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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163289703321

Titolo

Social and caring professions in European welfare states : policies, services and professional practices / / edited by Björn Blom, Lars Ervertsson and Marek Perlinski [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK : , : Policy Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-4473-2720-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

361.94

Soggetti

Social service - Europe

Social workers - Europe

Caregivers - Europe

Public welfare - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Apr 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- European social and caring professions in transition -- Knowledge, reflection and identity in the social and caring welfare professions -- The impact of education on professional identity -- The construction of professional identity in social work: experience, analytical reflection and time -- Professional supervision and professional autonomy -- Control, regulation and management -- Reconfiguring professional autonomy? The case of social work in the UK -- Auditing and accountability -- State regulation of the social work profession: an example from Poland -- Collaboration, conflict and competition -- Professional boundary crossing and interprofessional knowledge development -- The formation of a profession: the case of physiotherapy in Norway -- The professional development of social work in Poland after 1989 -- Professional dilemmas of defining a problem: the case of addiction treatment -- Challenges of municipal community work -- Assessment, negotiation and decision making -- On the unnoticed aspects of professional practice -- Can complexity in welfare professionals’ work be handled with standardised professional knowledge? -- Who is viewed as client by social workers and general practitioners? -- Activation work as professional practice: complexities



and professional boundaries at the street level of employment policy implementation -- Social and caring professions in European welfare states: trends and challenges -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.