Community Care articles from September 2008

Community Care archives from September 2008

News.(Save the Children's Knit One, Save One campaign)(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... mums get the needle Nottingham teenage mothers and mothers-to-be, including Foraya Cole (left) and Claire Edwards, showed their knitting skills to help babies in Asia and Africa battle pneumonia. Residents of charity Family First's Mayholme...

Care programme shift 'will see clients lose out'.(News)(Care Programme Approach )
September 18, 2008... comcare.news@rbi.co.uk Charities have renewed warnings that mental health service users could lose help when the Care Programme Approach is scrapped for those with less complex needs next month, writes Corin Williams. Mind and the...

News.(police cells as places of safety for mentally-ill persons)
September 18, 2008... Campaigners blast 'shambles' that has left safe detention places empty Report claims vulnerable people are placed in police cells because there is no money to run purpose-built facilities daniel.lombard@rbi.co.uk Last week's...

News.(government funding for dementia strategy)
September 18, 2008... More funding needed to kick start dementia strategy mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk The government must find significant extra funding if its national dementia strategy is to succeed, health and social care leaders have said. The...

Volatile, wasteful, reactive - top charity's verdict on children's policy.(News)(Action for Children)
September 18, 2008... Glut of changes over 21 years have failed many social workers and young people, says Action for Children BOX: Key recommendations Related articles Action for Kids 'could be damaged' by NCH name change Commissioners slam UK...

[pounds sterling]540m price tag for 'top quality' care home sector.(News)
September 18, 2008... comcare.news@rbi.co.uk English councils would have to find an extra [pounds sterling]540m a year to ensure all state-funded residential care for older people is of the highest quality, according to research this week for the Joseph...

News.
September 18, 2008... 1. Tories propose high flyer scheme for social work entrants 2. Social workers confused on professional boundaries 3. GSCC moves to increase sanctions 4. Holiday entitlement is focus for local government talks with unions 5....

News.(Local Government Association's plan for public funds for older and disabled people)
September 18, 2008... LGA's plan for single source of support comes under fire Older and disabled people would receive benefits via councils under the plan comcare.news@rbi.co.uk Social care leaders have raised concerns about Local Government...

News.(social services administration, survey of Muscular Dystrophy patients)(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... news in brief CONDUCT A Sunderland social worker has been suspended from practising for two years after a General Social Care Council committee found he shouted at and physically restricted a woman with learning disabilities at the...

News.(social care reform)(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... Coalition launches plan to stem 'care crisis' The Right care, Right deal campaign coalition last week laid out its key demands for the green paper on reforming adult care and support in England, due next year. In a report, which...

News.(Helen Lederer)(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... dishing it out Actor and comedian Helen Lederer received a gift of a dish in return for entertaining residents at the Nightingale care home, south London, on a recent visit. Rosaleigh Naydorf presented the Absolutely Fabulous star with the...

News.(restriction on immigrant nursing home staff)
September 18, 2008... sally.gillen@rbi.co.uk Care home providers face a staffing crisis if the government accepts proposals to restrict the entry of immigrant staff from outside Europe, their leaders have warned. The Home Office is now considering last...

News.(virtual health centers for children)(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk Cafcass chief executive Anthony Douglas is calling for the creation of virtual centres in every area to monitor the physical and mental health of looked-after children. The family court body head said such...

News.(child placement)
September 18, 2008... maria.ahmed@rbi.co.uk Looked-after children faced more than ten placement moves in almost three-quarters of English local authorities last year with wide variations between areas, official figures reveal. While multiple placements...

News.(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... MENTAL HEALTH Mental health tsar Louis Appleby has called for the creation of national standards for low-secure mental health units after figures obtained by the BBC showed 44 patients escaped from settings last year. Appleby was also...

News.(Brief article)(Photograph)
September 18, 2008... Volunteers from the Royal Bank of Scotland Group and environmental volunteering charity BTCV are pictured with staff at Barnardo's Scotland at the opening of a new garden for young people with learning disabilities at the charity's Caern...

