Change for children? The challenges and opportunities for the children's social work workforce

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-181

  Gupta, Anna ^a   Blewett, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child welfare policy; Performance indicators; Preventative work; Social work; Workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047094279     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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