Safeguarding children: Challenges to the effective operation of core groups

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-72

  Harlow, Elizabeth ^a   Shardlow, Steven M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Social Work ^*

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child protection; Core groups; Inter agency coordination; Inter professional relationships; Safeguarding children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645029732     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00392.x     Document Type: Review

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