Purchasing and Providing Social Services in the 1990s
Drawing the Line
Edited by Isobel Allen
This discussion paper brings together the papers delivered at the annual seminar held by the Association of Directors of Social Services and Policy Studies Institute in July 1991, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
The book examines the progress which has been made on implementing the purchaser/provider split in social services departments and discusses whether the split is here to stay or is just a passing fashion. Contracting and agreements between social services departments and the voluntary sector are clearly of crucial significance in the new culture. But above all, monitoring of standards and ensuring quality from all providers of services are the key factors in securing a high level of service to the community.
Paperback ISBN 0 85374 548 X
1992 Discussion paper number 35
Contents:
Purchasing and providing: what
kind of progress?
Anne Parker
Director of Social Services, Berkshire County Council
Purchaser/provider split:
passing fashion or permanent fixture?
David Browning
Associate Director for Health and Social Services, The Audit Commission
Contracting and agreements with
the voluntary sector: an SSD view
Denise Platt
Director of Social Services, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Contracting and agreements with
the SSD: a voluntary sector view
Tom White
Principal and Chief Executive, National Children's Home
Ensuring quality in the new
culture
Graham Gatehouse
Director of Social Services, Surrey County Council
Quality management: lessons
from the NHS
Gillian Dalley
Research Fellow, Policy Studies Institute