Costs and consequences of placing children in care [electronic resource] : Harriet Ward, Lisa Holmes and Jean Soper.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Child welfare outcomesPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2008.Description: 288 p. : illISBN:
  • 9781846428227 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ778.7.G7 C67 2008
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in printed form ISBN 9781843102731
Summary: Looking into the costs of placing children in care and the variations in costs between and within authorities, this book 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. 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 future policy. It also features information about a newly pioneered resource: a fully workable decision analysis model designed for use in local authorities which uses historical data for each child to calculate the probable cost consequences of difference placement choices.This book sheds light on how to calculate the financial and social costs of care, and will be invaluable to both social work managers and policy makers working in children's services.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-282) and index.

Looking into the costs of placing children in care and the variations in costs between and within authorities, this book 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. 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 future policy. It also features information about a newly pioneered resource: a fully workable decision analysis model designed for use in local authorities which uses historical data for each child to calculate the probable cost consequences of difference placement choices.This book sheds light on how to calculate the financial and social costs of care, and will be invaluable to both social work managers and policy makers working in children's services.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9781843102731

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