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Child Welfare Practice in Small Communities.
Horner, Bill; O'Neill, John – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1981
Discusses contextual factors (geography, community idiosyncrasies, personal relationships, formal resource scarcity, community resource accessibility, external force influence, visibility, "Jack-of-All-Trades") affecting practices of rural child welfare workers. Points out similarities/differences in child welfare work in urban and rural…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Welfare, Community Characteristics, Community Resources
Organizing Services in Rural Communities: Moving toward Service Integration and Flexible Specialization. Part II: Building Supports for a Flexible Model.
O'Looney, John – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1993
Examines the potential of a flexible specialization model to provide effective social services integration in rural areas. Contrasts flexible specialization with craft and Fordist models of production, with implications for service integration. Identifies societal changes supporting the development of flexible specialization in rural areas.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Services, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education