Beckett / Maynard / Jordan Values and Ethics in Social Work

3. Third Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5264-1377-2
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, EPUB

An awareness of one’s own ethical assumptions and how these inform everyday practice is crucial for all student social workers. Social workers who genuinely wish to do the right thing by their services users have no alternative but to constantly think and rethink the principles and assumptions that inform their actions, and this book supports them on their journey to do just that.


This third edition is set out in two parts: Part I deals with broad ideas about values and ethics in general, looking at philosophy, religion and politics, as well as the duty of realism. Part II takes the discussion further, looking at how these general principles are relevant to everyday practice, with chapters on the use and misuse of power, the idea of self-determination, and the challenges of working with people whose experience and outlook are different to one’s own.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beckett, Chris

Maynard, Andrew

Jordan, Peter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I: FOUNDATIONS OF VALUES AND ETHICS

What are Values and Ethics?

Moral Philosophy

Values and Religion

Values and Politics

Realism as an Ethical Principle

PART II: VALUES AND ETHICS IN PRACTICE

Being Professional

Uses and abuses of power

Risk and blame

Self-determination and privacy

Respect or oppression

Limited resources

Difference and diversity

Über Autor(innen)

Beckett, Chris

Chris Beckett studied Psychology at Bristol University and qualified as a social worker at Bangor, North Wales, in 1980, going on to work for eighteen years as a social worker and social work manager, and then for fifteen years as a social work lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and the University of East Anglia. He has had a parallel career for some time as a writer of fiction and is now a full-time writer. His novel, Dark Eden was the winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award for 2012.

Jordan, Peter

Peter Jordan qualified as a social worker and worked with children and families in a variety of settings, including a Children’s Centre. He has been involved with teaching in Higher Education since 2006, first with the Open University and, since 2009, as a fulltime lecturer at the University of East Anglia. He has been involved in research about children’s views and experiences of the child protection process. His main research interests are in ethics in professional life and interprofessional working, but he is also interested in the ways that newly qualified workers manage their entry into the profession.

Peter has a daughter and lives with her and her mum in Norwich.