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Children's needs, types and costs of placements and their stability : comparisons using the Cost Calculator for Children's Services
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posted on 2008-08-04, 11:12 authored by Jean Soper, Lisa HolmesBackground and introduction: The Cost Calculator for Children's Services is a computer model formulated within a
research programme. The initial study, on the costs and consequences of placing
children in care or accommodation, formed part of a national research initiative
funded by the Department of Health (and later the Department for Education and
Skills) at a time when concerns were being expressed about spiralling costs, different
agencies measuring these costs in different ways and pressures on limited
resources. The model has now been developed, piloted and made available as a
software application for use by social care agencies wishing to gain a better
understanding of costs and their relationship to outcomes when children are placed
in care or accommodation. It offers a variety of reports that allow users to carry out
many different analyses.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Research Unit
- Centre for Child and Family Research
Citation
SOPER, J. and HOLMES, L., 2008. Children's needs, types and costs of placements and their stability : comparisons using the Cost Calculator for Children's Services. Paper presented at Care Matters : Transforming Lives – Improving Outcomes Conference (incorporating the 8th International Looking After Children Conference), 7-9 July 2008, Keble College Oxford UK.Publisher
Loughborough UniversityPublication date
2008Notes
This is a conference paperLanguage
- en