{"product_id":"the-transformation-of-childrens-services-9780415618496","title":"The Transformation of Childrens Services","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan we imagine different ways of working together to secure better outcomes for children and families? What are the complex issues that underlie the apparently simple call for âjoined-upâ services?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildrenâs services in many countries around the world are being transformed as part of the call for âjoined-up working for joined-up solutionsâ. Social, health and educational policy discourses are driven by the idea that âeffectiveâ inter\/professional, interagency collaboration is crucial in determining whether service delivery to children and families will succeed or fail. However, the rapid turn from previous inter\/professional practices of liaison, consultancy, cooperation and collaboration to more radical and wholescale service integration and sector transformation has not been accompanied either by a well considered research agenda of hard questions nor close scrutiny of its effects and consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book asks a series of searching and challenging questions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One. Introduction \u003c\/strong\u003e1. Introducing the complexities of inter\/professional working \u003cem\u003eJoan Forbes and Cate Watson \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two. Policy, theory, discourse: the complexities of collaborative working \u003c\/strong\u003e2. Complexity, identity, failure: contemporary challenges to working together \u003cem\u003eAndrew Cooper \u003c\/em\u003e3. Partnerships: the politics of agendas and policy implementation \u003cem\u003eAndrew Eccles \u003c\/em\u003e4. Transprofessional social capital in children’s services: dis\/connects in policy and practice \u003cem\u003eJoan Forbes\u003c\/em\u003e 5. For whom the bell tolls: education, care and the possibility of professional practice in uncertain times \u003cem\u003eIan Stronach and John Clarke \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three. Preparing practitioners and leaders for inter\/professional practice: identities, connections, knowledges\u003c\/strong\u003e 6. Social capital connections: troublesome knowledge and early career practitioners \u003cem\u003eJames McGonigal and Julie McAdam\u003c\/em\u003e 7. Perspectives on identity: being and becoming a headteacher \u003cem\u003eMichael Cowie and Megan Crawford \u003c\/em\u003e8. Professional identities: developing leaders for inter\/professional practice \u003cem\u003eGary Crow \u003c\/em\u003e9. The challenge of articulating a common language: CAT and the socially constituted self \u003cem\u003eIan Kerr \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Four. Questioning the orthodoxies of collaboration\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eTransforming social work identities: towards a European model? \u003cem\u003eMark Smith\u003c\/em\u003e 11. Emergent spaces: looking for the civic and the civil ininitial professional education \u003cem\u003eJulie Allan \u003c\/em\u003e12. The pretty story of ‘joined-up working’: questioning interagency partnership \u003cem\u003eCate Watson \u003c\/em\u003e13. Probing the limits of collaboration: professional identity and institutional power \u003cem\u003eWalter Humes \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Five. Conclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e 14. Inter\/professional children’s services: complexities, transformations and futures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018173972823,"sku":"9780415618496","price":46.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415618496.jpg?v=1750775892","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-transformation-of-childrens-services-9780415618496","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}