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This section of the Resource Centre contains material on competition and outsourcing in social services.
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| Market for Disabled Children's Services (PDF) |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2007 |
| Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) |
| A report which provides an overview of the market and barriers to development to provide evidence for policy formulation. |
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| Skills and Sustainable Welfare-to-Work (PDF) |
| Mansour, Jane , 2005 |
| Work Directions |
| This paper argues that welfare-to-work interventions need to accept the skills challenge to ensure that work is a sustainable solution by raising training standards with long-term prospects of retention and progression. |
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| Flexible Contracting? Economic Cultures and Implicit Contracts in Social Care |
| Mackintosh, Maureen , 2000 |
| Journal of Social Policy, 29(1), pp.1-19 |
| Case study of two local authorities, looking at non-profit providers |
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| Purchasing Human Services in South Australia |
| Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision, 1997 |
| Reforms in Government Service Provision, Melbourne Industry Commission |
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| Contracting for Social Services at the Local Level |
| Straussman, J. and Fairie, J., 1981 |
| Urban Interest, 3, pp.43-50 |
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| USA |
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