Power and Control in Social Work
An Ethnographic Account of Mental Health Practice
Hannah Jobling(Author)
Bristol University Press
Published on 1. May 2023
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-4473-4571-8 (ISBN)
Description
Control forms the basis for much social work practice yet how much do we understand about the nature of control in social work?
With a focus on the field of community mental health, and drawing upon interviews with practitioners and service users, this book gives an in-depth account of how controlling practices in social work are experienced, perceived and negotiated in everyday interactions.
It demonstrates how practitioners understand and manage ethical challenges and decision-making in the use of control, whilst accounting for the professional, institutional, legislative and socio-political contexts they operate within.
With a focus on the field of community mental health, and drawing upon interviews with practitioners and service users, this book gives an in-depth account of how controlling practices in social work are experienced, perceived and negotiated in everyday interactions.
It demonstrates how practitioners understand and manage ethical challenges and decision-making in the use of control, whilst accounting for the professional, institutional, legislative and socio-political contexts they operate within.
More details
Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-4571-8 (9781447345718)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Hannah Jobling is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York.