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Supporting parents with troublesome teenagers
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 36, 21.5.03, 2003, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Explains some of the key issues for social care practitioners when dealing with troublesome teenagers. Lookd at some of the principal causes, the types of problems facing parents and evidence from a recent study outlining what parents want from services.
The test of time
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 38, 18.6.03, 2003, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
A fifth of adults with learning difficulties live with elderly parent. This article looks at how well the social care sector is serving this population of carers.
Children must come first
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.10.01, 2001, pp.40-41.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
There is only so much time social work teams can give to parents who show little interest in bringing up their children. The author talks to a social worker about the case of a young mother with a chaotic lifestyle who was unwilling to offer her children stability.
Excluding action
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.3.99, 1999, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how social workers in Scotland now have the power to exclude a parent from the family home when they fear children are at serious risk. Examines a pioneering case.
Social worker or big brother?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.11.98, 1998, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Finds out what social workers think about the government's plan to make them nannies of the nation's families.
Battle with the bottle
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.9.98, 1998, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Finds out how social worker Graeme Simpson tried to keep a family together despite the parents' history of alcohol misuse.
Violent impact
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.2.98, 1998, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author talks to a male social worker who helped an unassertive woman break free of her dominant and abusive partner but faced the danger of replacing that partner as the controlling influence on the fate of her children.
Homeward bound
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.1.98, 1998, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A woman with multiple sclerosis whose husband had drinking problems had been receiving day care for years, but increased care was needed. Considers the difficulties of deciding how much weight should be given to the client's wishes when assessing an acceptable level of risk.
A safe house
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 4.9.97, 1997, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on the case of a couple with a one-year-old daughter, the father of whom was previously convicted of serious sex offences against his stepchildren from a previous relationship. Discusses the dilemma facing social worker Dianne Stevenson when weighing up the risks involved in allowing the father to stay with the family.
Making a difference
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.5.96, 1996, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author describes a project by an NCH Action for Children project helps parents regain control of their children's challenging behaviour.