Home » Improving Outcomes for Children and Families
Product Image

Improving Outcomes for Children and Families

€78.99
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
A32=Anat Zeira
A32=Barbara Pine
A32=CATHERINE ROLLER ROLLER WHITE
A32=Colleen Reed
A32=Hans Grietens
A32=Kate Holmes
A32=Kirk O'Brien
A32=Patricia McNamara
A32=Robin Spath
A32=Robyn Munford
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
automatic-update
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=JKSB1
child and family services
Child welfare
community services
COP=United Kingdom
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
evidence from other countries
expert advice
international experts
Language_English
outcome evaluation
PA=Available
policy
policy makers
Price_€50 to €100
PS=Active
softlaunch
welfare managers

Product details

  • ISBN 9781849058193
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 154 x 237mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcomes is therefore essential.

This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. With contributions from leading international experts, it introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services; discusses relevant approaches to designing and using evaluation methods; and provides examples of evaluation from the real world of policy and practice. Issues covered include setting appropriate indicators for service effectiveness, cross-cultural evaluation of service interventions, service user involvement in evaluation, and evaluations of family and community-based services.

This invaluable book will be essential reading for policy makers, planners, commissioners and managers across child and family welfare services, as well as researchers and other academics in the field.
About
Robyn Munford is Head of the School of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policy at Massey University. She has published widely on social and community work and disability studies, and her research on families has gained international recognition. Professor Nina Biehal is Research Director at the Social Policy Research Unit of the University of York. She is leads work on vulnerable children, children in care and young people. Previously a social worker, Nina has been involved in child welfare research for many years. Her research interests focus particularly on social work with older children and adolescents. She has published widely on leaving care, runaways from care, family support and missing persons. Wendy Rose is Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, UK, and works on national and international child welfare research and development projects. She was previously a senior civil servant advising the government on children's policy.