Features.(social work perspectives on childhood obesity)
September 18, 2008... How do you tell a parent their child is obese? You can't, thanks to a Department of Health diktat. Sally Gillen reports on the dilemmas facing professionals who have to be frank By the time they start school, nearly 30% of children are...

Opinion Columns.(disabled persons' problems)(Column)
September 18, 2008... The research paper, Experiences and Expectations of Disabled People, reviewed in Community Care doesn't hold any surprises for people with disabilities. The report points out the main areas of life where people feel most disadvantaged -...

When brokerage gives short change.(Letters)
September 18, 2008... Wales: disabilities plans are troubling Some of your readers may be aware that large residential health facilities for people with learning disabilities are opening in Wales. It is the view of Learning Disability Wales that such...

Remote control.(Features)(human services in rural areas)
September 18, 2008... How do you provide for service users straddled across 19 islands? Amy Taylor visited Orkney to find out About 10 miles off northern Scotland, to the west of Norway and where the North Sea and the Atlantic meet, stands the archipelago of...

Supporting older people through a hospital stay.(Proven Practice)
September 18, 2008... The Social Care Institute for Excellence's weekly analysis of research findings behind specific social work practices stay in hospital can cause older people a great deal of anxiety. They may have worries about being away from home,...

Better outcomes in domestic abuse cases.(News)(Report)
September 18, 2008... Susannah Bowyer considers perspectives of domestic violence from a child's standpoint examined in a research review RESEARCH Title: Literature Review: Better Outcomes for Children and Young People Experiencing Domestic Abuse -...

Something to SHOUT about in Oxford.(Good Practice)
September 18, 2008... A scheme to relieve tension between owner-occupiers and social housing tenants in Oxford has been winning praise and recognition. Anabel Unity Sale reports any new housing developments are required to include a percentage of homes for...

Remote control.(Features)(long term home care in Orkney)
September 18, 2008... How do you provide for service users straddled across 19 islands? Amy Taylor visited Orkney to find out how About 10 miles off northern Scotland, to the west of Norway and where the North Sea and the Atlantic meet, stands the archipelago of...

An evangelist for self-directed care.(Interview/Profile)(Caroline Tomlinson)(Interview)
September 18, 2008... Caroline Tomlinson was a driving force behind the InControl scheme. Andrew Mickel reports on her experience and her efforts to instil the self-directed support ethos in Australia Caroline Tomlinson knows the problems of starting...

News.(social care reform)
September 18, 2008... A clash of philosophies? In discussions about the reform of adult services notions of "care" and "independence" seem counterposed. They don't need to be The government is committed to social care reform. But two big, competing ideas...

Reviews.(Book review)(Video recording review)
September 18, 2008... Sector experts provide their professional views on a guide to care proceedings, a study of the English child care system, and a training resource on substance misuse 'Under my Roof?' - Young people's substance misuse and the provision of...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
September 18, 2008... Devon Brokerage full length version Devon Council uses personal brokerage in order to cut costs, the brokers cannot seem to get it right, there are cases where the service users have been through the system several times because the brokers...

Multi-agency working is key to expanding professional skills.(My practice)(Personal account)
September 18, 2008... After overcoming initial concerns, Amanda Pascall (pictured) found that collaborative working offered variety, flexibility and new skills nder the Every Child Matters agenda Shropshire Council has established several multi-agency teams to...

Features.
September 18, 2008... Thirty years ago When Alistair Darling allegedly made his recent comment about "you've never had it so bad", I am sure the grey hairs among you gathered the young braves of the social care tribe around the fire and started telling them...

Opinion Columns.(grandparenting)(Essay)
September 18, 2008... On Friday 13th I became a grandfather. Now, beyond doubt I know this is an auspicious day. In pre-Christian times both the number and the day were lucky. Having my daughter, Sara, give birth to Finlay on this day was perhaps a validation of my...

Opinion Columns.
September 18, 2008... By Peter Beresford The government is committed to social care reform. But two big competing ideas have developed which may have even more profound implications for the future. Neither of these: the feminist ethic of care or the philosophy...

