From Seebohm to Think Family: Reflections on 40 years of policy change of statutory children's social work in England

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-78

  Parton, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Policy change; Statutory children's social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149348360     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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