Deconstructing and reconstructing diversity in client-provider-relationships of social work
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Authors
- Professorship of Theories and Methods of Childhood Studies
- Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy
- Professorship for Social Pedagogy specialized in Research on Vocational Education and Didactics
- Junior Professorship for Inclusion and Diversity
- Professorship for Social Pedagogy
- Professorship for Social and Organisational Psychology of Social Work
Diversity and reflections on diversity impact client-provider-relationships of social work on different levels, ranging from institutionalized programs to interpersonal practices to individual expectations, cognitive make-ups and emotional experiences. However, the implications of diversity and its reflections in social work practice are still far from being sufficiently empirically researched. Depending on the precise situation, diversity may be directly involved in the forms of categorizations, valorizations, or social identities that influence professional social work from diagnostical judgement to service delivery. But it may also be pivotal as a physical or organizational context factor that influences decision-making, leads to more (a-)symmetrical and (un-)just distributions of resources, (in-)visibility of individuals, and power. Seeing client-provider-relationships through the lens of diversity shows the complexity, richness and fundamentally social quality of social work.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Social Work & Society |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
ISSN | 1613-8953 |
Publication status | Published - 24.04.2024 |
Event | Promotionskolleg "Sozialpädagogik in diversen Gesellschaften" - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany Duration: 01.11.2021 → 01.11.2021 https://www.leuphana.de/graduate-school/promotionskollegs/sozialpaedagogik-in-diversen-gesellschaften.html |
- Social Work and Social Pedagogics - Social work, client-provider-relationship, categorizations
- Gender and Diversity - diversity, social identity, contextual factors