Sosialt arbeid – en historie om kjønn, klasse og profesjon

Dahle, Rannveig

doi:10.18261/issn1891-1781-2010-01-04

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“…In Norway, the development of the profession is often presented as an integrated part of the constitution of the Norwegian welfare state in the post-war period (Levin, 2010). However, the creation of the profession actually started in the 1920s, when the women’s organisation Norske Kvinners Nasjonalråd started a school that offered courses in SW to educate women from lower social classes (Dahle, 2010). The development of the welfare state has, however, provided an important context for the development path of the profession.…”

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‘Where is the social work?’ Discovering and learning social work across Chinese and Norwegian contexts: A transcontextual perspective

Zhao

2023

International Social Work

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This article addresses how the global and local aspects of social work can be integrated into the internationalisation of social work education. Building on the transnational perspective, it introduces a transcontextual perspective, through which students develop critical and reflective knowledge about the importance of context in shaping social work practices. Such a perspective implies a dynamic understanding of social work, whereby any given social work practice can be understood as a contextual enactment. Using one short-term Sino-Norwegian exchange programme as an example, the article demonstrates how a transcontextual perspective can be implemented to foster transcontextual reflectivity among the students.

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Section: Sw Situated In Norwegian and Chinese Contextsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Where is the social work?’ Discovering and learning social work across Chinese and Norwegian contexts: A transcontextual perspective

Zhao

2023

International Social Work

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“…Historically, the origin of social work is closely linked with charity and humanitarian work. This connection might explain the core values of professional social work today which include compassion and support of those in need (Dahle, 2010). Contrary to its origin in charity organizations and private initiatives, the overwhelming number of social work services and providers in contemporary Norway is organized within the welfare state as a part of the Norwegian government.…”

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“…Social work is a normative profession, in which values on how to act in a professional manner are obtained through a socialization process during and after education for social work (Otters, 2013). These normative standards are passed down from colleagues and educators and emphasize that social workers should be supportive, emancipating and facilitators of positive change (Dahle, 2010;Hepworth et al, 2017;IFSW, 2014). Furthermore, to be able to be supportive even when clients face extreme emotional problems and trauma, social workers are expected to keep their own emotional response at bay, follow feeling rules set by management and ethical standards Turtiainen et al, 2020; and remain resilient in stressful situations (Grant et al, 2015).…”

Section: Professional and Personal Relational Expectationsmentioning

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“…Viewing the surface acting strategies as an expression of professional norms contributes to clarifying how expectations and management are integrated parts of the tension made explicit in Figure 3. As a normative profession, social workers are expected to be empathic, openminded and present for the client (Dahle, 2010;Hepworth et al, 2017;IFSW, 2014). As mentioned before, this implies an expectation to cope with various expressions and opinions.…”

Section: Emotion Managementmentioning

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“…Gazing back to social work's infancy in private and charity organisations, where the core values of compassion for and support of those in need were nurtured (Dahle, 2010)…”

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Managing the tension between trust and security: A qualitative study of Norwegian social workers’ experience with preventing radicalisation and violent extremism

Haugstvedt¹

2021

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In Norway, social workers play a formalised part in the national strategy to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism. This part is played out by engaging with other services and organisations, such as the schools, health services, police and the police security service (PST), in a multiagency cooperation. In addition, social workers engage directly with individuals who have been deemed at risk of further radicalisation and are tasked with providing prevention and follow-up services. Norwegian social workers’ experiences from the work to prevent radicalisation and violent extremism (PVE) have not yet been specifically explored. Thus, this study asks the following main research question: How do Norwegian social workers experience and reflect upon their engagement in preventive work against radicalization and violent extremism? To answer this, an explorative qualitative study was devised utilizing data from 17 in-depth interviews and two focus-group interviews, analysed through an eclectic theoretical framework to reveal new knowledge. Furthermore, the study seeks to contribute to a theoretical development of social work in a new knowledge and practice field, alongside police and PST. The study finds that Norwegian social workers performing PVE experience tension from conflict expectations. First, Norwegian social workers frame and approach the task of PVE as a social issue and lean on common social worker strategies, and trustbuilding, in particular. This is labelled internal expectations. Next, through cooperation with police and PST, they are expected to participate in a more ‘secretive’ practices, where sensitive information flows more smoothly, without clients’ necessarily being aware of this. Analysis of this cooperation indicates that several types of jurisdictional settlements between social workers and the police, and PST in particular, exits. Of these, subordination to PST raise the most apparent ethical dilemmas for social workers. This practice influence and expectations from policy documents are labelled as external expectations. The conflict occurring between these two expectations create tension in the form of emotional dissonance and person role/conflicts. To cope with these, social workers apply emotion management strategies (internal management) as well as social support from peers and support staff (external management). As an extension of social support, where social workers may become aware of how policy and other professional logics influence their practice field, this thesis suggests that social workers may communicate these challenges to managers and policymakers through an offensive policy directed practice. These findings contribute to the development of the role of the social worker itself, influenced by security logics and policy, and suggests how this can be dealt with through a clearer demarcation between what is and what is not included in the tasks and responsibilities of social workers in PVE.

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Social Work in a Changing Scandinavian Welfare State: Norway

Sønneland

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education

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Sosialt arbeid – en historie om kjønn, klasse og profesjon

Cited by 11 publications

References 2 publications

‘Where is the social work?’ Discovering and learning social work across Chinese and Norwegian contexts: A transcontextual perspective

‘Where is the social work?’ Discovering and learning social work across Chinese and Norwegian contexts: A transcontextual perspective

Managing the tension between trust and security: A qualitative study of Norwegian social workers’ experience with preventing radicalisation and violent extremism

Social Work in a Changing Scandinavian Welfare State: Norway

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