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The Role of the Private Market in Day‐care Provision for Children in Need
Author(s) -
Dillon Jean,
Statham June,
Moss Peter
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9515.00223
Subject(s) - day care , work (physics) , business , private practice , quality (philosophy) , private sector , public relations , nursing , economic growth , medicine , economics , political science , family medicine , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology , engineering
This article examines the role that the private day‐care market plays within the range of day‐care services offered by 12 local authorities for children in need. It examines how local authorities have developed their use of private day‐care services generally, and goes on to discuss three models of sponsored childminding practice which were identified in the study. Although authorities have generally been innovative in developing their work with independent day‐care providers, if they are to continue to purchase good quality services for children in need they need to ensure that private day‐care providers receive adequate levels of training and support, and that steps are taken to address existing gaps in both private and local authority day‐care services.