From policy to practice: the implementation of a new framework for social work assessments of children and families

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-90

  Cleaver, Hedy ^a   Walker, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; child protection; implementation; multi agency work; parental perceptions; re focusing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 85050715068     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2004.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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