Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care

Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care
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Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9781846428227
ISBN-13 : 184642822X
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Book Synopsis Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care by : Jean Soper

Download or read book Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care written by Jean Soper and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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