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This page details a selection of resources on the contracting out of residential care services.
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| DfES Children's Services: Children's Homes and Fostering (PDF) |
| Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP , 2006 |
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| 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. |
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| From Community Care to Market Care? |
| Means, Robin; Morbey, Hazel & Smith, Randall , 2002 |
| Bristol: The Policy Press, 2002 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| A study based on a 1983 survey of 789 residential homes for children about the comparative costs of local authority, voluntary and private providers. |
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