Implementing Sure Start Policy

Author : Xiongwei Song
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811017956
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Implementing Sure Start Policy written by Xiongwei Song and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, the Labour Government came to power in the UK and committed to reforming public service delivery, particularly towards the improvement of children’s services. This book analyses Labour Party’s subsequent strategy towards public service delivery emphasising, on one level, devolving more power to frontline deliverers, while on the other, strengthening central control through a variety of means, leading to a ‘mixed-approach’ in its overall reforms. The book focuses on the implementation process involved in rolling out its Sure Start policy in order to understand and analyse the dynamics in Labour’s approach to delivery. In so-doing, it draws on implementation and policy network theories to offer an original analytical framework - ‘the implementation network approach’ - to explain the implementation process of Sure Start policy. This book will be undoubtedly appealing to the students and scholars engaged in the fields of Public Policy and British Politics.

Author : Belsky, Jay
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 9781861349491
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The National Evaluation of Sure Start written by Belsky, Jay and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2007-11-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following 5 years of systemic research exploring the efficacy and impact of Sure Start Local Programmes, this book pulls together, in a single volume, the results of the extensive National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS).

Author : Mark Avis
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781846427411
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Supporting Children and Families written by Mark Avis and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2007-12-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supporting Children and Families gathers together the lessons learned from perhaps the largest scale social experiment ever undertaken in England - Sure Start, the programme designed to improve the emotional development, health and education of children. It boils down the huge amount of knowledge and experience generated by the Sure Start programmes and local evaluation studies, with chapters encompassing child development and healthcare, partnership working with existing local services, parental employment and supporting families with young children, reaching out to marginalised groups and strengthening communities. In addition to summarizing the findings of numerous innovative projects, contributors draw on their experiences of the successes and challenges to offer advice for those engaged in current and future practice. Each chapter concludes with `three lessons for Children's Centres'. With its strong focus on practice implications, this book is indispensable reading for practitioners working in health, social and educational services for children and families, as well as students or researchers, and policymakers in these fields.

Author : Sarah Cowley
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0702028088
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community Public Health in Policy and Practice written by Sarah Cowley and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Since the first edition of this book was published, there has been considerable change across public health, health visiting and community nursing. The positive emphasis on developing and describing all services in relation to their purpose and client/user group is reflected in this second, emphasizing multi-disciplinarity and service focus rather than individual professions, whilst retaining the essential emphasis on policy and practice. Familiar occupational titles, such as health visitor, community development worker, midwife or nurse are still used within the chapters, recognizing the continued division of labour and major contributions to public health made by specific grass roots occupations. This second edition has been completely reorganised, expanded and updated to keep up with the rapid progress across the field of community public health. 'Key issues' boxes identify major topics within each chapter Discussion questions stimulate debate Boxes present information in a reader friendly, memorable format Each chapter provides extensive research, conceptual critique, information about sources, and resources for further information. Seven totally new chapters on Partnership Working; Parenting and Family Support; Complex Community-based Initiatives; Leadership through Alongsideness; Quality in a Public Health Service and Immunization Four chapters completely rewritten: Health Needs Assessments; Collaborating for Health; Breastfeeding and Public Health; Safeguarding Children All remaining chapters have been substantially updated.

Author : Nick Frost
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335263976
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Multiprofessional Teamwork for Integrated Children's Services: Research, Policy, Practice written by Nick Frost and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2016-07-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is continuing emphasis on delivering services for children through 'joined up' thinking and integrated working. This fully updated new edition is an important practical resource for all professionals charged with planning, implementing and evaluating multi-professional teamwork and practice in children's services. The book investigates the reality for professionals behind the rhetoric of 'joined up' thinking and explores the perspectives of professionals about the impact of multi-agency teamwork on their professional knowledge and their ways of working. In addition it identifies dilemmas and challenges and presents exemplars of good practice. It skillfully combines theoretical perspectives, research evidence from the 'real world' of children's services and reflections on policy and practice in inter-agency services in England. Retaining its popular approach and reflecting the numerous changes to policy, practice and research the book: Exemplifies what multi-professional work looks like in practice Examines real dilemmas faced by professionals trying to make it work, and shows how these dilemmas can be resolved Considers lessons to be learnt, implications for practice and recommendations for making multi-professional practice effective As well as supportive guidance, useful theoretical frameworks and helpful evidence-based insights into practice, this new edition has been expanded to include a whole new section covering emerging themes in working together such as 'sexploitation' and children's 'front door' approaches to integrated working. Written by a multi-disciplinary writing team and without the use of unnecessary jargon, this book is a key resource for students on courses studying early childhood and families, as well as social workers, teachers, family support workers, health workers, and managers of a range of children and youth services.

