Information management in social services
By: edited by Andrew Kerslake, Nick Gould
Series: Routledge revivals; Routledge revivals
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9780429449840; 9780429831904
Subjects: Social service; Information services; Social work administration; Communication in human services; Information storage and retrieval systems; Service social; Services d'information; Gestion; Communication dans les services sociaux; Systèmes d'information; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Human Services
Description: First published in 1996, this volume explores the role of IT in the social services sector and provides solutions to problems of information flow and management, with contributors and researchers experienced in statistics, planning and policy for social services. Its publication marked a rite of passage for social services informatics. Articles contained in this volume confront the potentialities and risks of the internet technological frontier, bringing in areas including the voluntary sector, SSI inspections and how readers employed in social services can benefit from information technology.
Notes: "First published 1996 by Ashgate Publishing."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgement; 1 Introduction; 2 Information management: beyond information technology; 3 Information driven decision making: fact or fantasy?; 4 Internet: super highway; 5 Monitoring for effective management in social services; 6 Developing an information strategy and systems: reflections on a case study; 7 A national perspective on information management; 8 Information management; an SSI inspection; 9 IT in the voluntary sector; 10 Information management and technology; making sure you benefit from IT