in a fug over smoking ban.(Opinion Columns)
June 28, 2007... Will a client in their own home or in a residential home still have the right to light up when a care worker is present? Also, see p12 "Some councils require people receiving domiciliary care to stop smoking one to two hours before staff...

All the latest jargon - coming to a meeting near you soon.(My practice)
June 28, 2007... Despite working in an office where clear presentation of information is a prerequisite, says Giles Gardner, jargon will always find its way One of the many joys that engages the busy local government manager is the opportunity to spend...

Individual budgets and tailored services - putting service users in control.(Proven Practice)
June 28, 2007... Each week the Social Care Institute for Excellence analyses research findings behind specific social work practices the evidence base for social care practice ocial care looks set to hear more and more about the benefits of...

Exercise and self-esteem.(Research Realities)
June 28, 2007... Angie Hart examines findings from the US in the context of UK research and policy initiatives, and suggests ways to build resilience and combat exclusion among young people The RESEARCH Title: Adolescent Physical Activity and Perceived...

Opinion Columns.(Column)
June 28, 2007... let my wheelchair go Despite disability discrimination legislation, Anna C Young still has difficulties getting around London using buses and taxis As a wheelchair user one of my greatest challenges is still transport, even after more...

Backchat.
June 28, 2007... jason and the jargonauts Jason's quest for the golden fleece of plain English Welcome to an occasional column seeking to expose purveyors of social care gobbledygook * Management is supposedly about getting people to get things done....

Backchat.
June 28, 2007... social skirmishes Rosie Warlock, a senior practitioner in children's social services, tells us what's on her mind * We have a student on practice placement. She's young, bright, fun and is as eager as a fox on the scent. Simply add the...

Life round the atrium.(Good Practice)(Cefn Glas extra care housing project)
June 28, 2007... An award-winning housing scheme providing housing scheme for older people boasting an atrium and listing a beauty salon among its attractions is certainly not the usual set-up. But the Cefn Glas extra care housing project in south Wales,...

A positive brush with the law.(Good Practice)
June 28, 2007... An enterprising Essex law firm is providing not-for-profit legal he Police song lyrics "sending out an SOS" echo around the Town House youth centre in Colchester, Essex. It looks like any other youth centre: colourful posters on the notice...

Good Practice.
June 28, 2007... "Sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS," echoes The Police song around the Colchester Town House youth centre in Colchester, Essex. It looks like any other youth centre: colourful posters on the notice board advertise events, the bar area is...

Victim of a violent pecking order.(The Risk Factor)
June 28, 2007... A 14-year-old boy is sexually abusing his young sister but the family is refusing outside help. Graham Hopkins reports ony Cross*, 14, had a volatile relationship with his father, Mark. He didn't think his dad loved or liked him very much....

Formality could scupper bid to encourage early learning.(Features)
June 28, 2007... Dawn Forshaw welcomes plans to help parents become more involved with their children's early learning, as long as they are not too prescriptive education he government recently announced plans aimed at helping parents become involved...

Heaven knows, the battle must go on.(Interview/Profile)
June 28, 2007... In Heaven Crawley, child asylum seekers have lost an ally at the Home Office but gained one in academia, reports Amy Taylor interview Having been head of asylum and immigration research in the Home Office between 2000 and 2002, Heaven...

A lifeline for HIV families.(Features)
June 28, 2007... Being affected by HIV/Aids can make the idea of returning home a near death sentence for refugee and asylum-seeking children. Terry Philpot looks at one of the few services Juliet Ramage has a four-inch thick file on her desk devoted wholly...

Features.
June 28, 2007... Twelve months after a report exposed the appalling treatment of people with learning disabilities in Cornish care, Janet Snell assesses progress made by the external change team charged with hauling the county's services into the 21st century...

Editorial Comment.(Editorial)
June 28, 2007... the potential is there The white paper on children in care published this week has massive potential (see opposite). It plans to help the children maintain important relationships, go on school trips, have private lessons, obtain...

Features.
June 28, 2007... Where's the justice? Changes in legal aid rules designed to cut mounting costs may reduce social care clients' access to justice, writes Anabel Unity Sale. Also, see p24 for more on lawyers and young people Lawyers are just like...

Letters.
June 28, 2007... Let's keep it real I disagree with criticism of the Diary columnist (June 7) who used irreverent phraseology including calling a client "barking". I found it refreshing to read an article written in such provocative language. In...

Working Lives.
June 28, 2007... Our financial guru Paul Lewis explains how to make the most out of your savings If you have debt don't save. But if you don't have debt (or you want to ignore me and save anyway) make sure you get the best return on your money. There are...

Theatre review One hundred minutes of solitude.(Working Lives)(The Water Harvest)(Theater review)
June 28, 2007... Drew Clode observes the complexities of the relationship between carer and cared-for The Water Harvest aaaaa Latchmere Theatre, Battersea, London Chris Lee is an approved social work manager in the London Borough of Camden...

News.
June 28, 2007... Luis Camara from Wood Green, north London, celebrates winning Haringey Council's first Carer of the Year award with his wife Alzira. Not only does he care for Alzira, who has multiple sclerosis, but he also helps older and disabled people in...

