Improving children's services networks : lessons from family centres /
By: Tunstill, Jane
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Contributor(s): Aldgate, Jane
| Hughes, Marilyn
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Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007Description: 158 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781843104612 (pbk.); 9781843104612:.Subject(s): Family social work -- Great Britain![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152) and indexes.
An introduction to the study -- The current agenda for children and family services -- Building links and partnerships with other agencies -- Family centres and social services : tensions and opportunities -- Delivering services : the experience of family centres -- Centres as a gateway to other services : the experience of family centres -- The importance of centre managers and staff -- Parents' perspectives on family centres -- Family centres in transition -- Family centres : an afterword.
Family centres are designed to meet a range of day care needs for individuals, families or wider communities. This text details and evaluates expert research into the developing role of family centres in the light of political and social trends including, the Every Child Matters legislation.