Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good Youth And Community Work

According to much of the relevant literature, achieving good youth and community work is simple, straightforward, and uncomplicated. However, realising good practice may not be so easy in light of the extent of reports of bad practice in social work and human services. This study investigated and cr...

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Main Author: Emslie, Michael
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Published: Curtin University 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68326
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description According to much of the relevant literature, achieving good youth and community work is simple, straightforward, and uncomplicated. However, realising good practice may not be so easy in light of the extent of reports of bad practice in social work and human services. This study investigated and critiqued commonplace accounts of how good caring work can be achieved. In particular two problems with the literature were identified and examined. First, I argue that, often, descriptions of good practice in the helping professions are deficient. Second, I make the case that the typical ways of funding and regulating the people professions to achieve good practice are inadequate. These concerns warrant further research on the question: how can good practice in youth and community work be achieved?
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-683262022-04-20T03:37:11Z Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good Youth And Community Work Emslie, Michael Human services Helping professions Good practice According to much of the relevant literature, achieving good youth and community work is simple, straightforward, and uncomplicated. However, realising good practice may not be so easy in light of the extent of reports of bad practice in social work and human services. This study investigated and critiqued commonplace accounts of how good caring work can be achieved. In particular two problems with the literature were identified and examined. First, I argue that, often, descriptions of good practice in the helping professions are deficient. Second, I make the case that the typical ways of funding and regulating the people professions to achieve good practice are inadequate. These concerns warrant further research on the question: how can good practice in youth and community work be achieved? 2014 Other http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68326 10.4225/06/5b29b05866048 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Human services
Helping professions
Good practice
Emslie, Michael
Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good Youth And Community Work
title Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good Youth And Community Work
title_full Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good Youth And Community Work
title_fullStr Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good Youth And Community Work
title_full_unstemmed Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good Youth And Community Work
title_short Not So Straightforward: Achieving Good Youth And Community Work
title_sort not so straightforward: achieving good youth and community work
topic Human services
Helping professions
Good practice
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68326