Maintaining front-line workers in child protection: A case for refocusing supervision

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 323-335

  Gibbs, Judy A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child protection; Retention; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958908130     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.707     Document Type: Article

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