Families, Children and Local Government

1989 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-8
Author(s):  
Jenny Wills
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Human Services ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Children’S Services

Planner-coordinator, catalyst, facilitator, service provider and service funder now characterise Local Government's involvement in children's services and the human services generally.A 1987 report prepared for the Local Government Ministers, Community Development, Human Services and Local Government presents a national overview of the increased role of councils in human services clearly signalling that the debate of the 70s about whether Local Government should be involved has been replaced with questions about the basis of that involvement and implementation issues.

scholarly journals Role of Local Government in Community Development Projects in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria: Implication for Adult Educators

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110266
Author(s):  
Matthias U. Agboeze ◽  
Georgina Chinagorom Eze ◽  
Prince Onyemaechi Nweke ◽  
Ngozi Justina Igwe ◽  
Onyeodiri Charity Imo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Checks And Balances ◽  
Development Officers ◽  
Enugu State ◽  
The Government

This study examined the role of local government in community development in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. A total of 420 people participated in the study. The study sample of 420 persons comprised 220 community development officers selected from the study area and 200 adult educators randomly selected from Enugu State. The entire population of the study was used due to the size. A 21-item structured questionnaire developed by the researchers was used as the instrument for data collection. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The study revealed that the budget allocation sent by the government to the responsible departments in the local government is not always received as and when due for the effective implementation of community development projects. It was concluded that a higher monitoring authority should be set aside to monitor and supervise the existence of checks and balances between the regulations of the local government areas.

The special measures school and the ‘c’ word: A case study of the role of conformity, compliance chimera, and the power of community and context in a special measures secondary school in northern England

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Diann Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Economically Deprived ◽  
Children’S Services ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Methods Of Reconstruction

This article explores the relationship between capital and education through the experiences of a British secondary school following a grading by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills that placed the school into special measures, considering the underlying assumptions and inequalities highlighted and obfuscated by the special measures label. The formulaic and ritualistic manner in which operational and ideological methods of reconstruction were presented as the logical (and only) pathway towards improvement is examined in an effort to disentangle the purpose of the ‘means-to-an-end’ approach within prevailing hegemonic structures, requiring a revisit to contemporary positioning of Gramscian concepts of ideology through the work of Gandin. The decontextualisation of schools from their socio-economic environments is probed in order to expose the paradoxes and fluidity of resistant discourse. The ambiguities between a Catholic ethos, neo-liberal restructuring and the socio-economic context of the school and the greater demands to acquiesce to externally prescribed notions of normativity are considered as a process that conversely created apertures, newly formed sublayers and corrugations where transformation could take root. Unforeseen epiphanies and structures of dissent are identified and will enrich the narrative of existence and survival in a special measures school in an economically deprived northern town in the UK.

Contemporary preventative services, coalitions and the Conservatives

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-60
Author(s):  
Alison Body
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Big Society ◽  
Children’S Services ◽  
Preventative Services

In chapter 2 we explore contemporary children’s services, and how the persuasive logic of prevention has been adopted in more modern service delivery and the role of the voluntary sector in providing these services. Focusing specifically on the early 2010s, we map the shift from the Conservative flagship project of the Big Society, to the renewed localism project of the Civil Society Strategy. We draw out the links between the societal hardening in focus, shifting from universal to targeting of preventative services, and discuss the role of the voluntary sector in delivery of these services.

scholarly journals Implementasi Patient Safety di Pelayanan Anak Rumah Sakit Umum Haji Medan Tahun 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-196
Author(s):  
Verawaty Sari Simamora ◽  
Zulfendri Zulfendri ◽  
Roymond H Simamora ◽  
Puteri Citra Cinta Asyura Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Child Care ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Safety System ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Safety Incident ◽  
Patient Safety Incident ◽  
Children’S Services ◽  
Patient Safety Incidents

The complexity of diversity, relationships, variety and specialization can provide more opportunities for mistakes, one of which is in the children's hospital services. Based on patient safety incident report data at Rumah Sakit Umum Haji Medan in January 2018 to October 2018, it is known that child care is the unit with the highest number of patient safety incidents compared to other units at 37 incidents. Implementation of patient safety by officers in children's services is the main focus that must be considered its role to prevent the occurrence of patient safety incidents. This research is a qualitative research that aims to see the extent of the implementation of patient safety in child care at Rumah Sakit Umum Haji Medan from the description of the role of health workers involved in child care, namely the role of the head of a child's SMF, the role of a pediatrician, and the role of a child nurse. Data collection was carried out by in-depth interviews with 7 informants and through observation. The results showed the implementation of patient safety in children's services has not been running optimally. This is because not all health workers in child services, namely the head of the child's SMF, pediatricians and child nurses do their part in the patient safety system. The roles carried out are still focused on the standards of each profession. It is expected that routine socialization on the implementation of patient safety, the implementation of special meetings and discussions to study the patient safety system and the existence of patient safety drivers in child care designated as the person responsible for moving every officer to implement patient safety. Keywords: Implementation, Children's Services, Patient Safety

Challenges of the Implementation of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in Finnish Legislation

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Anni Jäntti ◽  
Hanna Maria Vakkala ◽  
Lotta-Maria Sinervo
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Public Services ◽  
National Government ◽  
The State ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Government Reform

In this article, we focus on the challenges for local self-government in Finland. Finnish legislation follows the Articles of the European Charter of Local self-government rather closely. We illustrate how the role of local government as service provider has led to a situation where municipalities are strictly steered by and financially dependent on the national government. Besides this, the burden of public services exposes local government to reforms. Current local government reform by national government challenges local self-government by establishing a regional level of governance. However, it can also bring opportunities for municipalities to focus more on local tasks and decrease the need for strict steering by the state.

Picking up the pieces: local government reorganisation and voluntary sector children's services

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Craig ◽  
Malcolm Hill ◽  
Jill Manthorpe ◽  
Kay Tisdall ◽  
Bernadette Monaghan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Children’S Services
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