1st Edition

Professionalism, Boundaries and the Workplace

Edited By Nigel Malin Copyright 2000
    282 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    Professionalism, Boundaries and the Workplace is a practical text that examines a range of sensitive issues concerned with managing and maintaining professional boundaries between worker and client. It uses experiences from probation, social work, the NHS, small business and church settings. A number of issues are addressed including:
    *the relationship between personal and professional values
    *changing professional-client relationships
    *definitions of 'being professional'
    *conflicts arising from different understandings of professionalism.

    Part One: Professionalism, Boundaries and the Health-Social Care Context 1. Professionalism and Boundaries of the Formal Sector: The Example of Social and Community Care 2. Professionalism in Everyday Practice: Issues of Trust, Experience and Boundaries 3. Professionalism and User Self advocacy Part Two: Professionalism and Enterprise Culture 4. Boundary work and the Un-making of the Professions 5. Personal Business Advice: Professionalism and the Limits of 'Customer Satisfaction' 6. Colleagues or Clients? The Relationship between Clergy and Church Members Part Three: Professionalism and New Managerialism 7. The Retreat from Professionalism: From Social Worker to Care Manager 8. Social Work, Professionalism and the Rationality of Organisational Change Part Four: Professionalism and Credentialism 9. From Befriending to Punishing: Changing Boundaries in the Probation Service 10. Professionalism Definitions in Managing Health Services 11. Betwixt and Between: Part-Time Women GPs and the Flexible Working Question Part Five: Professionalism and Emotion-Management 12. Mixed Feelings: Emotion Management in the Caring Professions 13. The Fat Envelope Patient: Dynamics Between Patient, Doctor and Osteopath 14. Redefining the Role of Emotions in Complementary Medicine 15. Conclusion

    Biography

    Nigel Malin is Professor of Social Work and Community Studies at the University of Derby; he is well respected for his work on community care.