Child welfare workplace: The state of the workforce and strategies to improve retention

Child Welfare

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 31-52

  Scannapieco, Maria ^a   Connell Carrick, Kelli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 47249148029     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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