Professionals' Insights on Supervision in Portuguese Residential Care.
The scarcity of evidence on how supervision in the child protection system (CPS) is developed, specifically in residential care, calls for further research on this issue. The aim of this study is to provide new insights on staff perceptions in residential care about supervision's strengths, opportun...
| Published in: | Child & Family Social Work Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 960 - 971 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2025
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