BOOK
Improving Outcomes for Children and Families
Robyn Munford | Anat Zeira | CATHERINE ROLLER WHITE | Robin Spath | Patricia McNamara | Barbara Pine | Hans Grietens | Kirk O'Brien | Colleen Reed | Kate Holmes | Jackie Sanders | James K Whittaker | Nina Biehal | Anne Nicoll | Marion Brandon | Arron Fain | Chris Warren-Adamson | Anita Lightburn | Bruce Maden | Peter Pecora | Mark Ezell | Cinzia Canali | Jane Aldgate | Tony Maluccio | June Thoburn | Marianne Berry | Tiziano Vecchiato | Wendy Rose
(2011)
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Abstract
Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcomes is therefore essential.
This edited collection offers an international perspective on the challenges of designing and undertaking outcome-based evaluation of child and family services. With contributions from leading international experts, it introduces the key ideas and issues currently being debated in the evaluation of these services; discusses relevant approaches to designing and using evaluation methods; and provides examples of evaluation from the real world of policy and practice. Issues covered include setting appropriate indicators for service effectiveness, cross-cultural evaluation of service interventions, service user involvement in evaluation, and evaluations of family and community-based services.
This invaluable book will be essential reading for policy makers, planners, commissioners and managers across child and family welfare services, as well as researchers and other academics in the field.
In conclusion, the articles in the book are a collection of research and journal articles from international academics. The targeted audience of this book would be the practitioner who is keen to embark on research or the worker who wishes to read more about international evidence from other countries... there are some interesting policy perspectives from other countries which practitioners might consider advocating in the New Zealand context with the hope that such policies might improve the wellbeing of children and their families.
Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work