Costs And Outcomes in Children's Social Care: Messages from Research (Costs and Effectiveness of Services for Children in Need)

Cover......Page 1
Costs and Outcomes\rin Children’s Social Care:\rMessages from Research......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
FOREWORD BY PARMIJIT DHANDA MP\r......Page 11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\r......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
The policy context......Page 16
The studies......Page 18
Key concepts......Page 21
The questions addressed......Page 22
Who should read this book?......Page 24
Conclusion......Page 25
Assessing costs......Page 33
Assessing outcomes and effects......Page 36
Bringing costs, outcomes and effects together......Page 40
Conclusion......Page 44
Previous overviews: the ideal of partnership and prevention......Page 47
The current studies: the reality of resource distribution......Page 51
The current studies: the reality of collaboration......Page 53
Conclusion......Page 57
Introduction......Page 63
Calculating support package costs......Page 64
How social services spend their money on children......Page 68
Hidden costs......Page 70
Why the costs of supporting children vary......Page 72
Conclusion......Page 78
Introduction......Page 83
Responsive services......Page 84
Specialist services......Page 92
Conclusion......Page 98
Assessment and care planning......Page 101
Community services......Page 106
Services for looked after children......Page 110
Conclusion......Page 116
Introduction......Page 121
Improving the evidence......Page 122
Balancing prevention and later intervention......Page 124
Improving preventative services......Page 127
Improving later interventions......Page 128
Facing the operating challenges......Page 131
Conclusion......Page 133
APPENDIX A: DFES IMPLEMENTATION AND ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS\r......Page 135
APPENDIX B: RESEARCH AND AUTHORS\r......Page 137
SELECTED READING ON PARENTING PROGRAMMES\r......Page 139
SUBJECT INDEX\r......Page 141
AUTHOR INDEX\r......Page 145