The Helping View of Social Worker in the Mental Health Field : Self-definition of Social Worker's Role

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  • 精神保健福祉領域の「現場」で生成するソーシャルワーカーの援助観 : ソーシャルワーカーの自己規定に着目して
  • セイシン ホケン フクシ リョウイキ ノ ゲンバ デ セイセイ スル ソーシャルワーカー ノ エンジョカン ソーシャルワーカー ノ ジコ キテイ ニ チャクモク シテ

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This article aims to elucidate the helping view of the social worker nurtured through helping activities that are conducted in the mental health field and where an attitude of strong social defense has been historically prevalent. Focus has been placed on their self-definition reports. 1 ; Concerning self-definition, past social work theories point out that social workers were critical of themselves for perceiving their clients as "others". In addition, this article points out that social workers have not been able to completely separate their personal values from their professional self. 2 ; It was learned through direct interviews, social workers commit themselves at a personal level and their personal self influences their perception of their clients. From the above two points, this article aims to disprove the current static and idealistic helping theory that perceives social workers as professionals that function irrespective of their personal self. Furthermore, this article recommends the formulation of a new and realistic helping theory that recognizes the fact that social workers are indeed influenced by their personal self, which is dynamic and highly sensitive to its surrounding situation.

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