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Lessons Robin Clark taught me in child protection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Pamela Spall
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Abstract

Robin Clark was an inspirational leader in the child protection and out-of-home care field throughout the 1980s and 1990s in Australia. Robin died in 2001. However her legacy continues due to her mentoring of social workers throughout her career and her numerous reviews and evaluations of child protection systems. This article pays tribute to the lessons Robin Clark taught administrators and practitioners in the design and delivery of child protection and out-of-home care systems.

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Children Australia , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , 2002 , pp. 6 - 9
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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