This is a job for social care.(Features)(depression among the elderly)
September 18, 2008... Depression among older people often goes untreated, but social care holds the key to keep it at bay, writes Mark Hunter When Age Concern released a report last month revealing that two million people in England over the age of 65 were...

News.(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... a halt to policy flip flops Young people in the UK have, unknowingly, been subject to a tidal wave of children's policy. The funding and initiatives intended to help them grow up are barely established before they are reversed. ...

News.(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... disability benefit danger If it helps care services minister Ivan Lewis make his case in government to combine different funding streams into individual budgets, the Local Government Association's report, Our Care, Our Lives, is well...

Police help me.(Good Practice)
September 18, 2008... Voluntary groups are working with Sussex police recruits to challenge their attitudes to incidents involving vulnerable adults, writes Natalie Valios be the perfect host Vicky Arnell-Smith from United Response gives her top tips for...

News.(restriction on immigrant nursing home staff)
September 18, 2008... Restriction on immigrant staff will cause care 'crisis' sally.gillen@rbi.co.uk Care home providers face a staffing crisis if the government accepts proposals to restrict the entry of immigrant staff from outside Europe, their leaders...

News.(monitoring of child care services)(Brief article)
September 18, 2008... Looked-after children's health 'overlooked' Cafcass is calling for the creation of virtual centres in every area to monitor the physical and mental health of looked-after children. Anthony Douglas, head of the family court body said...

News.
September 18, 2008... Serial placements afflict children in most authorities Children's home leaders call for tighter monitoring of multiple placements maria.ahmed@rbi.co.uk Looked-after children faced more than 10 placement moves in almost...

Opinion Columns.
September 18, 2008... still waiting for that ride Disabled people rely disproportionately on public transport but access to buses, trains and taxis remains an area of disadvantage The research paper Experiences and Expectations of Disabled People reviewed...

Put off by social care's image.(Working Lives)
September 18, 2008... Q: I am thinking about a career in social work but I am put off by the poor image it seems to have. Is there anything being done to improve it? A: Everyone agrees that the image of the social care workforce needs improving and the status...

review No room for freedom.(Working Lives)(This Wide Night )(Theater review)
September 18, 2008... Naoko Skiada visits London's Soho Theatre for a play offering an insight into women's experience of prison This Wide Night was commissioned by Clean Break, an organisation founded in 1979 by two women prisoners that deliver drama-based...

Visual impairment services can help councils hit targets.(News)(improving public health)
September 25, 2008... comcare.news@rbi.co.uk English local authorities can meet national performance targets by improving services for visually impaired adults, according to the Royal National Institute of Blind People, writes Kate Merriam. An RNIB guide,...

Carers attack Bournewood probe for not finding abuse.(News)
September 25, 2008... Review of 1997 case brings "no closure" for carers of autistic man held unlawfully mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk The carers of an autistic man detained unlawfully and unnecessarily in hospital in the landmark 1997 Bournewood case have...

More scrutiny urged in ailing Cafcass areas.(News)(Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service)(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... Failing Cafcass service areas would be subject to more frequent inspections under proposals published by Ofsted to tighten the regulation of the family court body. Inadequate areas would receive "frequent and rigorous" monitoring until...

News.(personalization seen as cost-cutting strategy in social services)
September 25, 2008... Alarm over 'cost-cutting' tactics on personalisation sally.gillen@rbi.co.uk Action on Elder Abuse chief executive Gary FitzGerald has accused the government of rushing personalisation reforms through to save money. FitzGerald told...

News.(review of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, Skills for Care and the General Social Care Council)
September 25, 2008... Standards agencies bid for future role under DH review Skills for Care, GSCC and Scie under scruitny in government probe mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk The Social Care Institute for Excellence, Skills for Care and the General Social Care...

News.(Athelstan House )(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... news in brief ASYLUM The government was due to end its opt-out this week on applying the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to children in the immigration system. The long-campaigned for change is expected to end confusion over...

News.(local government in youth justice)
September 25, 2008... The Youth Justice Board and councils heads have split over government proposals to increase local authorities' youth justice role outlined in its Youth Crime Action Plan. In its response to the plan, the board called for the government to...

