Reconstructing the professional domain: Boundary work of professionals and volunteers in the context of social service reform

Bochove, Marianne van; Tonkens, Evelien; Verplanke, Loes; Roggeveen, Suzanne

doi:10.1177/0011392116677300

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“…In many countries, there has been a fundamental reorganisation of the relationship between formal, public care and informal, private care. Shifts from professionals to volunteers are observed across national contexts and in various types of public services, particularly in long-term care and social work (Van Bochove, Tonkens, Verplanke, & Roggeveen, 2016). As a result, a growing number of workers in their sixties will experience conflicting demands tied to work and family roles.…”

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What We Need to Know About Retirement: Pressing Issues for the Coming Decade

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The current landscape of retirement is changing dramatically as population aging becomes increasingly visible. This review of pressing retirement issues advocates research on (1) changing meanings of retirement; (2) impact of technology; (3) the role of housing in retirement; (4) human resource strategies; (5) adjustment to changing retirement policies; (6) the pension industry; and (7) the role of ethnic diversity in retirement.

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Section: How Do Workers Adapt To Changing Retirement Policies?mentioning

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“…Where professionals and volunteers work side-by-side there are risks of "demarcation" disputes, but also examples where delegation of certain professional tasks to volunteers is acceptable to both groups (Hoad, 2002;van Bochove et al, 2018).…”

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Roles and capacities of Thai family development centres

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Hughes

Khajornchaikul

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine Family Development Centre (FDC) staff’s[1] perspectives on their roles and capacity to promote early childhood language learning through good parenting. Design/methodology/approach This research employed in-depth interviews with 30 FDC coordinators and volunteer staff, supported by limited field observations. Findings Identifying risk, surveillance of at-risk families, building community solidarity and activities to support parenting and children, emerged as key components of FDC work. Volunteers softened their surveillance role by emphasising their social support function and personal links to local communities. Most activities aimed to strengthen family bonding and relationships, with fewer specifically addressing early childhood language deficits. Volunteers found the latter challenging, and generally sought to work in cooperation with education, public health and child care staff where projects involved language development. Practical implications Most volunteers said they lacked the capacities to promote early language development effectively and required additional training in such areas as partnerships and collaboration, family and parenting support, and project management. The authors argue that the importance given to partnerships reflects volunteers’ recognition that they need to draw on outside expertise to address children’s language problems. Given resource constraints, volunteers will remain central to family support work for the immediate future. Even with training lay volunteers will not become language experts, and future policy should centre on building a framework of professional support for the community teams. Originality/value This study fills a gap in knowledge about FDC volunteer roles and suggests a need for training that focuses on teamwork rather than specialist language expertise.

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“…Access to residential care is now restricted and household help is no longer an individual right (Da Roit & van Bochove, 2017;van den Broek, Dykstra, & van der Veen, 2017). The Dutch government expects people needing care and support to first mobilise informal networks, before turning to publicly funded services (van Bochove, Tonkens, Verplanke, & Roggeveen, 2018). Government policies encourage ageing in place (van Dijk, Cramm, & Nieboer, 2013).…”

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Broadening the scope of live‐in migrant care research: How care networks shape the experience of precarious work

Bochove

Kleinsmiede

2019

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Live‐in migrant care work is increasing across welfare states. In the context of ageing populations and changing healthcare systems, live‐in care enables ageing in place without overburdening family caregivers. However, research has shown that live‐in care often puts migrant care workers and their recipients in precarious positions. While the outcome of precarious work has gained attention, it is not self‐evident. Based on interviews with migrant care workers in the Netherlands, as well as formal and informal caregivers, and the staff of intermediary organisations, this study shows that besides client conditions, the interactions of actors in the care network shape the circumstances and experience of migrant live‐in care work. The findings suggest that managing the care networks to which migrant care workers belong makes it possible to mitigate the associated precariousness.

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Reconstructing the professional domain: Boundary work of professionals and volunteers in the context of social service reform

Cited by 55 publications

References 33 publications

What We Need to Know About Retirement: Pressing Issues for the Coming Decade

What We Need to Know About Retirement: Pressing Issues for the Coming Decade

Roles and capacities of Thai family development centres

Broadening the scope of live‐in migrant care research: How care networks shape the experience of precarious work

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