Recognising the person within the developing professional: Tracking the early careers of newly qualified child care social workers in three local authorities in England

Social Work Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-318

  Jack, Gordon ^a   Donnellan, Helen ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children and families practice; Continuing professional development; Profession; Staff training and development; Stress; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951522531     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470902984663     Document Type: Article

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