Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 12-18.
This paper reports on the first stage in the ongoing development of an evaluation framework which will provide a basis for Child, Youth and Family to evaluate residential services in an integrated way. It also discusses feedback from residential practitioners about the efficacy and feasibility of components of this framework, a work in progress that will be refined and improved over time. The first stage in its development has involved Child, Youth and Family and the Evaluation Unit of the Ministry of Social Development working together, with the assistance of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA).