Improving services for young children : from Sure Start to children's centres / edited by Angela Anning and Mog Ball.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anning, Angela, 1944-

Ball, Mog.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Services for--Great Britain.

Children.

Children--Services for.

Poor children--Services for.

Poor children.

Great Britain.

Poor children--Services for--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xvi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2008.

Summary:

This book sets out important insights gained from the National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS). The contributors present the effects of Sure Start from a range of perspectives and explore the successful and problematic aspects of the programme with its vision of improving the life chances of the most disadvantaged families. They also map and evaluate the progression of the programme into Children's Centres and Extended Schools.

Each contributor provides an overview of their specialist area before outlining the findings from the study and its implications for developing Children's Services. These areas include: Ethnicity, Childcare, Parents, Special Needs, Maternity Services, Domestic Violence, Buildings and Spaces.

The chapters set out the practical lessons learned from these areas for practitioners, professionals and policy makers in the field of children's services, as well as those involved in the setting up of Children's Centres and reform of multi-agency children's services.

The book will be relevant to undergraduate students on Childhood Studies Degrees, Early Years Professional Foundation Degree students, postgraduate students on National Qualification for Managers of Children's Centres and Masters related to Integrated Children's Services. It is also for those with an interest in anti-poverty intervention programmes for young children and their families around the world.

Contents:

1 What was Sure Start and why did it matter? / Angela Anning, David Hall 3

Part 1 Establishing appropriate sites for service delivery; effective communication and engagement 17

2 Getting Sure Start started / Mog Ball 19

3 Sure Start buildings and venues / Mog Ball 31

Part 2 Intervening in people's lives: the ethics of social engineering 45

4 'The elephant on the sofa': Sure Start and black and minority ethnic populations / Gary Craig 47

5 Empowering parents / Fiona Williams 62

Part 3 Children's and young person's development: supporting transitions and multi-agency teamwork 77

6 Maternity services / Jenny McLeish 79

7 Early learning, play and childcare in Sure Start local programmes / Angela Anning 93

8 Speech and language therapy / Veronica Sawyer, Caroline Pickstone, David Hall 107

9 Improving the employability of parents / Pamela Meadows 122

Part 4 Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children: sharing information 135

10 Parenting support in Sure Start / Jane Barlow, Sue Kirkpatrick, Sarah Stewart-Brown 137

11 Domestic abuse / Lisa Niven 151

12 Building on good practice: lessons for children's centres / Mog Ball, Angela Anning 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1412948215

1412948223

9781412948210

9781412948227

OCLC:

182663858