Residential Care
This page details a selection of resources on the contracting out of residential care services.
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Determining the Optimum Supply of Children's Residential Care (PDF) Deloitte MCS Limited, 2007 Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) A research report which provides a review of present and future supply and demand issues affecting the children's residential care market. ISBN 978 1 84775 061 7 UK
DfES Children's Services: Children's Homes and Fostering (PDF) Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP , 2006 This report reviews the market for fostering provision, i.e. children cared for by approved foster parents registered with fostering agencies or with a local authority, rather than cared for by friends and family and children's homes. UK
Care Home for Older People in the UK: A Market Study (PDF) Office of Fair Trading, 2005
An analysis of how well the care homes market serves over-65s in the UK.
UKThe State of Residential Care Supply in England: Lessons from PSSRU'S Mixed Economy of Care (Commissioning and Performance) Research Programme (PDF) Kendall, Jeremy; Knapp, Martin; Forder, Julien; Hardy, Brian; Matosevic, Tihana and Ware, Patricia, 2002 London School of Economics Health and Social Care Discussion Paper No.6 A paper which examines the residential care system as part of the wider social care system at the micro-, meso- and macro-economic and political levels UK
From Community Care to Market Care? Means, Robin; Morbey, Hazel & Smith, Randall , 2002 Bristol: The Policy Press, 2002 UK
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Assessing the Impact of Markets for Children's Residential Care Kirkpatrick, Ian; Kitchener, Martin and Whipp, Richard , 2001 Public Administration, 79(1), pp.49-71 A studyof purchasing practices in 12 local authorities, involving 261 interviews, looking at the efficiency of the markets in children's residential care and their impact on policy. UK
Contracting Out Residential Treatment Homes for Children with Behavioural and Emotional Problems in Iceland Steinarsson, Skarphedinn , 1997 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Public Management Occasional Papers, No.20, Chapter 3 Contracting Out Government Services: Best Practice Guidlines and Case Studies. Brief case study Iceland
Residential Child Care: The Changing Roles of the Private, Voluntary and Public Sectors
Knapp, Martin and Fenyo, Andrew , 1987
Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent