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Helping children, disabled people, the unemployed, the elderly or
homeless people can be inspiring work. However you can only help
other people effectively if you understand your role clearly and
know how to navigate the organisation in which you work.
Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations examines what
it means to be a professional in human service work, and how to
develop excellence in professional practice. Making explicit what
is often held as tacit knowledge in day to day practice, the
authors explain the dynamics of human service organisations. They
outline the challenges worker can face in caring for vulnerable
people while at the same time fulfilling expectations of management
and funding bodies. They explain the importance of understanding
the complex networks of service delivery systems, including the
role of information technology. They also examine how workers can
maintain professional relations with clients, colleagues and other
workers by developing skills in advocacy and in handling conflict,
complaints and ethical dilemmas. Professional Practice in Human
Service Organisations is essential reading for practitioners new to
roles in social work, community work, youth work and related
fields.
Helping children, disabled people, the unemployed, the elderly or
homeless people can be inspiring work. However you can only help
other people effectively if you understand your role clearly and
know how to navigate the organisation in which you work.
Professional Practice in Human Service Organisations examines what
it means to be a professional in human service work, and how to
develop excellence in professional practice...Making explicit what
is often held as tacit knowledge in day to day practice, the
authors explain the dynamics of human service organisations. They
outline the challenges worker can face in caring for vulnerable
people while at the same time fulfilling expectations of management
and funding bodies. They explain the importance of understanding
the complex networks of service delivery systems, including the
role of information technology. They also examine how workers can
maintain professional relations with clients, colleagues and other
workers by developing skills in advocacy and in handling conflict,
complaints and ethical dilemmas...Professional Practice in Human
Service Organisations is essential reading for practitioners new to
roles in social work, community work, youth work and related
fields.
Currently there is an enduring and changing meaning of social work
in a world where new crises are being confronted and new
opportunities are arriving in the evolving context of social work
and the related disciplines. There is a question on how to manage
the transformation of social work both productively and creatively
during this global shift. Practitioners and educators can
experience a tragic disorientation when confronted by the diversity
and depth of these crises endured and can face doubts about their
role in social work throughout all these changes and difficult
situations. Alternatives to this disorientation, a comfort with
uncertainty, and a capability to take risks need to urgently be
developed on a professional and personal level for success in the
evolving field. Through historical lens and a review of policies
and value-based approaches, the recontextualization of social work
can be explored. Practical and Political Approaches to
Recontextualizing Social Work explores practical and political ways
in which social work practice has been reconstructed. Chapters
identify this recontextualization of social work and how it is
changing, adapting, and transforming the profession along with
providing the potential implications for the profession. This book
grants insight on the reconstruction of social work on the personal
and interpersonal level ("case" work) and also on those intending
to impact social work on the local/global environment level in all
dimensions: politically, economically, socially, and ecologically.
In addition, the book includes a shift from the present short-term
and micro/personal view to a future and much broader and
encompassing perspective and practice vision. This book is
essential for social workers, practitioners, policymakers,
government officials, researchers, academicians, and students who
want to learn more about the recontextualizing of modern social
work in a shifting global environment.
Currently there is an enduring and changing meaning of social work
in a world where new crises are being confronted and new
opportunities are arriving in the evolving context of social work
and the related disciplines. There is a question on how to manage
the transformation of social work both productively and creatively
during this global shift. Practitioners and educators can
experience a tragic disorientation when confronted by the diversity
and depth of these crises endured and can face doubts about their
role in social work throughout all these changes and difficult
situations. Alternatives to this disorientation, a comfort with
uncertainty, and a capability to take risks need to urgently be
developed on a professional and personal level for success in the
evolving field. Through historical lens and a review of policies
and value-based approaches, the recontextualization of social work
can be explored. Practical and Political Approaches to
Recontextualizing Social Work explores practical and political ways
in which social work practice has been reconstructed. Chapters
identify this recontextualization of social work and how it is
changing, adapting, and transforming the profession along with
providing the potential implications for the profession. This book
grants insight on the reconstruction of social work on the personal
and interpersonal level ("case" work) and also on those intending
to impact social work on the local/global environment level in all
dimensions: politically, economically, socially, and ecologically.
In addition, the book includes a shift from the present short-term
and micro/personal view to a future and much broader and
encompassing perspective and practice vision. This book is
essential for social workers, practitioners, policymakers,
government officials, researchers, academicians, and students who
want to learn more about the recontextualizing of modern social
work in a shifting global environment.
his book provides a framework for professional expertise and
practice for our times. Professionals must deal with complex and
unpredictable situations and balance competing interests. What
specific knowledge and skills should they develop to be able to
work flexibly and confidently? How is the often stereotypical
knowledge of the novice student transformed into responsive ways of
working in uncertainty? This book grounds these issues in a study
of contemporary professional practitioners as they developed their
expertise over a period of five years beginning with their
preliminary training. It describes their initiation into practice
and their progression towards professional effectiveness. Using an
analysis of patterns in the development of experienced
practitioners, the authors create a theory of professional
expertise for practice in conditions of uncertainty. The book also
proposes educational strategies to help develop this expertise.
Information communication technologies in human services are of
increasing interest and concern to health and welfare educators,
managers, and practitioners due to their useful information
management and teaching capabilities. ""Information Communication
Technologies for Human Services Education and Delivery: Concepts
and Cases"" significantly contributes to the growing area of ICT
application in education and human service delivery. Containing
expert international contributions, this Premier Reference Source
showcases innovative practices, addresses ethical and logistic
concerns, and provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the
latest empirical research findings.
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