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Antioppressive Practice
Author_Merlinda Weinberg
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ethical
ethical decision making
ethical dilemmas in frontline social work
Ethical Trespass
Euro-Western Society
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
Front Line Social Workers
Hot Potato
Maternity Home
Moral Distress
Moral Fluency
mothers
Normal Human Growth
Pirkei Avot
positions
power dynamics in practice
practitioner narratives
Preferred Subject Positions
professional boundaries
reactionary
Reactionary Discourse
Responsible Traitor
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social justice theory
Social Reproduction
Social Workers
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trespass
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Young Man
Young Single Mothers
Product details
- ISBN 9781472431097
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 10 Mar 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In the helping professions, codes of ethics and decision-making models have been the primary vehicles for determining what constitutes ethical practice. These strategies are insufficient since they assume that shared meanings exist and that the contradictory universal principles of codes can be reconciled. Also, these tools do not emphasize the significance of context for ethical practice. This book takes a new critical theoretical approach, which involves exploring how social workers construct what is ’ethical’ in their work, especially when they are positioned at the intersection of multiple paradoxes, including that of two opposing responsibilities in society: namely, to care for others but also to prevent others from harm. The book is built on narratives from actual front-line workers and therefore is more applicable and grounded for practitioners and students, offering many suggestions for sound practice. It illustrates that an understanding of ethics differs from worker to worker and is heavily influenced by context, workers’ values, and what they take up as the primary discourses that frame their perceptions of the profession. While recognizing the oppressive potential of social work, the book is rooted in a perspective that ethical practice can contribute to a more socially just society.
Merlinda Weinberg is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University in Canada. Prior to this she worked for 25 years as a front-line social worker, manager, consultant and practitioner in private practice.