BASW calls for anonymity for staff in case summaries.(News)(British Association of Social Workers)(Brief article)
June 28, 2007... family courts mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk Social workers should not be named in published transcripts of family court judgements, which are to become more available under government proposals published last week. That was the message...

Deadlock as bill goes to Lords.(News)(Mental Health Bill)
June 28, 2007... Parliamentary "ping-pong" beckons as bill set to bounce between Lords and Commons mental health bill mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk The government and opponents of the Mental Health Bill are refusing to budge on remaining areas of...

News.
June 28, 2007... LEARNING DISABILITIES Help the Aged has given [pounds sterling]230,000 in grants to boost services for older people with learning disabilities. People with dementia, Down's syndrome and brain damage are among those expected to benefit. The...

News.
June 28, 2007... Regulator ups ante on 'flawed' race probe The Department of Health has failed to address criticisms made in August 2005 that its assessment of the Mental Health Bill's impact on ethnic minorities was deeply flawed. Commission for...

News.
June 28, 2007... News analysis by Helen McCormack Pix: I am sourcing pix of Nick Johnson, Sophie Corlett, Annie Stevenson and Raina Sheridan Fran to source smoking pic) The smoking ban, due to come into effect in England on 1 July, has split the...

Smoking ban lights up human rights conflict.(News)
June 28, 2007... Enforcing the smoking ban in social care will pose significant challenges around the competing rights of service users and staff. Helen McCormack reports The smoking ban, due to come into effect in England on 1 July, has split the country...

Hughes wants to sharpen child social workers' skills.(News)(children's minister Beverley Hughes)
June 28, 2007... workforce maria.ahmed@rbi.co.uk The social work degree could be strengthened to give child and family social workers better preparation for dealing with looked-after children, children's minister Beverley Hughes has told Community...

Education to be at heart of looked-after children's care.(News)
June 28, 2007... Plans welcomed but some disappointed by lack of emphasis on offenders and health children maria.ahmed@rbi.co.uk Education is at the centre of the largest scale plans for looked-after children's services for a decade. But some...

News.
June 28, 2007... Chris Crosby, Daniel Boys and Seamus Cullen (back, from left) from BBC One's Any Dream Will Do show lend their backing to Mencap's 'Don't stick it, stop it!' campaign against the bullying of children with learning disabilities (news, p7, 21...

Justice ministry moots human rights move.(News)(Brief article)
June 28, 2007... Legislation extending human rights protection to residents of independent care homes is expected to be introduced into parliament shortly. The move comes after five Law Lords ruled last week that private care homes contracted by local...

Back where we belong.(News)
June 28, 2007... Time was when community social work flourished. Now there is a chance to revive some of that golden age, writes Bob Holman Twenty-five years ago, Social Workers: Their Role and Tasks (Barclay Report) recommended that statutory social...

Section nine use to be restricted, says Byrne.(News)(immigration minister Liam Byrne)
June 28, 2007... asylum seekers maria.ahmed@rbi.co.uk A policy to withdraw support from failed asylum-seeking families has not increased removals and its use will now be restricted, immigration minister Liam Byrne said this week. A Home Office...

News.
June 28, 2007... Funding reform 'must not hurt clients' Proposed pilots on a new funding system for Supporting People must ensure the reform does not penalise the most vulnerable clients, the National Housing Federation has said. The housing...

News.
June 28, 2007... p9click 1. Social worker struck off for catalogue of fraud. 2. Care payout victory for insurers leaves councils facing huge bills. 3. Mental Health Alliance praises changes to Mental Health Bill 4. Mencap finds 80% of children...

News.
June 28, 2007... Skills agenda has hit adult classes, ministers admit amy.taylor@rbi.co.uk Courses for adults with learning disabilities are being sidelined due to training priorities, the government has admitted, while pledging to tackle the issue....

News.
June 28, 2007... @ news on the web communitycare.co.uk young people Less than one in four stories on young people in the media are positive, with broadcasters putting the group in a particularly bad light, a survey has found. The poll, for...

Working Lives.(Glen Mason is appointed as director of leadership and performance at the Department of Health)(Richard Corden appointed as interim chief executive of the Commission for the Compact)(Migration Impacts Forum)(Brief article)
June 28, 2007... on the move Wolverhampton Council's director of adult and community services, Glen Mason, has been appointed as director of leadership and performance at the Department of Health's social care directorate. Mason, who worked previously for...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
June 28, 2007... issue of the week The physical restraint of young people in custody Restraint review: don't overreact hose outraged at the Ministry of Justice's review of restraint (news, p5, 21 June, www.communitycare.co.uk/104838) clearly do not...

Q: Sometimes I'm written to by the human resources department, at other times it's the personnel department. They all seem to talk to me about the same things, so why are we wasting resources (which I could put to better use in my social work team) having two support departments?(Features)
June 28, 2007... A: Ah, you've just hit a sore point in the human resources world! The quick answer is that it's actually one department with an identity crisis, or possibly one department at the blunt end of a mission statement. Life is so much simpler...

News.
June 28, 2007... grudging rights extension Are private care homes that provide services to publicly funded residents performing a public function? As a taxpayer, that's an easy one: "yes." If the State agreed residents would be able to challenge...