The "Key" to Successful Transitions for Young People Leaving Residential Child Care: The Role of the Keyworker

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 371-392

  Holt, Stephanie ^a   Kirwan, Gloria ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84866337117     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575279.2012.713853     Document Type: Article

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