Information technology plays a pivotal role in New Labour's modernization programme. Here
we report findings from a 2 year ethnographic study of the impact and origin of one such …

On November 11th 2008, the British media carried harrowing reports of the brutal death of a
17 month old boy, subsequently referred to as 'Baby Peter', in the London Borough of …

Dealing with complex electronic documentation is an integral part of much contemporary
professional work. In this paper, we address the design of electronic records for social care …

In this article, we lament the effects of practice-distant research and associated policy
initiatives on contemporary children's services in England. In the last decade, as a result of …

A central element of the Every Child Matters reforms in England are measures which aim at
improving information sharing. Amongst these are the children's database and the Common …

There is a growing body of research about the current forms of electronic information
systems (IS) being used in human service organisations in both the UK and Australia, which …

Wastell D, White S, Broadhurst K, Peckover S, Pithouse A. Children's services in the iron
cage of performance management: street‐level bureaucracy and the spectre of Švejkism Int …

There is a well-established critique of current forms of electronic information systems (IS) in
social work organisations and attention is now turning to their redesign for the future. In this …

Child protection and welfare systems need reform. This is apparent at a number of different
levels: the Laming Inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié; the negative media portrayal of …

• Summary: While UK social work's core purpose in children's services continues to invoke
the ready virtues of universal care, protection from significant harm and a child rights led …