Constructing the Social, Constructing Social Work

Harlow, Elizabeth

dc.contributor.author	Harlow, Elizabeth	*
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-03T14:06:37Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-03T14:06:37Z
dc.date.issued	2017-06-06
dc.identifier.citation	Harlow, E. (2017). Constructing the Social, Constructing Social Work. In S. A. Webb (Ed.), Professional Identity and Social Work: Blurred Boundaries and Emerging Spaces. London, United Kingdom: Routledge.
dc.identifier.isbn	9781138234420
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10034/620585
dc.description.abstract	Over recent times, social work has faced many challenges. This chapter does not focus on these challenges, but takes them into account when giving consideration to the construction of the profession in general, and the welfare regime of which it is a part. In giving consideration to this construction, the meaning of the ‘social’ component of ‘social work’ is deemed to be important to the identity of the profession, along with the socio-economic context from which it emerged, and to which it currently belongs. This theoretical foundation calls into question the essentialism of a fixed professional identity, but it also assumes that there is a body of practice known as social work which, over time has become associated with some prevailing features. A chronological approach to the construction of social work is taken and then a case study is offered. A concluding discussion follows on from the case study.
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Routledge	en
dc.relation.url	https://www.routledge.com/Professional-Identity-and-Social-Work/Webb/p/book/9781138234420	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	en
dc.subject	Social work	en
dc.subject	Professional identity	en
dc.subject	Adoption Support	en
dc.title	Constructing the Social, Constructing Social Work	en
dc.type	Book chapter	en
dc.contributor.department	University of Chester
dc.date.accepted	2017-04-13
or.grant.openaccess	Yes	en
rioxxterms.funder	Unfunded	en
rioxxterms.identifier.project	Unfunded	en
rioxxterms.version	AM	en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate	2217-06-06
html.description.abstract	Over recent times, social work has faced many challenges. This chapter does not focus on these challenges, but takes them into account when giving consideration to the construction of the profession in general, and the welfare regime of which it is a part. In giving consideration to this construction, the meaning of the ‘social’ component of ‘social work’ is deemed to be important to the identity of the profession, along with the socio-economic context from which it emerged, and to which it currently belongs. This theoretical foundation calls into question the essentialism of a fixed professional identity, but it also assumes that there is a body of practice known as social work which, over time has become associated with some prevailing features. A chronological approach to the construction of social work is taken and then a case study is offered. A concluding discussion follows on from the case study.