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Direct linkKaren Gray; Lisa Dibsdall; Linda Sumpter; Ailsa Cameron; Paul Willis; Jon Symonds; Matthew Jones; Hugh McLeod; Geraldine Macdonald; Christie Cabral – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2024
Background: Despite calls for greater use of research and an appetite to do so within adult social care, a gap persists between research and practice. Aims and objectives: To explore views of adult social care staff about research and its application to everyday practice. To understand how these might impact upon research use capacity-building…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Caregivers, Caregiver Attitudes, Adults
Clennell, Jon – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Leadership, 1995
The South Yorkshire Outdoor Pursuits Trust manages an unstaffed residential facility that is used as a base for outdoor activities by various youth groups and by social services and mental health providers. The Trust sponsors an annual three-day outdoor leadership training event for staff of statutory and voluntary agencies. (SV)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Outdoor Education, Outdoor Leadership
Peer reviewedVereker, Charles – Oxford Review of Education, 1976
The author discusses education as an example of the new services facilitated by the centralized modern state. The author's goal is to help us understand more clearly the benefits and disadvantages of such an extension of political activity. The political impact on educational policy in England is briefly discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Centralization, Comparative Education, Government Role
Peer reviewedWorthington, Ann – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Traces the 17-year development of a national organization which links parents of handicapped or disabled children with other parents of children with similar disabilities. Highlights the instrumental role of the organization in the development of various other national support groups. (DST)
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Helping Relationship, Mental Disorders
Biehal, Nina; And Others – Children and Youth Services Review, 1994
Discusses changes in leaving care in England and Wales, based on a survey of young people leaving the care of social service departments that examined diversity of care leavers; care careers; age at independence; living out of care; and after-care support. Summarizes key policy and practice issues, and outlines new directions for practice and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries, Foster Care
Peer reviewedTurner, Susan; Lynas, Wendy; Pumfrey, Peter – British Journal of Special Education, 1998
Discusses the results of a survey in England of 89 local education agencies (LEAs) and 89 social service departments (SSDs), that investigated the audiological support to young children with hearing impairments. Results indicated interagency collaboration and that LEAs were more likely to provide separate services for children with hearing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMalcolm, Liz; And Others – Children & Society, 1996
Asserts that increasing inter-agency conflict is detrimental to needs of children and families. Presents example of one agency (Educational Psychology Service), suggesting that its pressures are common to all agencies and that recent policies conspire to enhance the power of systems rather than of children and families. Discusses effective…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation
