Prioritising Cases in Youth Care: An Empirical Study of Professionals’ Approaches to Argumentation

IF 0.7 Q4 SOCIAL WORK Ethics and Social Welfare Pub Date : 2022-03-02 DOI:10.1080/17496535.2022.2044882
Koen Gevaert, S. Keinemans, R. Roose
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ABSTRACT Social workers must often decide about priority at a case level, in a context of scarce resources. These decisions are disputable and controversial, which raises the question on what grounds are they made in practice. This article addresses that question through an empirical study of real-life case discussions in youth care in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. Toulmin’s argumentation model is used to analyse the data. The study finds that most case discussions are processed in a rather technical manner. But where there is active deliberation, key incidents show that the decision-makers undertake active and personal interpretation of the situation at hand, and that they also take a personal stance on the criteria for assigning priority. In other words, their practice can be understood as a hermeneutical activity. The article’s main conclusion is that the prioritisation process illustrates the moral-political core that is present in any social work decision-making practice. As this moral-political core seems to be hidden most of the time behind a technical-rational approach, questions remain whether the professionals involved are aware that it characterises their own judgements and whether insights into its nature are stimulated.
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青少年关怀优先个案:专业人士论证方法之实证研究
摘要在资源稀缺的情况下,社会工作者往往必须在个案层面上决定优先事项。这些决定是有争议和有争议的,这就提出了一个问题,即它们在实践中是基于什么理由做出的。本文通过对比利时荷兰语区佛兰德斯青年护理中现实生活中的案例讨论进行实证研究来解决这个问题。图尔敏的论证模型被用来分析数据。研究发现,大多数案例讨论都是以一种相当技术性的方式处理的。但在积极考虑的情况下,关键事件表明,决策者对当前形势进行了积极和个人的解释,他们也对分配优先权的标准采取了个人立场。换句话说,他们的实践可以理解为一种解释学活动。文章的主要结论是,优先顺序过程说明了任何社会工作决策实践中存在的道德政治核心。由于这种道德政治核心似乎在大多数时候都隐藏在技术理性方法背后,因此,相关专业人员是否意识到这是他们自己判断的特点,以及对其本质的见解是否受到激发,仍然存在问题。
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期刊介绍: Ethics and Social Welfare publishes articles of a critical and reflective nature concerned with the ethical issues surrounding social welfare practice and policy. It has a particular focus on social work (including practice with individuals, families and small groups), social care, youth and community work and related professions. The aim of the journal is to encourage dialogue and debate across social, intercultural and international boundaries on the serious ethical issues relating to professional interventions into social life. Through this we hope to contribute towards deepening understandings and further ethical practice in the field of social welfare. The journal welcomes material in a variety of formats, including high quality peer-reviewed academic papers, reflections, debates and commentaries on policy and practice, book reviews and review articles. We actively encourage a diverse range of contributions from academic and field practitioners, voluntary workers, service users, carers and people bringing the perspectives of oppressed groups. Contributions might include reports on research studies on the influence of values and ethics in social welfare practice, education and organisational structures, theoretical papers discussing the evolution of social welfare values and ethics, linked to contemporary philosophical, social and ethical thought, accounts of ethical issues, problems and dilemmas in practice, and reflections on the ethics and values of policy and organisational development. The journal aims for the highest standards in its published material. All material submitted to the journal is subject to a process of assessment and evaluation through the Editors and through peer review.
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