dr. ana m. sobočan istanbul, 18.4.2013 uncertainties in social work practice: a challenge or an...
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Dr. Ana M. SobočanIstanbul, 18.4.2013
Uncertainties in social work practice: a challenge or an incentive for ethical practice?
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• Does dealing with uncertainties lead to ethical expertise?
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• Research about ethical decision making (with social workers in Slovenia) – theories ‘produced’ by social workers
• Uncertainties in social work practice of a set of Slovenian social workers: procedural uncertainties, professional uncertainties, personal uncertainties, situational uncertainties
Uncertainties in SW: CONTEXT
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• Exclusive use of legislation / laws
• Relocating responsibility
• Sharing responsibility / involving authorities
• Negotiations with other professionals
• Appropriating the law / creative use of legislation
• Advocating for change / implementation of change
Procedural uncertainties
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• Sticking with the routine
• Sticking to the limits of the profession
• Strengthening the professional identity
• ‘Just in case’ scenarios
• ‘You know what you are doing’ approach
• Using the existing networks
• Seeking allies
Professional uncertainties
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• Questioning own practice
• Long-life learning and trainings
• Seeking help, supervision and consulting with others
• Care of self
• Dealing with ‘Have I really done everything?’
Personal uncertainties
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A dump-bin for anything that cannot be explained or controlled:
• Professional and other shortcomings or errors are explained with phenomena such as ‘coincidence’, lack of knowledge, bad luck …
• Advantage is automatically (without consideration) given to short-term solutions over long-term, ‘care’ over ‘justice’, loyalty over truth, individual over community etc.
Situational uncertainties
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Burning issues:
• What is the most ethical choice ? / What is the most justifiable choice?
• Relationships with service users as a source of certainty, source of gratification, source of a feeling of professionalism
Dealing with uncertainties
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• Engaging with uncertainties as a necessary element of ethical practice
• Moving from starting with a question‘what can be done’ to the question ‘what should be done’
Dealing with uncertainties