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Costs and consequences of placing children in care

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posted on 2023-06-10, 02:29 authored by Lisa HolmesLisa Holmes, Jean Soper, Harriet Ward, Richard Olsen
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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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK

ISSN

0045-3102

Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Volume

39

Page range

1176-1178

Pages

288.0

Place of publication

London

ISBN

9781843102731

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  • Social Work and Social Care Publications

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Legacy Posted Date

2022-02-01

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