Ethical Practice and the Abuse of Power in Social Responsibility: Leave No Stone

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To avoid unfair and abusive practice in social care, policy makers and professionals need to examine the body of values, rules and methods which guide their work, and to move towards a more sophisticated participatory approach to social responsibility.

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Presenting the stories of individuals form all levels of the social and legal systems, including service users, judges, therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, social policy academics and parents, this text, concerned with ethical practice, represents and unites academic, professional and personal perspectives. Topics covered include: accountability and confidentiality; system abuse in psychiatric medicine, child protection and child care work; community poverty action; children's rights; use of information technology in family law disputes. The book contains background material, a review of current research, case studies and useful addresses, and lays guidelines for future policy. It should be of relevance for social care academics, policy makers and professionals seeking to refine their practice to understand the invisible and prejudicial structures and processes which govern their work.

Author Biography

Helen Payne PhD is Principal Lecturer in Health and Social Care at the University of Hertfordshire and visiting professor at the University of Derby. She is an accredited group and individual psychotherapist and has published several books and numerous articles in this field.Brian Littlechild is Principle Lecturer and Director of Studies at the University of Hertfordshire. He has worked as a team leader in social services departments, and has published several books in this area including Dealing with Aggression and The Police and the Criminal Evidence Act 1984.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Helen Payne, University of Hertfordshire. 2. Challenging the Power of Professionals: Involving the Community in Tackling Poverty, Roger Green, University of Hertfordshire and Andy Turner, Kingsmead Kabin Project. 3. The Rights of Children in Statutory Decision Making, Brian Littlechild, University of Hertfordshire. 4. Theatres of Justice: The Need for Ethical Practice in the Family Legal System, Lee Heal, Service User. 5. Representing Parents in Care Proceedings: Does the Legal System Fail to let Them Play a Real Part?, Sue Williscroft, Leeds Deputy District Judge and Family Lawyer. 6. A Child Psychiatric Perspective on the Use of the Courts and Child Welfare, Judith Trowell and Lois Colling, Tavistock Clinic. 7. The Experience of a Professional Witness in Court: Wading with a Child Against the Tide, Maria Pozzi, Child Psychotherapist, Hertfordshire Health Authority. 8. The Betrayed Truth, Maggie Lane, Service User, A National Voice. 9. Surviving an Abusive System, Peter Beresford, Centre for Citizen Participation, Brunel University and Anne Wilson, Service User. 10. System Abuse: Social Violence and Families, Sue Amphlett, Service User, Parents Against Injustice. 11. Serial Abuse, Mary Neville, Victim. List of Organisations. List of Contributors. References. Index

Long Description

Presenting the stories of individuals form all levels of the social and legal systems, including service users, judges, therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, social policy academics and parents, this text, concerned with ethical practice, represents and unites academic, professional and personal perspectives. Topics covered include: accountability and confidentiality; system abuse in psychiatric medicine, child protection and child care work; community poverty action; children's rights; use of information technology in family law disputes. The book contains background material, a review of current research, case studies and useful addresses, and lays guidelines for future policy. It should be of relevance for social care academics, policy makers and professionals seeking to refine their practice to understand the invisible and prejudicial structures and processes which govern their work.

Description for Reader

To avoid unfair and abusive practice in social care, policy makers and professionals need to examine the body of values, rules and methods which guide their work, and to move towards a more sophisticated participatory approach to social responsibility.Presenting the stories of individuals from all levels of the social and legal systems, including service users, judges, therapists, psychiatrists, social workers, social policy academics and parents, Ethical Practice and the Abuse of Power in Social Responsibility represents and unites academic, professional and personal perspectives. Topics covered include:* accountability and confidentiality * system abuse in psychiatric medicine, child protection and child care work * community poverty action * children's rights in statutory agency decision making * the use of information technology in family law disputes.The book contains background material, a review of current research, case studies and useful addresses, and lays guidelines for future policy. It is essential reading for social care academics, policy makers and professionals seeking to refine their practice to understand the invisible and prejudicial structures and processes which govern their work.

Details ISBN185302743X Pages 240 Language English ISBN-10 185302743X ISBN-13 9781853027437 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 174.936 Year 1999 Author Peter Beresford Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers Subtitle Leave No Stone Unturned Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Short Title ETHICAL PRAC & THE ABUSE OF PO Edited by Jacki Pritchard Illustrations black & white illustrations Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers UK Release Date 1999-11-01 NZ Release Date 1999-11-01 Publication Date 1999-11-01 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 1999-11-14 We've got this

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