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Focus on Families: Family Centres in Action by Christine Stones (auth.)

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7. 8. Joint agency services for under fives . Specialist non residential services for under fives. Community/neighbourhood centres. Multipurpose day centres. Specialist day care. Residential converted children's homes. Residential special centres. Downie and Forshaw (1987) suggest a twofold classification: 1. Neighbourhood-based community centres with an open, community-work orientation. 2. Centres for selected families, not open to all, with specific 'treatment' plans for individual families .

5. 6. 7. 8. Joint agency services for under fives . Specialist non residential services for under fives. Community/neighbourhood centres. Multipurpose day centres. Specialist day care. Residential converted children's homes. Residential special centres. Downie and Forshaw (1987) suggest a twofold classification: 1. Neighbourhood-based community centres with an open, community-work orientation. 2. Centres for selected families, not open to all, with specific 'treatment' plans for individual families .

Accommodating families away from their communities removes them from networks and makes it difficult for work to be done with the family on building up local supports. A day family centre with restricted hours may not be open when families most need it. On the other hand it may encourage families to provide mutual support outside the centre's opening hours. 10 Role offamilies in the centre The role undertaken by families in a centre varies and is linked to some degree to whether the centre is therapeutic/client-focused or carries some communitydevelopment focus.

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