Costs and consequences of placing children in care /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ward, Harriet, 1948-
Otros Autores: Holmes, Lisa, Soper, Jean
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ã2008.
Colección:Child welfare outcomes (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
Temas:
Child care > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
Child care services > Great Britain.
Children > Institutional care > Great Britain.
Garde des enfants > Grande-Bretagne.
Social Welfare & Social Services.
Child Welfare.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Child care > Economic aspects
Child care services
Children > Institutional care
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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