Managing children's homes : developing effective leadership in small organisations /

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Imprint:London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (224 pages)
Language:English
Series:Costs and Effectiveness of Services for Children in Need
Costs and effectiveness of services for children in need.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11184891
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Other authors / contributors:Hicks, Leslie.
ISBN:9781846427367
1846427363
1281733814
9781281733818
9781843105428
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and indexes.
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Summary:Managing Children's Homes focuses on leadership, effective management, the allocation of resources, and ensuring positive outcomes for young people in residential care. The book develops an interdisciplinary understanding of what needs to be taken into account when establishing and maintaining good practice on behalf of young people living in children's homes. The authors explain the considerable variation in quality achieved by children's homes and how this relates to management style, working environment and staff structures. The skills and qualities that make effective managers of homes are.
Other form:Print version: Managing children's homes. London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007 9781843105428 184310542X