Professional identity as a barrier to inter-agency working? A meta-ethnography of research conducted with professionals working in UK children’s services

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL WORK Journal of Childrens Services Pub Date : 2023-05-05 DOI:10.1108/jcs-01-2022-0001
Hannah Richardson
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Purpose Serious case reviews remind us that there is much to learn about inter-agency activity. Professional identity is a key phenomenon influencing work behaviour, especially during inter-agency activity. Yet, this link is complex and not well understood within the context of UK children’s services. With an agenda of improving outcomes for children and their families, The purpose of this research paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on this topic to develop a conceptual model aimed at informing how practitioners mobilise their professional identity during inter-agency activity. Design/methodology/approach This paper used meta-ethnography to synthesise the available research. This method is suitable for researchers who are interested in conceptual or theoretical understandings of a particular phenomenon as opposed to describing individual accounts or experiences. Findings The findings support postmodern accounts of identity and show the construct as fluid, contingent and constituted within interaction. Professional identities are mobilised through the sharing of professional knowledge, which is underpinned by the performative nature of language. Mobilisations can lead to both positive and negative consequences, which can act as a barrier to and facilitator of inter-agency activity. Originality/value Inter-agency working is integral to the function of children’s services but remains an undertheorised concept, and this had led to a dearth of guiding theory on inter-agency practice. By drawing on relevant psychological theory, the proposed model provides a unique psycho-social perspective that articulates the important role of identity during inter-agency activity, which would be of interest to professionals working in children’s services.
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职业身份是机构间工作的障碍?英国儿童服务专业人员进行的元民族志研究
目的严重的案例审查提醒我们,关于机构间活动还有很多需要学习的地方。职业认同是影响工作行为的一个关键现象,尤其是在机构间活动期间。然而,这种联系很复杂,在英国儿童服务的背景下还没有得到很好的理解。为了改善儿童及其家庭的成果,本研究论文的目的是对这一主题进行系统的文献综述,以开发一个概念模型,旨在告知从业者如何在机构间活动中调动他们的职业身份。设计/方法论/方法本文使用元民族志来综合现有的研究。这种方法适用于对特定现象的概念或理论理解感兴趣的研究人员,而不是描述个人的叙述或经历。这些发现支持了对身份的后现代描述,并显示出这种结构是流动的、偶然的和在相互作用中构成的。专业身份是通过分享专业知识来调动的,这是由语言的表演性所支撑的。动员可能会产生积极和消极的后果,这可能成为机构间活动的障碍和促进者。独创性/价值机构间工作是儿童服务职能的组成部分,但仍然是一个理论不足的概念,这导致缺乏关于机构间实践的指导理论。通过借鉴相关心理学理论,所提出的模型提供了一个独特的心理社会视角,阐明了身份在机构间活动中的重要作用,这将引起儿童服务专业人员的兴趣。
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