Social workers' preparation for child protection: Revisiting the question of specialisation

Australian Social Work

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-335

  Healy, Karen ^a   Meagher, Gabrielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child and Family Welfare Practice; Social Work Education; Social Workers and Human Service Workers; Statutory Child Protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348849432     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070701519686     Document Type: Article

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