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Safeguarding and Promoting the Well-being of Children, Families and Communities
Edited by Jane Scott and Harriet Ward
Improving the well-being of children is more effective when social care professionals work with the children's parents, families and communities. This collection brings together innovative interventions designed to nurture children's health and welfare, and analyses which types of programmes are most effective and why. Learn More2005, Hardback, 9.41in x 6.42in / 239mm x 163mm, 304pp, $90.00ISBN: 978-1-84310-141-32005, Ebook, ePUB, 304pp, $90.00ISBN: 978-1-84642-246-1 -
Improving Outcomes for Children and Families
Finding and Using International Evidence
Edited by Anthony N. Maluccio, Cinzia Canali, Tiziano Vecchiato, Anita Lightburn, Jane Aldgate and Wendy Rose
This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. It introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services and provides examples of evaluation from policy and practice. Learn More2010, Hardback, 9.33in x 6.06in / 237mm x 154mm, 240pp, $95.00ISBN: 978-1-84905-819-32011, Ebook, ePUB, 240pp, $95.00ISBN: 978-0-85700-248-8 -
Understanding Costs and Outcomes in Child Welfare Services
A Comprehensive Costing Approach to Managing Your Resources
Lisa Holmes and Samantha McDermid
Today's child welfare services operate under a limited supply of resources. This book explains how finite resources can be used most effectively, providing social work managers and policymakers with a comprehensive costing model to assess the links between needs, costs and outcomes across the full range of child welfare services. Learn More2011, Hardback, 9.37in x 6.26in / 238mm x 159mm, 200pp, $95.00ISBN: 978-1-84905-214-62011, Ebook, ePUB, 200pp, $95.00ISBN: 978-0-85700-448-2