| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Child welfare outcomes
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Child welfare outcomes (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-282) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Identifying local authorities and children for exploring the costs of care -- The development of unit costs for social care processes -- Placement patterns, processes and costs -- Children and costs -- Need, cost, service and outcome -- The relationship between cost and value : children's views of the value of services -- The cost calculator for children's services -- Conclusion : cost calculations and their implications for policy and practice. |
| Summary |
It costs more to place a child in the care of a local authority than it does to send a child to a top boarding school, and there are substantial variations in costs both between and within authorities. This book gets to the bottom of the costs of care and provides an insight into how these variations in cost relate to differences in children's needs, and most importantly, whether higher costs reflect better services and better outcomes for children. Costs and Consequences for Children Placed Away from Home draws from new original research, and considers the implications for best practice and f. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child care -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.
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Child care -- Economic aspects. |
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Great Britain. |
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Child care. |
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Child care services -- Great Britain.
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Child care services. |
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Children -- Institutional care -- Great Britain.
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Children -- Institutional care. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Added Author |
Holmes, Lisa.
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Soper, Jean.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ward, Harriet, 1948- Costs and consequences of placing children in care. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008 9781843102731 (DLC) 2008004451 (OCoLC)192134298 |
| ISBN |
9781846428227 (electronic book) |
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184642822X (electronic book) |
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1843102730 (cloth) |
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9781843102731 (cloth) |
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1281782505 |
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9781281782502 |
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9781843102731 |
| Standard No. |
9786611782504 |
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