Making a home, finding a job: Investigating early housing and employment outcomes for young people leaving care

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-208

  Wade, Jim ^a   Dixon, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Employment; Housing; Leaving care; Outcomes; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745712409     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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