The social exclusion of disabled children: the role of the voluntary sector in the contract culture
- Author:
- MIDDLETON Laura
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 14(1), January 1999, pp.129-139.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Argues that the role played in educational terms by special schools is being mirrored in welfare by voluntary organisations who provide separate services for disabled children. The impact of the contract culture is reinforcing this trend so that the imperative in the Children Act 1989 to integrate is being undermined by the growing role of voluntary organisations as providers, rather than innovators or advocates. The article draws on previously published research into the changes in social workers role in relation to child protection, since the Children Act and a previously unpublished case study in a voluntary sector project.
- Subject terms:
- local authorities, organisations, physical disabilities, purchaser-provider split, quality assurance, school social work, social exclusion, social services, social care provision, voluntary organisations, voluntary sector, child care, child protection, children, contract procedures;
- Content type:
- research
- Link:
- Journal home page
- ISSN online:
- 1360-0508
- ISSN print:
- 0968-7599