The expected working life of a social worker

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1628-1643

  Curtis, Lesley ^a   Moriarty, Jo ^b   Netten, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Social Care Workforce Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

recruitment and retention; social care professionals; Social workers; workforce; working lives

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954968284     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp039     Document Type: Article

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