Author : Sarah Cowley
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0702037451
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community Public Health in Policy and Practice E-Book written by Sarah Cowley and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Since the first edition of this book was published, there has been considerable change across public health, health visiting and community nursing. The positive emphasis on developing and describing all services in relation to their purpose and client/user group is reflected in this second, emphasizing multi-disciplinarity and service focus rather than individual professions, whilst retaining the essential emphasis on policy and practice. Familiar occupational titles, such as health visitor, community development worker, midwife or nurse are still used within the chapters, recognizing the continued division of labour and major contributions to public health made by specific grass roots occupations. This second edition has been completely reorganised, expanded and updated to keep up with the rapid progress across the field of community public health. ‘Key issues' boxes identify major topics within each chapter Discussion questions stimulate debate Boxes present information in a reader friendly, memorable format Each chapter provides extensive research, conceptual critique, information about sources, and resources for further information. Seven totally new chapters on Partnership Working; Parenting and Family Support; Complex Community-based Initiatives; Leadership through Alongsideness; Quality in a Public Health Service and Immunization Four chapters completely rewritten: Health Needs Assessments; Collaborating for Health; Breastfeeding and Public Health; Safeguarding Children All remaining chapters have been substantially updated.

Author : Gillian Pugh
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446205975
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Issues in the Early Years written by Gillian Pugh and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and edited by leading practitioners and researchers in early childhood, this new edition of Pugh and Duffy's highly regarded book provides a critical examination of key issues in the field. The fifth edition is extensively revised to emphasise the role of multi-agency working in responding effectively to the needs of children and families. Written with the new Early Years Foundation Stage and the Early Years Professional Status requirements in mind, the new edition of this best-selling book includes fully updated coverage of policy and research, practice, and workforce issues, as well as four brand new chapters on: - Children's Centres - Health services in the early years - Leading and working in multiagency teams - Quality in early childhood education This book is essential reading for students on early childhood studies courses, PGCEs and early years foundation degrees, and multi-agency team-workers in early childhood services provision. Dr Gillian Pugh is Visitor Professor at the Institute Education and former chief excutive of Coram Family. Bernadette Duffy is Head of Centre at Thomas Coram Centre for Children and families in Camden.

Author : Peter K. Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118772989
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Children's Development written by Peter K. Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Children's Development is the UK's best-selling developmental psychology textbook and has been widely acclaimed for its international coverage and rigorous research-based approach. This dynamic text emphasizes the practical and applied implications of developmental research. It begins by introducing the ways in which psychologists study developmental processes before going on to consider all major aspects of development from conception through to adolescence. New to the 6th Edition: Increased coverage in many areas, including ethics; children’s rights; participatory research methods; three models of human plasticity; breastfeeding and cognitive development; fostering; non-resident or absent fathers; parenting styles in China; effects of domestic violence on children; physical punishment, and child maltreatment; the development and fostering of emotional intelligence; homophobic bullying and cyberbullying; and developing intercultural competence through education. There are entirely new sections on immigration, acculturation, and friendships in multicultural settings; disruptive behaviour and oppositional defiant disorder; sexting; and adolescent bedtimes. The Adolescence chapter has been extensively revised, covering work on the social brain, insights from neuroscience, evolutionary perspectives on risk-taking and peer relationships, romantic development, and use of mobile phones and the internet.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Children, Schools and Families Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215545398
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sure Start children's centres written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Children, Schools and Families Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-29 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HC 799-i and ii, session 2008-09

Author : Eisenstadt, Naomi
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447306104
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Providing a Sure Start written by Eisenstadt, Naomi and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of Sure Start, one of the flagship programmes of the last government. It tells how Sure Start was set up, the numerous changes it went through, and how it has changed the landscape of services for all young children in England. Offering insight into the key debates on services for young children, as well as how decisions are made in a highly political context, it will be of keen interest to policy academics, senior managers of public services and all those with a keen interest in developing services for young children.