Retaining novices to become expert child protection practitioners: Creating career pathways in direct practice

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-317

  Healy, Karen ^a   Meagher, Gabrielle ^b   Cullin, Joel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Career pathways; Child protection; Novice practitioners; Staff retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349092682     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm125     Document Type: Article

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