Close but not too close. Distant but not too distant : Reflections on the client-social worker relationship from single mothers and social workers in Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway

Close but not too close. Distant but not too distant : Reflections on the client-social worker relationship from single mothers and social workers in Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway

In this explorative and comparative article a suitable social distance in the client-social worker relationship will be in focus. When do clients need a social worker “as if she is a friend” and when do they appreciate a professional “as if she is a stranger”? How does context have an impact on what...

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Main Author: Siv Oltedal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Stavanger 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Comparative Social Work
Online Access:http://journal.uia.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/210
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title Close but not too close. Distant but not too distant : Reflections on the client-social worker relationship from single mothers and social workers in Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway
title_short Close but not too close. Distant but not too distant : Reflections on the client-social worker relationship from single mothers and social workers in Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway
title_full Close but not too close. Distant but not too distant : Reflections on the client-social worker relationship from single mothers and social workers in Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway
title_fullStr Close but not too close. Distant but not too distant : Reflections on the client-social worker relationship from single mothers and social workers in Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway
title_full_unstemmed Close but not too close. Distant but not too distant : Reflections on the client-social worker relationship from single mothers and social workers in Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway
title_sort close but not too close. distant but not too distant : reflections on the client-social worker relationship from single mothers and social workers in australia, usa, canada, russia and norway
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description In this explorative and comparative article a suitable social distance in the client-social worker relationship will be in focus. When do clients need a social worker “as if she is a friend” and when do they appreciate a professional “as if she is a stranger”? How does context have an impact on what we see as legitimate relationships? We will be listening to voices on these issues from poor single mothers and social workers in five countries – Australia, USA, Canada, Russia and Norway.
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