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Published in 1999. Preparation for leaving care and aftercare
support, are increasingly important concerns for child care
practitioners, policy makers and researchers in the UK. There are
now practice imperatives and a clear legal mandate for work in both
areas. This Northern Ireland study represents an important
contribution to the theoretical debate surrounding these issues and
offers a much-needed large-scale empirical study. Key concepts
relating to adolescence, childcare careers and youth transition
underpin this investigation of a broad range of young people
leaving state care.
This title was first published in 2000: This book provides an
exploration of the link between individualized project evaluation
and policy analysis. The conceptual and legislative frameworks
which contextualize family support are explored in full. By drawing
on existing literature and examining the political and legislative
aspects of family support the book aims to provide in one volume
accessible and up to date information and discussion of key
developments within family support, in the UK and internationally
as well as within Northern Ireland where the research is set. Five
family support settings are selected for close examination by the
research and the key evaluation questions applied. The book details
the methodology employed and explores exactly how the settings were
organized for family support. Additionally the book seeks to
identify needs in the context of family support across the range of
settings by examining indicators of potential need. Services
appropriate to family support were also analyzed across the range
of settings. Finally the book reviews the settings against criteria
for the evaluation and development of projects considered to be
family support.
Published in 1999. Preparation for leaving care and aftercare
support, are increasingly important concerns for child care
practitioners, policy makers and researchers in the UK. There are
now practice imperatives and a clear legal mandate for work in both
areas. This Northern Ireland study represents an important
contribution to the theoretical debate surrounding these issues and
offers a much-needed large-scale empirical study. Key concepts
relating to adolescence, childcare careers and youth transition
underpin this investigation of a broad range of young people
leaving state care.
This title was first published in 2000: This book provides an
exploration of the link between individualized project evaluation
and policy analysis. The conceptual and legislative frameworks
which contextualize family support are explored in full. By drawing
on existing literature and examining the political and legislative
aspects of family support the book aims to provide in one volume
accessible and up to date information and discussion of key
developments within family support, in the UK and internationally
as well as within Northern Ireland where the research is set. Five
family support settings are selected for close examination by the
research and the key evaluation questions applied. The book details
the methodology employed and explores exactly how the settings were
organized for family support. Additionally the book seeks to
identify needs in the context of family support across the range of
settings by examining indicators of potential need. Services
appropriate to family support were also analyzed across the range
of settings. Finally the book reviews the settings against criteria
for the evaluation and development of projects considered to be
family support.
Family support is an increasingly important strategic approach to
welfare services for children and families. This invaluable
resource for all professionals engaged in the development and
delivery of these services is underpinned by reflective practice
values and structured around four themes: * conceptual frameworks
and vocabulary (defining) * policy and organisational structures
and processing (planning) * tools for creative practice (doing) *
approaches to evaluation (measuring). Contributors from around the
world provide international perspectives on core issues in family
support. These include the importance of community, the role of
statutory and voluntary agencies, youth advocacy, culturally
appropriate family support, child protection, disability services
and effective means of evaluation. Providing a combination of clear
theoretical frameworks and practical guidance, with clear 'how to'
messages and a strong emphasis on evaluation, this book will be of
interest to social workers, care staff, teachers, community
development and police officers, students, policy-makers,
evaluators and all those working in all areas of family support.
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