'Baptism of fire': The first year in the life of a newly qualified social worker

Social Work Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-170

  Bates, Natalie ^a   Immins, Tikki ^a   Parker, Jonathan ^a   Keen, Steven ^a   Rutter, Lynne ^a   Brown, Keith ^a   Zsigo, Sheeran ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Induction; Learning and development; Newly qualified social workers; Placements; Probationary process; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951570362     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470902856697     Document Type: Article

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