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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002/2 Professionalization of the Helping Relationship §Jerry Floersch, “Book Review,” Tales of Wayward Girls and Immoral Women: Case Records and the Professionalization of Social Work. By Karen W. Tice. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, l Tice studies social work case records from to show what the records reveal about the hidden motives of social workers and the mission of social work as a profession. She draws upon the philosophy of Michel Foucault and his concept of the “disciplinary gaze.”

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002/3 Professionalization of the Helping Relationship §The Web Site of: The Twin Cities Radical Social Work Study Group, “Some Questions we’ve been asking.” l This group analyzes social work from a radical perspective. One of their questions is, “The movement for professionalization is resulting in social workers becoming increasingly middle class. Does professionalism distance us from our clients and hurt our ability to serve them effectively? What are some ways to overcome the class disparities between ourselves and our clients?”

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002/4 Professionalization of the Helping Relationship §(De-) Professionalization and gender. Social work between occupation and volunteers. Project description of a study in process by Eva Nadai, Felix Buehlmann, Barbara Krattiger, and Peter Sommerfeld. Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. l This study is based on qualitative interviews with social workers and volunteers in three contrasting work areas. It explores the tensions between professional social work and women’s unpaid care in the family or in organized volunteering.

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002/5 Professionalization of the Helping Relationship §Baldwin P. Reichwein, “Professionalization of Foster Care: Turn the Key and Start the Engine.” l The Child Welfare League of America and the Canadian Foster Family Association support professionalization of foster care. The author discusses the difficulties of doing this. The traditional view of foster care as a voluntary activity has conflicted with efforts to recognize fostering as a profession.

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002/6 Professionalization of the Helping Relationship §Barbara Trainin Blank, “Settlement Houses: Old Idea in New Form Builds Communities,” The New Social Worker, Summer 1998, Vol. 5, No l A discussion of the settlement house movement, which began the professionalization of group work and community organizing.

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002/7 Professionalization of the Helping Relationship §Parents Anonymous l Parents Anonymous is a self-help group that promotes mutual support and parent leadership. This self-help model of helping does not rely on professional helpers.

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002/8 Questions for Thought: §What is the proper balance between professional distance and personal sharing in a helping relationship? l Students may discuss their personal experiences in helping relationships in regard to this issue. §How has bureaucratization of helping hindered the helping relationship? l Students may discuss their personal experiences in helping relationships in regard to this issue.