Commissioning and Purchasing Social Care (Social Work Skills Series, 2)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 9, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780415247429
Subjects: Civil service & public sector; Finance & Accounting; Social Work; Social welfare & social services; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Health Care Issues; Health & Fitness; Sociology; Health/Fitness; Reference; Social Science / Reference; Contracting out; Great Britain; Human services; Social service
First sentence: When social services departments were established following the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, few thought about the departments as purchasers except in the sense of the traditional function of purchasing paper clips, stationery and filing cabinets.