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Not just a job: A study of the needs of residential child care workers in Melbourne, Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

John Murphy
John Murphy*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168
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Abstract

While it is universally accepted that residential child care workers have a key role to play in the quality of services for children in care, the working conditions of many staff are poor and do not reflect the importance of their work. Very little research has been undertaken which focuses on the needs of residential child care staff. The following study examined the factors affecting the job satisfaction of residential child care workers in Melbourne, Australia.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , 1994 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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