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Research reports and academic papers
• Holmes, L. and Ward, H. (2005) ‘Costs and Outcomes for Looked after Children’. In J. Barber, P. Dudding and R. Flynn (eds) Promoting Resilient Development in Children Receiving Care. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.
• Holmes, L., Lawson, D. and Stone, J. (2005) Looking After Children: at what Cost? Resource Pack. London: Department for Education and Skills.
• Holmes, L., McDermid, S., and Sempik, J. (2009) The costs of short break provision: report to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Loughborough: Centre for Child and Family research, Loughborough University.
• Holmes, L., McDermid, S., Jones, A. Ward, H. (2009) How Social Workers Spend Their Time: An Analysis of the Key Issues that Impact on Practice pre-and post implementation of the Children’s Integrated System. Report to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Loughborough: Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University.
• Holmes, L., Munro, E. R. and Soper, J. (2010) Calculating the cost and capacity implications for local authorities implementing the Laming (2009) recommendations. Report to the Local Government Association. Loughborough: Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University.
• Holmes, L., Westlake, D. and Ward, H. (2009) Calculating and Comparing the Costs of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care, England (MTFCE). Report to the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Loughborough: Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University.
• McDermid, S. (2008) ‘The nature and availability of child level data on children in need for use by Children’s Services practitioners and managers’. Research, Policy and Planning, 26(3).
• Selwyn, J., Sempik, J., Thurston, P. and Wijedasa, D. (2009) Adoption and the Inter-agency Fee. London: Department for Children Schools and Families.
• Ward, H. and Holmes, L. (2008) ‘Calculating the costs of local authority care for children with contrasting needs.’ Child and Family Social Work 13, 1, 80-90.
• Ward, H, Holmes, L., Dyson, P., McDermid, S. and Scott, J. (2008) The Costs and Outcomes of Child Welfare Interventions: Mapping Children in Need Services, Report to the Department for Children Schools and Families. Loughborough: CCFR.
• Ward, H., Holmes, L. and Soper, J. (2004) ‘The development of unit costs for social work processes.’ In L. Curtis, and A. Netten (eds) Unit Costs of Health and Social Care 2004. Canterbury: PSSRU.
• Ward, H., Holmes, L., Soper, J. and Olsen, R. (2004) The Costs and Consequences of Different Types of Child Care. Report to the Department of Health. Loughborough: CCFR.
• Ward, H., Holmes, L. and Soper, J. (2005) The Cost Calculator for Children’s Services: Pilot Phase. Loughborough: CCFR.
• Ward, H., Holmes, L. and Soper, J. (2008) Costs and Consequences of Placing Children in Care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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