Congruence and co-operation in social workers' assessments of children in need

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-335

  Platt, Dendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child protection; Children in need; Co operation; Congruence; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848834009     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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