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The Compassionate Bureaucrat: Processing Cases, Facilitating Change, Being Human
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work.
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1666-0639
2018 (English)In: Nordic Social Work Research, ISSN 2156-857X, E-ISSN 2156-8588, Vol. 8, no 2, p. 105-117Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This article reports on a study the aim of which was to sketch a tentative model for illuminating variations in the professional role of a social worker, based on Swedish social work students' own experiences of knowledge use and its premises in client meetings during field practice. Social work students voluntarily submitted narratives depicting problematic and unproblematic situations experienced during field practice in one of three broad occupational positions of social work: casework; counselling; and social assistance. Three different formative aspects were identified as constituting premises for knowledge use in social work. Knowledge use from differing epistemological domains are set in relation to the identified formative aspects, all together comprising a role that we label 'the Compassionate Bureaucrat'.

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Routledge, 2018. Vol. 8, no 2, p. 105-117
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professional role, knowledge use, field practice, occupational position, client meeting
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-143516DOI: 10.1080/2156857X.2018.1426623Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85124833257OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-143516DiVA, id: diva2:1170424
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How do SWs and GPs use knowledge in practice?Available from: 2018-01-03 Created: 2018-01-03 Last updated: 2022-02-28Bibliographically approved

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