Professional Identity and Social Work by Stephen A. Webb

Author:Stephen A. Webb [Webb, Stephen A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781315306933
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-06-26T00:00:00+00:00

Notes

1 I frame this dilemma as an epistemological and ethical dilemma. However, these conflicting epistemologies can also be interrogated from the institutional logics perspective (see Thornton, Ocasio, and Lounsbury, 2012) according to which objectivity and situated knowledge are conflicting institutional logics.

2 Family engagement was a ubiquitously articulated service ethic in DCW training materials and is broadly consistent with workers’ perceptions that the culture of DCW is now strongly in favour of reuniting children with their birth parents rather than pursuing alternative living arrangements such as permanent guardianship or adoption.

3 This statement is rhetorical and is written with a period, rather than a question mark, in slide notes to the facilitator.

4 Though I first encountered this image in DCW training, a Google search for “lion cat mirror” results in more than 3 million hits for this image, which can be found via the following link: http://www.sunnyskyz.com/happy-pictures/248/Cat-sees-lion-in-mirror. Most often, the image appears as part of a meme, with various phrases superimposed on the picture.

5 As an Internet meme, the picture takes on different meanings depending upon what phrase is superimposed.

6 In fact, Ferguson, drawing heavily upon Anthony Giddens, outlines a historical process whereby late-modern reflexive citizens and reflexive systems increasingly observe themselves in order to manage self-generated errors and risks (1997).

7 A host of child welfare scholars have interrogated the issue of birth parent engagement and have come to very different conclusions. Elizabeth Bartholet (1999) argues against the family preservation ethic and that some children labelled “at risk for removal” should be defined as “in need of liberation” (1999, 53). Bartholet’s position, while controversial, is no more biased than DCW’s stance; rather, it represents a different value stance.

8 In contrast to objective constructions of empathy, Carl Rogers (1975), the originator of person-centred therapy, asserts that empathy requires the therapist to sincerely care about the client. “It is impossible accurately to sense the perceptual world of another person unless you value that person and his world – unless you in some sense care” (Rogers, 1975: 6).

9 A version of this chapter was published in Social Service Review. See: Hardesty, M. (2015). Epistemological Binds and Ethical Dilemmas in Frontline Child Welfare Practice. Social Service Review, 89(3): 455–498.

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