Child protection workers: What they do

International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 122-138

  O’reilly, Rebecca ^a   Luck, Lauretta ^a   Wilkes, Lesley ^a,b   Jackson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child protection policy; Child protection workers; Client focus; Mixed methods; Multi tasking; Non therapeutic tasks; Work practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650165001     PISSN: 18340806     EISSN: 18340814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/mra.2011.5.1.122     Document Type: Article

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