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Jennifer K Beecham

Costs and Outcomes in Children's Social Care

Messages from Research

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The supply of funding for children's service provision is limited, and to make the best use of available resources, services must be run efficiently and cost-effectively whilst achieving the central objective of children's well-being. Co-published with the DfES, this book presents the findings of a set of original research studies and reports on the way that care services for children are delivered, the cost of providing services and the extent to which they improve outcomes for children. It looks at services provided by the statutory, for profit and voluntary sectors and examines how resources are distributed and why; what evidence there is… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sinclair, Ian
  • ISBN: 978-1-84310-496-4
  • EAN: 9781843104964
  • Produktnummer: 2384427
  • Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
  • Seitenangabe: 144 S.
  • Masse: H21.0 cm x B29.6 cm x D1.1 cm 436 g
  • Gewicht: 436
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


Dr Jennifer Beecham is Professor of Health and Social Care Economics at PSSRU, University of Kent, and Principal Research Fellow at PSSRU, London School of Economics and Political Science. She has worked on the development of better unit cost methodologies, as well as cost analyses and cost-effectiveness evaluations of services for children and young people, including children with learning disabilities, children with mental health problems, disabled children and those who are supported by social care services. Ian Sinclair is a Research Professor in the Social Work Research and Development Unit at The University of York, where he has been responsible for a large programme of work on children's homes, foster care and movement within the care system. He was academic coordinator for the costs and effectiveness initiative on which this book is based. He is the author of Fostering Now: Messages from Research and the lead author of Foster Children: Where They Go and How They Get On, Foster Carers: Why They Stay and Why They Leave and Foster Placements: Why They Succeed and Why They Fail, all published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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