Mutual Benefits: Developing Relational Service Approaches Within Centrelink

Australian Social Work

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-103

  Hall, Greg ^a,b   Boddy, Jennifer ^a,d   Chenoweth, Lesley ^a,d   Davie, Katherine ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Social Work Services Centrelink   (Australia)

^c Centrelink   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early Intervention; Human Services; Relational Social Work; Social Inclusion; Strengths based Approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858170120     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0312407X.2011.594956     Document Type: Article

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