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Mustn't grumble
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.11.98, 1998, p.27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A Children's Society report has revealed that the complaints procedure for children in care is failing to provide a vital safety net.
Losing out
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.9.95, 1995, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on children who have been adopted while in temporary social services care.
Home sweet home page
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Local Government Chronicle, 19.10.01 Special Supplement on Electronic Government, 2001, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Emap Business
Children in care are often disadvantaged. Initiatives to give them internet access could provide them with a safe, consistent environment in which to communicate with others. Highlights some local initiatives and the interactive service 'CareZone' from the Who Cares? Trust.
Time is of the essence
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.11.00, 2000, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
With the raft of government guidance and performance indicators on adoption, local authorities are under pressure to reduce the amount of time children spend in care. However, as this article reports, adoption is not an exact science.
Nurse in the vanguard
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.10.00, 2000, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Community nurses are at the forefront of an initiative to tackle health issues in Hertfordshire children's homes. The author talks to one community nurse about how she approaches discussing sex and drugs with looked after children.
Learning to cope
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.11.98, 1998, p.25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Many care leavers find the door of their care homes leads straight to the streets where they join the ranks of the homeless. Looks at a Centrepoint study that flags up the help they need.
One pair of eyes
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.10.98, 1998, p.31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Guardians ad litem form part of a complex web of children's court services. Describes how moves are afoot to rationalise the system.
The lost children
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 14.5.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at the likely impact on residential child care after the North Wales abuse inquiry.
Not for the amateurs
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Audrey, SELLICK Clive
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.5.97, 1997, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how the National Foster Care Association is proposing a radical shake-up of foster care. The authors look at the case for reorganisation, and lessons from research.
Running out of time
- Author:
- THOMPSON Audrey
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.12.95, 1995, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Examines some of the issues about safety of young runaways raised by the Rosemary West trial.