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Dear Colleagues, *Apologies for cross posting* Please see the below call for papers and special issue proposals from the journal of Children’s services, which includes free access to the latest issue of the journal until 2nd July 2017. Please share this information with your networks Best wishes, Emma Leverton Call for Papers and Special Issue proposals from Journal of Children’s Services The Journal of Children’s Services (JCS) invites proposals for special issues on all topics relating to children’s services. The aim of a special issue is to assemble a collection of work on areas that deserve critical thought and special attention. The topics should be relevant to the journal, interesting and timely. The journal also Invites you to submit work for publication in future issues of the journal. About the journal Journal of Children’s Services (JCS) encourages the international development of research-based, outcome-focused services to better safeguard and promote the well-being of children and their families. JCS improves understanding of the way that child development and applied social research can contribute to the evidence-base and increasing integration of children’s services. This includes activity organised by health, education, social care, police, youth justice and voluntary/independent agencies. The journal's peer-reviewed coverage includes: • child development research and its implications • methodological issues and their application to practice • evaluation of innovative services, using quantitative and qualitative methods • applied research, such as assessment, information-sharing, multi-agency working and prevention • social, economic, cultural and political analysis of child well-being and children’s services • critical discussion of the conceptual frameworks that inform service provision • promotion of initiatives to forge stronger links between research, policy and practice. for further information, see http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=JCS Submission Procedure: Submissions to this journal are through the ScholarOne submission system here: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jnlcs <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jnlcs> Articles should be between 5000 and 8000 words in length. Please visit the author guidelines for the journal at http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=jcs which gives full details on submission requirements. Volume 12 Issue 1 available on free access from 2nd June- 2nd July 2017 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jcs/12/1<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jcs/12/1> Emerald Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1WA United Kingdom. Registered in England No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06