News.(politics in children's services )(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... children Hughes rejects call for party consensus Beverley Hughes has rejected Action for Children's call to "take the politics out of children's policy" at an event organised by the charity at this week's Labour conference. The...

News.(National Children's Home)(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... news in brief YOUTH JUSTICE The Youth Justice Board has appointed Redbridge Council director of housing and community services John Drew as its new chief executive. Drew will take up his post on 1 January 2009. His previous role was as...

News.(care home's paying for general practitioners' services)
September 25, 2008... health Care homes 'forced to pay' to receive free NHS care comcare.news@rbi.co.uk GPs are routinely charging care homes thousands of pounds for services that should be free on the NHS, according to an investigation by the English...

News.(England Homeless World Cup)(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... street football The England Homeless World Cup team is preparing for this year's tournament, which takes place in Australia in November. The players, all of whom have been classed as homeless in the past year, are managed by the Manchester...

News.(equity release for adult care costs)(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... adult care 'Treat equity release as a last resort' Which? has warned pensioners and their families to only turn to equity release schemes as a last resort to meet care, support and housing costs. Which? made the call in a guide...

News.(social worker Ruth Hughes dismissed)
September 25, 2008... conduct Social worker struck off for repeated basic mistakes Practitioner lacked skills for the job despite extra help, GSCC committee told sally.gillen@rbi.co.uk A social worker was struck off last week for a series of...

News.(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... news in brief SCOTLAND Adults with learning disabilities living with their families appear to receive fewer choices and services than those in supported accommodation, according to a report by charitable provider Quarriers. Annual...

News.
September 25, 2008... children in care Councils deny pressuring carers to become guardians Related articles Children in care under guardianship orders soar Expert guide to services for looked-after children Expert guide to adoption and...

News.(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... news in brief CHILD PROTECTION A quarter of health visitors in England fear "another Victoria Climbie" could happen in their NHS trust, according to research by trade union Unite. The union, which has been campaigning against cuts to...

News.
September 25, 2008... Related articles Youth crime action plan: councils gain custody duties http://www.communitycare.co.uk/youthjustice youth justice YJB and councils at odds over crime action plan maria.ahmed@rbi.co.uk The Youth Justice...

Features.(Brief article)(Column)
September 25, 2008... social skirmishes Rosie Warlock, a senior practitioner in children's social services, tells us what's on her mind in her weekly column * Last Friday, during a rare pub outing, my optician friend Sue introduced me to a male friend of...

Features.(Personal account)
September 25, 2008... Diary A lighter take on the week. A student social worker on placement writes I spent the summer on student placement shadowing a community nurse who specialises in stroke recovery. Monday There is a conflict in our office: a service...

Research Realities.(Report)
September 25, 2008... THE RESEARCH Title: Calculating a fair market price for care: a toolkit for residential and nursing homes Author: William Laing Affiliation: William Laing is chief executive of the independent company Laing&Buisson, which provides...

Reviews.
September 25, 2008... Do you read book reviews and think you could do better? Well now's your chance Community Care is looking for more book reviewers, and we pay [pounds sterling]30 per review, so if you are interested contact our deputy content editor Natalie...

Reviews.(books and DVD on medicine)(Book review)(Video recording review)
September 25, 2008... Social care experts offer their views on a book about social exclusion, practical guidance on helping autistic people, and a DVD on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 BOOK REVIEW Going Local: Working in Communities and Neighbourhoods ...

A new deal for children's trusts.(Features)
September 25, 2008... Proposed legislation is expected to represent a u-turn in the policy around children's trusts. Amy Taylor finds out how welcome these changes would be Just weeks after the April 2008 deadline passed for councils to set up children's...

Features.(Philip Hill)(Interview)
September 25, 2008... Social worker Philip Hill's life story was so extraordinary that his psychiatrist urged him to complete the autobiography he had started 10 years earlier. Now a published author, he speaks to Anabel Unity Sale A traumatic life brought to...

