The Social Education Trust
have an important announcement this month on the future management
and production of the Children Webmag. Full details are accessed
from the Home Page. SET also have details in this months issue
on their Travel Bursary Scheme.
In the Webmag
this month, the Editorial
examines the reasons for corporal punishment and the arguments
against. Matthew Payne jumps on his soapbox and expounds on Blairwatching
and Social Care. Rowan Dickman argues that Society is more bothered
about protecting foxes than children. Jim Hyland talks about
his book on the rise and fall of the approved school system.
Keith White's 'In Residence'
column examines David Blunkett's new proposals, Gus Greene's
Bluebrick Childrens Home has a nasty experience with cannabis,
Kathleen Lane finishes her Baltic Tour and it seems that the
pace of life is getting to Terry Hoom with his piece - To Sleep,
Perchance to Dream.
Cuttings has a batch of items
including The Quality of Teaching, Dealing with Miscreants, The
Crisis facing the Catholic Church, Doctors and Investors in Children.
If you would like to smile, there is also a true list of notes
left out by householders for British Milkmen!
The International
Section's Editorial this
month looks at Child Protection as a World Issue - are we really
all neighbours now? There's a report on an all-Europe forum looking
at how exclusion affects girls and young women. Jim Anglin has
a piece on Staff Group Homes for Children and Youth in Canada
and Kathrin Schleenbecker from Germany writes on a Work Placement
in South Yorkshire, UK.
All that plus hundreds of
social work jobs - more local authorities are coming on board
every week.