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Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care

Contributor(s): Soper, Jean (Author), Ward, Harriet (Author), Holmes, Lisa (Author), Olsen, Richard (Author)

ISBN: 9781843102731

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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Pub Date: July 15, 2008

Dewey: 338.43362712

LCCN: 2008004451

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.95" H x 9.38" L x 6.15" W ( 1.15 lbs) 288 pages

Series: Child Welfare Outcomes

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Description: This book gets to the bottom of the costs of care and provides an insight into how these variations in cost relate to differences in children's needs, and most importantly, whether higher costs reflect better services and better outcomes for children.

Brief description: Jean Soperis based at Leicester University, UK.

Review Quotes: This book may have an important contribution to make towards ensuring that costs of care are looked at consistently within, and across, local authorities and help to ensure the best possible care is provided for looked after children.--Professional Social Work

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