People in places: A qualitative exploration of recruitment agencies' perspectives on the employment of international social workers in the UK

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1000-1016

  Hussein, Shereen ^a   Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Stevens, Martin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immigration; Intermational social work; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953823563     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn131     Document Type: Article

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