Co-ordinated Services for Included Children: Joined up Action.

Roaf,C. (2002) Co-ordinated Services for Included Children: Joined up Action.  Buckingham: Open University Press.

The book draws on a detailed case study of an inter-agency project developed to identify factors contributing to successful inter-agency work and to consider the implications for future development. Insights gained from this study contribute to the development of inter-agency theory and practice and of the concept of inter-agency work as a new professionalism.

Evaluation of the Thame Children and Young People Interagency Network (2000)

Glenny, G. (2000) Thame Children and Young Persons’ Interagency Network Evaluation of projects funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (pdf file). The Network functions to bring together people and information and provides a forum to explicitly review the systemic nature of effective support for children / young people and their families in a rural area.

Integrated Support Services (ISS) Evaluation Report (2001)

Glenny, G. (2001) Hamilton Oxford Schools Partnership(HOSP) Integrated Support Services Evaluation Report (pdf file). A pilot project aimed to improve the coherence and responsiveness of the LEA Pupil Support Services to children and young people in one partnership of schools.

Evaluation of the Family School Links Project

Sponsored by Hamilton Oxford Scool Partnership (EAZ).

The evaluation showed that the earlier awareness of family difficulty and the increased possibilities for low key intervention, made possible by the FSLWs lead to greater support for vulnerable children, before situations became critical. At the same time when crisis occurred, the availability of the FSLW allowed for a much more family centred and strategic response, substantially reducing the stress caused to both families and schools.(Report, pdf file)