{"id":2543,"date":"2015-05-19T14:26:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T06:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org\/journal\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2015-06-02T21:20:56","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:20:56","slug":"the-power-dynamics-between-social-workers-and-service-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appliedpsyj.org.tw\/journal\/?p=2543","title":{"rendered":"The Power Dynamics between Social Workers and Service Users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Li-Ping Ke<\/strong>
\nDepartment of Social Policy and Social Work\u00a0National Chi-Nan University<\/p>\n

The power issue permeates all levels of the social work profession\u00a0among its professionals and service users whom they serve. It\u00a0profoundly influences the quality of service and ultimate the fulfillment\u00a0of social justice. Unfortunately, the practitioners and scholars of the\u00a0field rarely examine the influences of power.
\nThis article intends to bring forth the discussions on power and its\u00a0impacts on a broader and deeper level by firstly identifying its\u00a0sources\u2014the institutional resources, knowledge of the professionals,\u00a0interpersonal relationships and power legitimized by laws; secondly, by\u00a0discussing the construction of realities of social workers and their\u00a0service users, the dialogue between them, social workers\u2019 various\u00a0assessments in defining problems, methods of intervention, outcome\u00a0evaluation, etc. This will allow the exploration of the use of power of\u00a0social workers and its impact to the use of power of social services to\u00a0go deeper.
\nThe development of the pkoprofession is constant. Innovations\u00a0and changes are vital to the success of the social work profession. In\u00a0the process, its power has been greatly increased and legitimized by\u00a0laws. The profession must be cautious and great care must be taken in\u00a0lieu of the power issue while serving its service users as there is the\u00a0danger that the profession can be deaf to the needs of its service users,\u00a0thus push away the voice of need for help.<\/p>\n

Keywords: professional relationship, power, reality, dialogue, record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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