Costs and consequences of placing children in care /
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 variation...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
Ã2008.
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Colección: | Child welfare outcomes (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-282) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781846428227 184642822X 1843102730 9781843102731 1281782505 9781281782502 9786611782504 6611782508 |