Constructing clienthood in social work and human services : interaction, identities, and practices / edited by Christopher Hall ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hall, Christopher, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social case work.

Social work administration.

Social interaction.

Physical Description:

272 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Beyond a Universal Client / Kirsi Juhila, Tarja Poso, Christopher Hall, Nigel Parton 11

Part I Constructing Client Identities and Morals

2 Legitimating the Rejecting of Your Child in a Social Work Meeting / Christopher Hall, Arja Jokinen, Eero Suoninen 27

3 Caring but Not Coping: Fashioning a Legitimate Parent Identity / Stef Slembrouck, Christopher Hall 44

4 Negotiating Clienthood and the Moral Order of a Relationship in Couple Therapy / Katja Kurri, Jarl Wahlstrom 62

Part II Categorizing and Negotiating Clienthoods

5 Creating a 'Bad' Client: Disalignment of Institutional Identities in Social Work Interaction / Kirsi Juhila 83

6 Parental Identity Under Construction: Discourse and Conversation Analysis of a Family Supervision Order / Carolus van Nijnatten, Gerard Hofstede 96

7 The Absent Client: Case Description and Decision Making in Interprofessional Meetings / Pirjo Nikander 112

8 The Dilemma of Victim Positioning in Group Therapy for Male Perpetrators of Domestic Violence / Terhi Partanen, Jarl Wahlstrom 129

Part III Client Work in Professional Contexts

9 Trafficking in Meaning: Constructive Social Work in Child Protection Practice / Ah Hin Teoh, Jim Laffer, Nigel Parton, Andrew Turnell 147

10 Complicated Gender / Tarja Poso 161

11 The Social Worker as Moral Judge: Blame, Responsibility and Case Formulation / Sue White 177

12 Writers', Clients', Counsellors' and Readers' Perspectives in Constructing Resistant Clients / Gale Miller 193

13 Client, User, Member as Constructed in Institutional Interaction / Soren Peter Olesen, National Danish 208

14 Conclusion: Yes, But Is This of Any Use? / Christopher Hall, Nigel Parton, Kirsi Juhila, Tarja Poso 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-255) and indexes.

ISBN:

1843100738

OCLC:

51454601