Putting Outcomes into Practice: The Implementation of a Framework of Outcome Measures within a Child and Family Service
Susan Flynn,
Sowmia Lakkshme Sundaresan,
Louise Caffrey
Abstract:Of utmost concern for effective child protection and child and family services is evidence-based practice. There is an onus of accountability on providers of therapeutic services to establish the merit and cost efficiency of their work. Developing standardised evidence-based outcome measures for children and families, towards which the service provider can strive, is assuredly required as a yardstick against which progress can be measured and modified. Yet, outcome measures will only work in conducive organisa… Show more
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