... participants. The author findings have implications for service commissioners and service planners engaging in vertical or horizontal integration of children’s services. Children’s services in the UK are operating under a funding arrangement that is supposed to ensure a holistic wrap around service...

...Isobel Freeman This article looks at developments in the use of information technology to support information sharing between agencies, with particular reference to children's services and to its contribution to ezarly intervention and to the safeguarding of children. It compares the approach...

... 623222 quoting JACPRAD. 44 Journal of Integrated Care Volume 17 Issue 1 February 2009 © Pavilion Journals (Brighton) Ltd © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Evaluating Partnerships Outcomes Children's Services ...

... Children's Services Adult Services © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 The Integration Dilemma: How understanding policy Deep and how Broad to go? Jon Glasby HEAD OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIPS AND SENIOR LECTURER, HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM ABSTRACT...

...Bob Hudson Public sector reform will be at the heart of Labour's third term of office. The changes under way or planned in children's services and adult social care services in England are prototypes of the pursuit of services that are person‐centred, seamless and proactive, with a focus...

...Nick Axford; Vashti Berry This article seeks to help senior local policy‐makers, managers and practitioners in children's services to develop robust but realistic and manageable strategies for measuring outcomes in a multi‐disciplinary context. Drawing on orthodox research methods, it sets out...

...Nick Axford; Jill Madge; Louise Morpeth; Jo Pring Children's services agencies in England are increasingly expected to work together to plan needsled interventions in their locality. Such planning requires good information on local need and service take‐up, yet this is often lacking. Connecting...

... in services for adults is now set to re‐shape the domain of children's services. Accordingly, the aim of this article is to examine the genesis of this imperative, to explore the emergent policy responses and to gauge their likely effectiveness. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Children's Services...

...Peter Fanshawe This is a case study of an innovative process for integrating the commissioning of services for children and families based on identified needs. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Children's Services Multiagency Health and Development Information About Services Planning...

...Peter Fanshawe The paper describes how children's services in Wiltshire have been involved in research (in collaboration with Barnardo's) and have attempted to make research findings count in the development of services. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Research Children's Services Multi‐Agency...

... Health and Social Care Partnership Children's Services Integrating Health and commentaries Social Care: Commentaries on the Case Studies in MCC 10.2 ABSTRACT Three expert commentaries have been written about the approaches to health and social care integration in Sandwell, Hertfordshire and Barking...

... and weaknesses and application on an international scale are discussed, using examples from provision for vulnerable children and families. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Needs‐Led Services Evidence‐Based Services Children's Services Service Development knowledge base How to Develop Needs-Led, Evidence...