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Social Work, Power and Performativity [PDF]
In recent years, there have been a number of epistemological developments in social work. Further, there have been a number of theoretical approaches that have attempted to ground the concept of ‘power’ to understand organizational practice such as ...
Powell, Jason
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Thinking from Experience in Psychosocial Practice: Reclaiming and Teaching ‘Use of Self’ [PDF]
A course based on psychosocial theory and students' experiences in practice has been taught in the UK, Norway and Quebec. It departs from the classical social work concept ‘use of self’ and aims to help novices in health and social work to understand how
Davies, Linda +2 more
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AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY: UNEARTHING BELIEFS AND PRACTICES FOR THE HELPING PROFESSIONS
Empirical work related to African spirituality in the social sciences, particularly within the social work context, is sparse. It is crucial that practitioners have a deeper understanding of the beliefs and practices that can support therapeutic goals in
Charlene Singh, Raisuyah Bhagwan
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Co-producing healthcare in a volume vs. value-based healthcare system: perspective of a parent of a patient and a health professions’ educator [PDF]
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim framework represents an approach to optimizing a health system’s performance by focusing on improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of populations, and reducing healthcare costs.
Caron, Rosemary M.
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Labour Market Characteristics of Helping Professionals
In Hungary, considerable efforts have been made in recent years to analyse the career paths of higher educational graduates, which have highlighted the need for field-specific and training-specific analysis.
Cintia Csók
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Empathy and Burnout in Helping Professionals
The present study is aimed at reviewing current researches on the relationship between empathy and burnout in helping professions. Traditionally, empathy is recognized as a core competence in this field.
T.D. Karyagina, S.Y. Roshchina
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Suicide continues to be a public health concern, with suicide rates increasing. Human service professionals are among the helping professions tasked with assessing and addressing suicidality. Despite the well-documented benefits of suicide assessment and
Narketta Sparkman-Key +3 more
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Problem gambling: a suitable case for social work? [PDF]
Problem gambling attracts little attention from health and social care agencies in the UK. Prevalence surveys suggest that 0.6% of the population are problem gamblers and it is suggested that for each of these individuals, 10–17 other people ...
Alexander B. +42 more
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Characteristics of Discourses of Helping Professions
Introduction. The article examines the role of an agent of therapeutic influence and analyzes the features of discourses of helping professions (with their agents: psychologist, psychotherapist, doctor, teacher, shaman, lawyer) in modern therapeutic ...
I. V. Shugaylo
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Professionalization of Empathy: Problem Statement
The article problematizes the vision of empathy in the context of helping professions. Empathy is seen as the higher psychic function and as an ability.
Karyagina T.D.
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