Personal and professional boundaries in Australian social work : a study of the self in practice / Joanna Zubrzycki
- Bib ID:
- 5446842
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Zubrzycki, Joanna
- Description:
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- Saarbrücken, Germany : Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009
- 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9783838320731
- Summary:
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"...presents the findings of a national research project that explores how a group of social workers construct these [personal and professional] boundaries in their daily practice. These practitioners come from diverse cultural backgrounds: Aboriginal and Torres Strait, Anglo Australian, Anglo Celtic, Jordanian, Chinese, South American and Filipino. They work in a range of rural and urban contexts and in different fields of practice. Through the analysis of their practice experiences, a new theory emerges about the relationship between the personal and the professional self and how the boundary between these two identities is constructed. This theory highlights the influence of a range of factors on the construction of personal and professional boundaries including: cultural identity, gender, social class and the context of practice. It also identifies that the boundary between the personal and the professional self is a site of knowledge development in social work. The research has implications for social work education, practice, staff recruitment, retention and supervision."--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-252) and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Boundaries in social work practice.
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2009
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