Closing the gap? The effectiveness of referred access family support services

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-171

  Sanders, Robert ^a   Roach, Gareth ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Evaluation; Family centres; Family support; Voluntary agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047163403     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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