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Managing Children's Homes: Developing Effective Leadership in Small Organisation

โœ Scribed by Leslie Hicks, Ian Gibbs, Helen Weatherly, Sarah Byford

Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Leaves
228
Edition
1
Category
Library
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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 Read more...


Content: Introduction and background --
Who lives and works in children's homes? --
Creating, maintaining and influencing a staff team --
Shaping and maintaining the role of manager within the context of the wider organisation --
Shaping work with young people --
What does leadership look like in children's homes? --
What resources are used, how much do these cost, and how are costs linked to outcomes? --
What makes a difference to outcomes for young people? --
Conclusions and implications --
Appendix : research methdology --
Appendix : sample models.
Abstract: 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

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