
GREY AREAS:Working with Forced Migrants in Kampala
Distress, Trauma and Staff Care in an Institutional Context
Monica Berti(Author)
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 5. November 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
204 pages
978-3-659-95779-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the result of a nine-month research (2014/15) which explored work-related distress and transmission of trauma among personnel working with urban forced migrants. Conducted in Kampala, Uganda, this study presents the experiences and perceptions of 16 staff members of Refugee Law Project (RLP), who interact with forced migrants on a daily basis. The book exposes how Compassion Satisfaction (CS) and Compassion Fatigue (CF) ¿ including trauma, distress and burnout - affect the RLP personnel in their daily tasks and in the long term. This work also illustrates the complex nexus between emotional and social dynamics on the one hand (motivation, self-identity and social identity, professional and social role, living conditions and life experiences), and emotional attachment to the clients and personal resilience on the other hand. The RLP personnel find themselves in these "grey areas", between the desire of doing good for the clients and the need to avoid distress and trauma; between personal values and professional principles; and between the need of institutional support and their clashes with the organization¿s mandate.
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Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-659-95779-6 (9783659957796)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Monica Berti was born in Italy on February 22, 1990. She completed her B.A. in Social Work at the University of Trento (Italy) in 2012 and her M.A. in Migration and Intercultural Relations at Carl von Ossietzky University (Oldenburg, Germany) in 2015. Currently she works in South Sudan and Uganda as Resource Mobilization Officer for a local NGO.