Befriending excluded families in Tower Hamlets: The emotional labour of family support workers in cases of child protection and family support

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 990-1007

  Gray, Ben ^a,b  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Befriending; Child protection; Emotional labour; Family support

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949125738     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn023     Document Type: Article

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