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标题：How Professionals in the Social System and Child Protection Perceive Their Profession
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作者：Eszter PAPP ; Andrea RÁCZ
期刊名称：Acta Universitatis Sapientiae : Social Analysis
印刷版ISSN：2069-7449
电子版ISSN：2248-0854
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：71-91
出版社：Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Scientia Publishing House
摘要：Our research is based on the analysis of semi-structured interviews made with 20 professionals in social care and child protection. The research aims at finding the answers to how the legacy of the past affects the field workers’ professional mentality and how it surfaces in the treatments of clients, to the current issues of the social and child protection profession, and what ways to improvement exist. The analysis of the interviews points to the fact that the pervasive role of professionals in social work and child welfare is damaged in the course of their work, and dilemmas concerning interests and values often arise in everyday work. Cooperation with clients and the representatives of power is burdened with conflicts. While we expect reflexivity on the part of experts, as they are parts of a hierarchical system, they are not given the opportunity to expose their point of view, to dissolve their doubts; they respond with suppression to the suppressive system, and give help in function of merits. Our research shows that fear, uncertainty, and distrust are present on all levels of this profession, namely on all levels of helper–helped, helper–associated field, helper–power, and helped–representative of power.
关键词：Hungarian child protection and social work; professional mentality; professional integrity