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WRAPAROUND OR INDIVIDUALISED MODELS OF CARE: DO THEY FIT INTO AUSTRALIAN CHILD WELFARE?
Author(s) -
Ainsworth Frank
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1999.tb01074.x
Subject(s) - rubric , project commissioning , welfare , relevance (law) , service (business) , service delivery framework , publishing , sociology , public relations , medicine , psychology , political science , business , pedagogy , marketing , law
In Australia there is some interest in wraparound or individualised models of care as an alternative to traditional modes of child welfare funding and service delivery. This article points to the origin and core principles that guide attempts to create this post‐institutional pattern of service. Following this a definition of wraparound or individualised services is offered. The current state of US research into the effectiveness of services provided under this rubric is then reported. Finally, comment is offered about the relevance of wraparound and individualised forms of service for Australian child welfare.