Turning away from the public sector in children's out-of-home care: An English experiment |
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| Authors: | Nicky Stanley Helen Austerberry Andy Bilson Nicola Farrelly Shereen Hussein Cath Larkins Jill Manthorpe Julie Ridley |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK;2. Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, 18 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0NR, UK;3. Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King''s College London, Melbourne House, 5th Floor, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK |
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This paper reports on the evaluation of an English experiment which, for the first time, moved statutory social work support for children and young people in out-of-home care from the public to the private or independent sector. Five social work practices (SWPs), independent or semi-independent of local government, were established and evaluated using a matched control design with integrated process evaluation. Social work teams in the public sector, selected to correspond to key characteristics of the SWP sites, provided control sites. |
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| Keywords: | Privatization Social work practices Out-of-home care Fostering |
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