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Looking After Children : assessing outcomes in child care. The experience of implementation
Author(s) -
Jones Helen,
Clark Robin,
Kufeldt Kathleen,
Norrman Monica
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1998.tb00068.x
Subject(s) - parallels , welfare , welfare system , nursing , process (computing) , public relations , political science , psychology , economic growth , medicine , public administration , economics , operations management , law , computer science , operating system
A Department of Health initiative has supported the implementation of Looking After Children in over 90 per cent of local authorities in England. The process has required major organisational change and new values and attitudes towards children looked after away from home. Difficulties arise where management and monitoring systems are not available to support these wider changes and to assess the quality of practice. Nevertheless clear benefits to using the system can be identified. Pilot projects in Sweden, Canada and Australia provide an opportunity to compare experiences internationally; strong parallels are evident in some of the current issues facing child welfare.