Integrating children's services to promote children's welfare: Early findings from the implementation of children's trusts in England

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 377-395

  O'Brien, Margaret ^a   Bachmann, Max ^b   Husbands, Chris ^a   Shreeve, Ann ^a   Jones, Natalia ^a   Watson, Jacqueline ^a   Shemilt, Ian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children's services; Children's trusts; Evaluation; Integration; Safeguarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846276916     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.963     Document Type: Article

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