Discretion in the History and Development of Social Work

Hardy, Mark

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“…De senaste två decennierna har socialarbetares bedömningsarbete i klientärenden varit föremål för ökad uppmärksamhet. Inom olika verksamhetsområden, inklusive arbete med våld i nära relationer, har professionens förmåga att genomföra precisa och likvärdiga bedömningar diskuterats och ifrågasatts (Danis, 2003;Hardy, 2016;Ulmestig & Panican, 2015). Standardiserade bedömningsverktyg har framförts som ett sätt att minska risken för godtyckliga bedömningar och som ett sätt att stödja socialarbetare i deras arbete med klienter (Oscarsson, 2009;Socialstyrelsen, 2012).…”

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“…Det har påpekats att den typ av beteendestyrning som det är att troget följa manualen flyttar makten över hur professionellt arbete ska utföras från de professionella till andra aktörer och att socialarbetares autonomi därmed är hotad (jfr Agevall, Jonnergård & Krantz, 2017). Att relativt självständigt genomföra bedömningar och fatta omdömesgilla beslut inom ramen för yrkesutövningen brukar vara själva kärnan i vad som förknippas med professionalism (Evetts, 2002;Freidson, 2001;Hardy, 2016;Liljegren & Parding, 2010;Molander, 2016). En person som har diskretion i yrket har möjlighet att "assess and evaluate cases and conditions, and to assert their professional judgement regarding advice, performance and treatment" (Evetts, 2002, s. 345).…”

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Riskbedömningens logiker i arbetet med mäns våld mot kvinnor

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2018

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Risk assessment logics when working with men’s violence against women Over the past two decades, social workers’ assessment and decision-making skills in client cases have been the subject of increased attention. The profession’s ability to conduct accurate assessments has been questioned. One way to seek to improve assessment work has been to implement various risk assessment tools. This article describes how social workers reason in risk assessment situations involving women exposed to violence by a previous male partner. The assessments studied here have been carried out with the assessment tool FREDA. The analysis reveals three logics in the social workers’ reasoning: the addiction logic, the normalization logic and the safety logic. These logics illustrate how social workers’ deliberations and assessments are not governed in a rectilinear manner by the standardized tool but that risk is negotiated also by drawing on other knowledge sources. Although standardization can be seen as a way for professionals to strive for more secure social work, the participants at the same time acknowledge the uncertainty associated with assessment work in which future violence is to be predicted. This however can have consequences for how the victims of violence are expected to live their lives.

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Riskbedömningens logiker i arbetet med mäns våld mot kvinnor

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2018

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“…However, the importance and benefits of professional judgement in social work practicesocial workers utilising their knowledge, skills and values to guide decisionmaking about appropriate responses to individual circumstances (Hardy, 2016) remains an issue of ongoing debate with little consensus. The implementation of self-directed support and increased personalisation has, for some, raised questions about the role and scope of professional judgement, in the given increasing assessment, resource management and risk/safeguarding concerns (Evans, 2013;Ellis, 2014;Hardy, 2016).…”

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“…Advocates of points-based resource allocation systems stress their potential for equity, transparency and reduced professional discretionary judgements, compared to less structured assessments where professional judgement can play a greater role, thus leading to increase risks of inequity. However, the importance and benefits of professional judgement in social work practice – social workers utilising their knowledge, skills and values to guide decision-making about appropriate responses to individual circumstances (Hardy, 2016) – remains an issue of ongoing debate with little consensus. The implementation of self-directed support and increased personalisation has, for some, raised questions about the role and scope of professional judgement, given increasing assessment, resource management and risk/safeguarding concerns (Ellis, 2014; Evans, 2013; Hardy, 2016).…”

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Allocating Personal Budgets/Grants to Carers

Mitchell

Glendinning

2016

Journal of Social Work

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English policy and practice guidance recommends local authorities offer personal budgets to all adults eligible for social care support using transparent and equitable allocation systems which maximise choice and control for users. This includes family and other unpaid carers as carers in England are entitled to their own personal budget. The Care Act 2014 strengthens carers' rights and places duties on authorities to assess and meet carers eligible support needs. However, little is known about how authorities assess and allocate resources to carers. This article explores this information gap drawing on data from a survey of English local authorities in two regions completed by carers lead officers and complemented by follow-up telephone interviews with a sub-sample of these officers. Findings: Survey and interview results demonstrate wide practice variations around how social workers assess, calculate and distribute resources to carers. There is little uniformity across authorities. Carer eligibility criteria are used but thresholds vary and are often unclear. Most grants/personal budgets are allocated as single annual payments but how the level of these grant/personal budgets are calculated varies with little standardisation. Applications: The article develops the evidence base surrounding resource allocation to carers through carer grants/personal budgets. Findings are timely as the Care Act 2014 will strengthen carers' rights alongside the continuing personalisation of adult social care. Discussing local authority policy and practice around key objectives of equity, transparency and carer choice, implications for future social work practice and its development are considered in light of the Care Act 2014.

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“…Therefore, the discretion of street-level bureaucrats is more critical and beneficial when the public service system is more massive and complicated (Evans and Harris 2004;Hardy 2015).…”

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How to influence the professional discretion of street-level bureaucrats: transformational leadership, organizational learning, and professionalization strategies in the delivery of social assistance

Zhang

Ling

Walker

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Public Management Review

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Developing professional discretion of street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) is not only an important strategy for bridging the gap between public service rules at policy level and sophisticated individual service needs at practical level, but it also has recently become a hot topic in public management. This study advances the SLB theory by providing empirical evidence that organizational learning capability and organizational type buffered the impact of transformational leadership on professional discretion in a sample of 595 Chinese professional social workers. This research showed that establishing an internal professional learning mechanism in public service agencies was conducive to improving SLBs' professional discretion.

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Discretion in the History and Development of Social Work

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Riskbedömningens logiker i arbetet med mäns våld mot kvinnor

Riskbedömningens logiker i arbetet med mäns våld mot kvinnor

Allocating Personal Budgets/Grants to Carers

How to influence the professional discretion of street-level bureaucrats: transformational leadership, organizational learning, and professionalization strategies in the delivery of social assistance

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