Social and caring professions in European welfare states : policies, services and professional practices /

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Focusing on research representing different types of European welfare states, including the Scandinavian and the Continental, this collection provides new insights about current welfare professions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Blom, Björn (Editor ), Evertsson, Lars (Editor ), Perlinski, Marek (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2017.
Temas:
Social service > Europe.
Social workers > Europe.
Caregivers > Europe.
Public welfare > Europe.
Service social > Europe.
Travailleurs sociaux > Europe.
Aidants naturels > Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Caregivers
Public welfare
Social service
Social workers
Europe
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • SOCIAL AND CARING PROFESSIONS IN EUROPEAN WELFARE STATES; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1. European social and caring professions in transition; Introduction; Social and caring welfare professions ; Content of the book in brief; Countries representing European welfare models; Part 1. Knowledge, reflection and identity in the social and caring welfare professions; 2. The impact of education on professional identity ; Introduction; Research methods; Formation of professional identity; Impact of education ; Empirical evidence; Coherence; Conclusion.
  • 3. The construction of professional identity in social work: experience, analytical reflection and timeIntroduction; The construction of professional identity; Experience: ambiguity and narrative constructions ; Analytical reflection: a contextual struggle ; Time: an unnoticed constituent of professional identity?; Conclusion; 4. Professional supervision and professional autonomy; Introduction ; Central concepts: autonomy, discretion, agency and supervision; Circular reflections and concerns about professional autonomy and supervision.
  • Discussion: how to cross the circular cycles of professional concernsConclusion; Part 2. Control, regulation and management; 5. Reconfiguring professional autonomy? The case of social work in the UK; Introduction; Reconfiguration 1: social work in managerialist times; Reconfiguration 2: beyond managerialism?; Conclusion; 6. Auditing and accountability ; Introduction; Purpose ; Conceptual framework and methods; The character and function of two audit systems in Swedish eldercare; Consequences for key actors; Conclusion; 7. State regulation of the social work profession: an example from Poland.
  • IntroductionTheoretical assumptions; Social work in Poland before and after 1989: historical heritage and the new political reality; Europeanisation of social welfare in Poland or the paradoxes of top-down modernisation of social work; Standardisation of social services in Poland and its possible consequences for the social work profession; Conclusion; Part 3. Collaboration, conflict and competition; 8. Professional boundary crossing and interprofessional knowledge development ; Introduction; Interprofessional practices; Examining collaborative practices in social work.
  • What type of boundary crossing was taking place? Conclusion: readiness for complexity? ; nine; 9. The formation of a profession: the case of physiotherapy in Norway; Introduction; Physiotherapy in Norway: from the beginning; The legacy from Sweden; Healthcare I: struggle for livelihood and public authorisation; Healthcare II: marking of the social mandate and physiotherapists' own competence; Healthcare III: referral scheme
  • control of tasks ; Gender and power; The educational sector I: the road to a public education run by the state.

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