Changing the cultural story in child protection: Learning from the insider's experience

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-299

  Gibbs, Judith ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child protection; Organizational culture; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651177467     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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