The Politics of Children's Services Reform
Re-examining Two Decades of Policy Change
By Carl Purcell
Published
Apr 29, 2020Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447348771Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Apr 29, 2020Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447348764Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Apr 29, 2020Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447348795Dimensions
Imprint
Policy PressPublished
Apr 29, 2020Page count
232 pagesISBN
978-1447348795Dimensions
Imprint
Policy Press
The Politics of Children's Services Reform
Drawing on unique access to prominent policy makers including ministers, senior civil servants, local authority directors, and the leaders of children’s sector NGOs, Purcell re-examines two decades of children’s services reform under both Labour and Conservative-led governments.
He closely examines the origins of Labour’s Every Child Matters programme, the Munro review and more recent Conservative reforms affecting child and family social workers to reassess the impact of high profile child abuse cases, including Victoria Climbié and Baby P, and reveal the party political drivers of successive reform.
Carl Purcell is a Research Associate in the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit within the Policy Institute at King’s College London.
Foreword by Sir Paul Ennals
Introduction;
Chapter 1 – What Drives Children’s Services Reform?;
Children’s Services Reform under the Labour Government (1997-2010);
Chapter 2 – The Labour Leadership and Children’s Policy;
Chapter 3 – Structural Reform and the Victoria Climbié Inquiry;
Chapter 4- Every Child Matters and the Children Act 2004;
Chapter 5- Delivering Change for Children;
Chapter 6- The Children’s Plan, Broken Britain and Baby P;
Children’s Services Reform under the Coalition and Conservative Governments (2010-2019);
Chapter 7 – The Priorities of the Coalition and Conservative Government Leaders;
Chapter 8 – Schools’ Reform and Early Intervention;
Chapter 9 – The Reform of Child and Family Social Work;
Conclusion: The Politics of Children’s Services Reform;
Appendix: Chronology of Key Reports;
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