The place of "think family" approaches in child and family social work: Messages from a process evaluation of an English pathfinder service

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-236

  Thoburn, June ^a   Cooper, Neil ^a   Brandon, Marian ^a   Connolly, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Intensive outreach; Multi disciplinary; Multi problem families; Relationships; Social work methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871450450     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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