'There's nothing to fear from us'.(Interview/Profile)(Tim Loughton on the Conservative Party's social services programs)
September 25, 2008... In the past there has been little love lost between the Tories and social workers, but shadow Conventional wisdom says that Conservatives like social workers about as much as social workers like Conservatives. But the Tories might be...

the last chance saloon.(Opinion Columns)(policies on social care systems)
September 25, 2008... After 11 years talking about building a fairer social care system, Labour has a final opportunity to convert rhetoric into policy The Labour government has repeatedly emphasised its commitment to implementing a fairer social care system. It...

Somewhere to practise.(Features)
September 25, 2008... There are signs that the practice placement crisis has he degree in social work was introduced in 2003 to the wide acclaim of social workers, employers and services users alike. The sector was cheered by promises of highly qualified...

Education Column.(Column)
September 25, 2008... Let's tackle the social reasons behind under-achievement Three new programmes put writing and maths skills back in focus again, but we need more than just a spot of extra tuition, says Dawn Forshaw hree new Every Child programmes have...

A helping hand to higher education.(Good Practice)
September 25, 2008... niversity can be a daunting prospect for any student. But for young people lacking the support of a family prepared to help them cope with the red tape, finances and emotional upheaval, it can be terrifying. Which partly explains why a mere...

Opinion Columns.(Column)
September 25, 2008... heists behind close doors Financial abuse is a growing danger as bills mount. And the culprits are often those you would least suspect I'm a bit web wary. I do buy things over the internet, but I worry about it. I worry about random...

News.(bournewood betrayal)(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... the bournewood betrayal Eleven years after starting legal proceedings over the unlawful detention of an autistic man in a psychiatric hospital, his carers are still none the wiser as to who was responsible for his mistreatment. The...

News.(Department of Health)(Brief article)
September 25, 2008... review is an opportunity The Department of Health's review of the General Social Care Council, Skills for Care and the Social Care Institute for Excellence is seemingly being interpreted in some quarters as a fight for survival for the...

'I won't prioritise paperwork'.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 25, 2008... letter of the week Margaret Austen, social worker, Chatham, Kent would like to comment on changes that have been made to children services computer system to connect to the national system. The documents that social workers have to fill...

Working Lives.
September 25, 2008... Paul Lewis 25.9 working lives: money magic Summer may be over but those autumn and winter trips are already beckoning. So take care that you are not ripped off when you spend abroad. Rule 1. Use a credit card to buy your flight. That...

The anti-drug runners.(Good Practice)(King George's Hostel)
September 25, 2008... Keep-fit instructors are helping drug users kick the habit with a dose of military discipline in London's Hyde Park, writes Daniel Lombard ow do you help former rough sleepers get their lives back on track and lower their use of illegal...

New act to tighten standards and affirm rights in care homes.(Legal Update)
September 25, 2008... Ed Mitchell (pictured) looks at the Health and Social Care Act 2008, under which the Care Quality Commission for England will be launched lthough the Health and Social Care Act 2008 received royal assent in July 2008, the Department of...

Sloping off this winter?(Working Lives)
September 25, 2008... If so, you will need to consider cost-effective ways of spending money, says Paul Lewis Summer may be over but you may have postponed your holiday until autumn or winter. If so, you may need a refresher on how to make the most of your cash...

Handling disruptive situations in residential care.(Features)
September 25, 2008... The Social Care Institute for Excellence's weekly analysis of research findings behind specific social work practices taff working in residential child care homes report challenging types of behaviour ranging from defiance and...

Opinion Columns.(Column)
September 25, 2008... 'no champers for me' Attending glitzy awards ceremonies is a pleasure but for disabled people it is difficult to feel truly included When people talk about independent living, it is assumed social inclusion is built into that that if a...

News.(social inclusion of disabled people in award ceremonies)
September 25, 2008... no champers for me Attending glitzy awards ceremonies is a pleasure but for disabled people it is difficult to feel truly included When people talk about independent living, it is assumed social inclusion is included that if a disabled...

Is the odd white lie OK on my CV?(Working Lives)(curriculum vitae)
September 25, 2008... Q: I'm updating my CV in preparation for applying for jobs. I showed my CV to a friend working in recruitment who recommended I "dress it up a bit because everyone does". She said I should slip in a few white lies such as upping my current...