What are child-care social workers doing in relation to infant mental health? An exploration of professional ideologies and practice preferences within an inter-agency context

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1008-1025

  Ross, Johanna Woodcock ^a   Hooper, Lucy ^b   Stenhouse, Elizabeth ^a   Sheaff, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Postgraduate in Psychology ^*

Author keywords

Child; Infant; Inter professional working; Mental health; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949112436     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn029     Document Type: Article

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