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This text offers an evaluation of a study commissioned by the DoH into residential child care in response to the difficulties and scandals that have beset the service. It aims to tackle the dilemmas which surround the provision of qualification training for residential care staff.

Trade Review
an intelligent and worthwhile book, which I would recommend"..(Children & Society, Vol.15 2001)

"...a very useful and accessible review..." (TherapeuticCommunities, Vol.21, No.4, 2000)

Table of Contents

List of tables vii

About the Authors ix

Foreword xi

Acknowledgements xiii

1 The qualification debate 1

2 The evaluation of RCCI: research methods 31

3 Local authority training strategies and staff secondment 49

4 Issues in DipSW programme design, content and delivery 71

5 Teaching and learning: residential child case staff and their experience of DipSW programmes 88

6 Making the DipSW relevant for residential child care workers and managers 112

7 Returning to work 141

8 The return of secondees: the impact on the work environment 159

9 Training the residential child care managers of the future 190

Bibliography 215

Index 219

Leadership in Residential Child Care Evaluating Qualification Training Living Away From Home Studies in Residential Care

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      Publisher: Wiley
      Publication Date: 03/02/2000
      ISBN13: 9780471984771, 978-0471984771
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text offers an evaluation of a study commissioned by the DoH into residential child care in response to the difficulties and scandals that have beset the service. It aims to tackle the dilemmas which surround the provision of qualification training for residential care staff.

      Trade Review
      an intelligent and worthwhile book, which I would recommend"..(Children & Society, Vol.15 2001)

      "...a very useful and accessible review..." (TherapeuticCommunities, Vol.21, No.4, 2000)

      Table of Contents

      List of tables vii

      About the Authors ix

      Foreword xi

      Acknowledgements xiii

      1 The qualification debate 1

      2 The evaluation of RCCI: research methods 31

      3 Local authority training strategies and staff secondment 49

      4 Issues in DipSW programme design, content and delivery 71

      5 Teaching and learning: residential child case staff and their experience of DipSW programmes 88

      6 Making the DipSW relevant for residential child care workers and managers 112

      7 Returning to work 141

      8 The return of secondees: the impact on the work environment 159

      9 Training the residential child care managers of the future 190

      Bibliography 215

      Index 219

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