Skip to content
Rider Library Catalog
You are not logged in |Login  
Add to My Lists Export MARC Display Return To Browse
     
Limit search to available items
Record 6 of 7
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author Holmes, Lisa.

Title Understanding Costs and Outcomes in Child Welfare Services : a Comprehensive Costing Approach to Managing Your Resources.

Publication Info. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011.
Online access
Online eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff.
Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (202 pages).
text file
Series Child Welfare Outcomes
Child Welfare Outcomes.
Contents Understanding Costs and Outcomes in Child Welfare Services: A Comprehensive Costing Approach to Managing Your Resources; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Conceptual Framework; 3. The Calculation of Unit Costs; 4. Additional Services; 5. Understanding Children's Needs and Outcomes; 6. Making Use of Cost Calculations; 7. Conclusion; References; Subject Index; Author Index.
Summary Today's child welfare services operate under a limited supply of resources which are being stretched by economic cuts and an increasing number of referrals to children's social care. This book provides a comprehensive costing approach which examines how finite resources can be most effectively used to provide support to the most vulnerable children and their families. Drawing upon the latest research and data, it outlines a methodology which has been applied to a range of child welfare services. The methodology breaks services down into component parts, creating a 'unit cost' for each type of.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Children -- Services for -- Great Britain.
Children -- Services for.
Great Britain.
Child welfare -- Great Britain -- Finance.
Child welfare.
Finance.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Children.
Added Author McDermid, Samantha.
Other Form: Print version: Holmes, Lisa. Understanding Costs and Outcomes in Child Welfare Services : A Comprehensive Costing Approach to Managing Your Resources. London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ©2011 9781849052146
ISBN 9780857004482 (electronic book)
0857004484 (electronic book)
1283363917
9781283363914
9781849052146 (Cloth)
184905214X (Cloth)
Standard No. 9786613363916

Library Links

Example

Search Tools