Developing employment opportunities for care leavers

Children and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-393

  Bilson, Andy ^a   Price, Joanna ^a   Stanley, Nicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care leavers; Children in care; Employment; Looked after

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961140868     PISSN: 09510605     EISSN: 10990860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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