Where have all the feelings gone? Developing reflective and relationship-based management in child-care social work

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1315-1332

  Ruch, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child safeguarding; management; professional practice; reflective practice; relationship based practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867781603     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcr134     Document Type: Article

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