Marilyn Hughes, Jane Tunstill, Jane Aldgate

Improving Children's Services Networks

Lessons from Family Centres

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book details and evaluates expert research into the developing role of family centres in the light of current political and social trends including. A vital addition to the literature on child care services, Improving Children's Services Networks is essential reading for social care practitioners and students, and government policy makers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• American Paperback edition
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 161mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781843104612
• ISBN-10: 184310461X
• Artikelnr.: 20991697

Autorenporträt

Professor Jane Tunstill is Visiting Professor of Social Work at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit of Kings College, London, and Director of the Implementation Module of the DfES commissioned National Evaluation of Sure Start. Jane Aldgate OBE is Professor Emerita at the Open University and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. Marilyn Hughes was formerly a Senior Research Officer at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. The Current Agenda for Children and
Family Services. 3. Building Links and Partnerships with Other Agencies. 4.
Family Centres and Social Services: Tensions and Opportunities. 5.
Delivering Services: The Experience of Family Centres. 6. Centres as a
Gateway to Other Services: The Experience of Family Centres. 7. The
Importance of Centre Managers and Staff. 8. Parents' Perspectives on Family
Centres. 9. Family Centres in Transition. Family Centres: An Afterword.
Appendix: The Design, Collection and Analysis of the Data. References.
Index.