Mental Health Recovery Star

Imonloro, O. (2010). A guiding star: Onyemaechi Imonioro from the Mental Health Providers Forum explains the mental health recovery star, due to be implemented across five strategic health authorities. Mental Health Today. March 2010, pp. 28-29.
The mental health recovery star is an outcome measurement and key working tool, which is useful in delivering services, within the personalisation agenda, to adults with mental health needs.

Residential Childcare Network

A new networking website, Residential Child Care Network, has been set up by Gareth Wall, a registered child care manager, as a forum for information and practice sharing on all aspects of residential child care.

New technology in adult care

Community Care (Jordanhill Serials 362), 4th March 2010, carries two articles on new technology in adult care:
Pitt, V. (2010). Tagging and the freedom of movement -  on the use of GPS technology to track the movements of people with dementia.
Valios, N. (2010). Going techno in the house - on the benefits of telecare devices, as used in North Yorkshire services.

Escaping poverty

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have published two papers:
McQuaid, R. (2010). How can parents escape from recurrent poverty? on the low pay/no pay cycle, and
Ray, K. (2010). Better off working? : work poverty and benefit cycling.

College of Social Work referendum

The British Association of Social Workers is holding a referendum of its members, to garner support for the establishment of a professional College of Social Work, independant of plans being drawn up by the Social Work Reform Board, reflecting BASW disillusionment with what it sees as an England-centric model, too closely tied to government and lacking the independence necessary to transform standards, empower and promote social work as a profession to the media and public. The ballot will be concluded by the end of April.

The real cost of imprisoning young people

In the report Punishing Costs, (2010), A. Knuutila of The New economic Foundation has called for a huge reduction in the number of young people locked up for offending, and the £100 000 annual cost per offender to be redirected to local authorities in programmes designed to reduce offending and create a safer, more inclusive society.

This weeks highlights on Careknowledge

On Careknowledge this week:
Children's hearings - the new bill
The future of integrated care
Financial integration across health and social care: evidence review
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