Children's Perspectives on Integrated Services: Every Child Matters in Policy and Practice (Interagency Working in Health and Social Care)

Children's Perspectives on Integrated Services: Every Child Matters in Policy and Practice (Interagency Working in Health and Social Care)

by Mary Kellett (Author)

Synopsis

Launching Palgrave's new Interagency Working in Health and Social Care series, this book provides one of the first reflective assessments of the Every Child Matters legacy of New Labour. Woven through with the voice of the child, it examines the new landscape of children's services, in bothprinciple and practice.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 06 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 0230230393
ISBN 13: 9780230230392
Book Overview: This book is essential reading for anyone working with children and their families. It provides excellent overall coverage of a very important area of work with children and its appraisal of the value of integrated services is helpful, constructive and timely. It is unusual to see such a range of topics covering heath, social care and education issues in one volume; the coverage is first class. Professor Stan Tucker, Emeritus Professor, Newman University College, Birmingham, UK 'The book forms a detailed text that will meet the needs of a diverse range of readers.' - Children & Young People Now

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This book is essential reading for anyone working with children and their families. It provides excellent overall coverage of a very important area of work with children and its appraisal of the value of integrated services is helpful, constructive and timely. It is unusual to see such a range of topics covering heath, social care and education issues in one volume; the coverage is first class. Professor Stan Tucker, Emeritus Professor, Newman University College, Birmingham, UK 'The book forms a detailed text that will meet the needs of a diverse range of readers.' - Children & Young People Now
Author Bio
MARY KELLETTis Professor of Childhood and Youth and Founding Director of the Children's Research Centre at the Open University, UK. She is best known for her pioneering work in the empowerment of children and young people as researchers on which she haspublished widely, authoring both How to Develop Children as Researchers (Sage, 2005) and Rethinking Children and Research (Continuum, 2010).