Published by The International Centre for Therapeutic Care
Editor Some recent research findings about admissions to residential care This article is based on a presentation made at this year’s national SIRCC conference held in Aviemore on 5-6 June. Recently myself and a colleague have completed two separate but complementary pieces of research into the pattern of admissions to local authority residential units in Scotland. … Read more
Youth Welfare Act (JWG) 1989 – Introduction In the nineties of the last century, youth welfare underwent a notable improvement in Austria. An important basis for the re-orientation of youth welfare was the Youth Welfare Act (JWG) of the Federal Government. After ten years of discussion, this Act was passed by the Parliament in 1989. … Read more
Well, I am back, so the first article could not have been too bad! This month’s article is titled, Knowledge and understanding for childcare awards – what candidates could and should know who are undertaking NVQ Awards against the new standards. The revised NVQ standards have brought much more clarity in enabling everyone to understand … Read more
A mixture of news items, future events, sales pitches, comments and whimsies, including dealing with paedophiles, things to do this summer, honours, sign language, children’s mental health, CRB checks, tantrums, emergency admissions and black role models. Megan’s Law Here we go again. The Home Secretary has sent his Minister, Gerry Sutcliffe MP, to America to … Read more
The National Childminding Association (NCMA) is a membership organisation and national charity that promotes quality home-based childcare for the benefit of children, families and communities. It already speaks on behalf of the 75,000 registered childminders in England and Wales and, now with a new membership package for nannies and other home-based childcarers, increasingly for home-based … Read more
Times they are a-changing. I know this is a cry that is heard perpetually throughout time, but never sung better than by Dylan! Often associated with the cry are shouts of “and not for the better” which themselves are countered by allegations of the lament being seen through “rose coloured spectacles”. How do we know … Read more
What woke me? I lay still and listened. Why was it so dark? No light was coming in through my open bedroom door from the light on the landing which was always, always left on. In fact where was the door? And what had happened to my little bedroom window, with the light from the … Read more
There is a heated debate currently with regard to the standard of reading and writing in schools and the level of illiteracy of school-leavers. Throughout the years since the inception of compulsory education, a variety of teaching methods and resources have been put to use in order to offer a trouble-free, guaranteed-to-work approach to reading … Read more
It was in January 2001 that we commemorated the life of Meir Gottesmann, an outstanding child care worker and a most remarkable man. He had survived the Holocaust as a teenager by walking to Israel, and he had built up the largest child care organisation in the country. Despite his achievements, he remained modest and … Read more
Involving looked after young people and care leavers in the teaching of social work students “Absolutely brilliant. Made me realise or re-realise why I want to be a social worker. As academia has been first and foremost in my thoughts recently, am I capable? etc. But today’s exercise just reinstalled my beliefs and expectations for … Read more
by Dr Sally Nash Grove Booklets (Youth Series), £2.95, available on: 01223 464748 or e-mail [email protected] I read this book within an hour of receiving it and found myself wishing that every book that I read regarding youth work said as much with such brevity, honesty, clarity and sheer condensed wisdom! Whilst Sally has not … Read more
The Webmag has been going for over six years now, and we must have published over a thousand articles. Who refers to the musty piles of back numbers of hard copy magazines? The Webmag articles are all there at the touch of the Back Issues button. Modern technology makes them available. But unless you are … Read more