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Stop talking, start doing
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Insight, 6.6.90, 1990, p.12.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Publishing
Looks at the NISW Race Equality Unit's recently published Code of Practice.
Still a long way to go?
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.9.94, 1994, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Despite equal opportunities many black and ethnic workers can be placed under enormous pressures once they are recruited. They can become isolated and suffer form a lack of suitable support. Reports on recruitment in social services departments and identifies why senior black managers are leaving their jobs.
Street talking
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 15.8.96, 1996, p.21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Black children in care often feel isolated, have no black role models and no chance to explore black culture. The author looks at how two workers in Leeds hope to address these problems.
Race action plan
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.2.94, 1994, p.10.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on new initiatives in Scotland to involve ethnic minorities in community care services. Recommendations that resulted from meetings of representatives from SWDs, voluntary organisations and community groups included the need for all those involved in community care to have an equal opportunities policy and a race action plan. Looks what progress is being made.
Country practice
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.1.94, 1994, pp.29-30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The needs of black and ethnic minority clients are not very adequately addressed in rural regions. This is because large rural counties or regions do not tend to have sizable black populations, and this is likely to be reflected in a low proportion of black staff in social services. Looks at what is being done to deal with this problem, looks at a major publicity campaign which Devon SSD has launched to encourage recruitment from black and ethnic minority groups and finds out what initiatives are being considered in Tayside.
Speaking in tongues
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.5.93, 1993, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Informing the public about community care means making sure that the whole community is aware of service provision and entitlement. In many local authorities this means making contact with black and other ethnic groups. Looks at the recruitment and development of black and ethnic minority staff in Bradford, Leicestershire, Lambeth and South Glamorgan SSDs.
Practice what you teach
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.11.92, 1992, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Investigates the advantages and pitfalls of becoming a practice teacher.
Why children's homes matter
- Author:
- MITCHELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.10.91, 1991, p.8.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a conference held in Birmingham, organised by Birmingham Action on Child Care, a semi-independent arm of Birmingham SSD set up in 1988 to review and revise child care services. Delegates argued that residential child care still had an important part to play in meeting needs, that foster care faced problems caused by insufficient black foster carers, the distance of placements from home, and the frequency of children being moved.