Prevalence,people and processes: a consideration of the implications of Lord Laming's progress report on the protection of children in England

Media coverage of the death of Baby P revived national concerns about the standard of child safeguarding practice in England following the implementation of widespread structural changes in response to the Victoria Climbié Inquiry chaired by Lord Laming in 2003. This paper discusses the recommendations of Lord Laming's recent Progress Report. It questions whether the scale of the challenge in improving child protection is fully recognised and considers briefly the culture of social care in the UK and the barriers to effective reform. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

长江三角洲区域新一轮经济发展前瞻

中国区域合作的发展正呈现出从“极化发展”向“泛化发展”的新态势，在这一背景下，长三角地区的区域合作也表现出一些新的特点。特别是国家关于《进一步推进长江三角洲地区改革开放和经济社会发展的指导意见》的提出，更为长三角地区的发展提供了新的发展契机和方向。研究《指导意见》，有助于从宏观上把脉长三角地区发展的重点及难点，并为珠三角、京津冀等城市群的发展提供借鉴。     

借鉴纽约经验 建设上海“百老汇”

通过对纽约百老汇剧院区的发展历程、现状特征和主要做法进行梳理和归纳,对上海打造具有海派特色、多层次、多功能的世界级表演艺术集聚区提出建设性意见。     

浅议西藏公共图书馆读者服务工作——以西藏自治区图书馆为例

文章介绍了服务在公共图书馆事业发展中的重要性，以及公共图书馆读者服务的主要内容和功能，并以西藏自治区图书馆为例，着重分析了公共图书馆读者服务工作的现状和存在的问题，最后对西藏公共图书馆如何提高读者服务工作提出了相应对策。     

既非小农,也非资本家——当前中国农业生产中的小资本生产者

在当前中国农政变迁过程中,出现了一类既非小农、也非资本家的新型农业生产者,本文将之称为“小资本生产者”。基于农民分化视角,本文认为小资本生产者是小农在农民分化过程中,走上“资产化”道路的表征。本文进一步探讨了小资本生产产生的六个主要条件。本文认为,就当前中国状况而言,在国家和资本的共同作用下,小资本生产将会在一段时间内得到维持,并在中国农政变迁的过程中扮演重要的角色。就此而言,小资本生产者群体的兴起是当前中国农政变迁一个阶段性的重要特征。     

Exploring Partial Order of European Countries

Partial Order Theory has been recently more and more employed in applied science to overcome the intrinsic disadvantage hidden in aggregation, if a multiple attribute system is available. Despite its numerous positive features, there are many practical cases where the interpretation of the partial order can be rather troublesome. In these cases the analysis of underlying dimensions could be useful to uncover particular data structures. The paper shows a way of addressing the problem with the help of an actual case study, which deals with European opinions on services of general interest. In particular, a partial order of countries is firstly provided and then a method to detect dimensions is discussed and applied. The analysis stems directly from the Partially Order Set (poset) and Lattice theory with particular references to dimension theory and Formal Concept Analysis. The study is eventually able to pinpoint role and relevance of different attributes characterizing EU countries which are used to define the partial order.

Turning Over Turnover

Abstract

Human service programs often have major problems ensuring that all direct-care staff positions are filled and keeping staff members after they are hired. Work schedules may have an effect on maintaining the longevity of staff. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a revised direct-care staff-scheduling system in community homes serving adults with developmental disabilities. The revised direct-care staffing system, which used shift-style schedules, was compared on a variety of measures to existing staffing systems and to a staffing model using married couples and adaptations of the Teaching-Family Model (called Family-Teaching homes). The revised staff-scheduling system was evaluated before and after its implementation and then compared to the Family-Teaching homes using direct-care employee measures of: (1) turnover; (2) position vacancies; (3) number of different employees paid within a pay period; (4) average hourly wages; (5) number of hours worked; (6) average cost for employees per person served; and (7) employee satisfaction. The various staffing approaches were also compared on measures of parent/legal guardian satisfaction and overall program quality. The revised staff-scheduling system was superior when compared to the previous staff-scheduling system on measures of turnover (43% less), vacancies (57% fewer), number of direct-care employees involved in the care of the persons served (13% fewer), and hourly wages (8% more). All of this was achieved without affecting staff-to-client ratios. While these changes were positive, the Family-Teaching homes were associated with significantly better direct-care staff stability and lower costs.     

The Digital Practitioner:

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Financial Abuse of Elders and Dependent Adults: The FAST (Financial Abuse Specialist Team) Approach

ABSTRACT

The Financial Abuse Specialist Team, a partnership of professionals from diverse disciplines, volunteer their time to review cases of financial elder abuse and facilitate comprehensive service delivery. The team also advocates for legislative reform, educates the community about the problem, and trains professionals in how to recognize, prevent, and resolve financial elder abuse.     

以城镇基本公共服务均等化促进农业转移人口市民化

新型城镇化的核心是人的城镇化,人的城镇化主要是解决进城的农业转移人口能否顺利转变为城镇居民的问题,而实现这种转变的关键是能否享受均等化的基本公共服务。城镇基本公共服务不均等既表现在城镇社会的不同群体间,也表现在区域间。两者都会影响到农业转移人口的市民化过程。本文首先界定了城镇基本公共服务的内涵,并对其在群体间和区域间不均等的表现进行了考察,进而深入分析了不平等产生的原因,在此基础上提出了城镇基本公共服务均等化的实现路径。