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The Ecology of Judgement: A Model for Understanding and Improving Social Work Judgements

Professional judgement is viewed as a crucial yet complex aspect of social work practice. Significant factors in judgement are understood to include individual psychological and emotional processes, interpersonal communication and the relationship between social work as a profession and society. Eac...

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Published in:The British journal of social work 2017-07, Vol.47 (5), p.1361-1376
Main Authors: Helm, Duncan, Roesch-Marsh, Autumn
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Professional judgement is viewed as a crucial yet complex aspect of social work practice. Significant factors in judgement are understood to include individual psychological and emotional processes, interpersonal communication and the relationship between social work as a profession and society. Each contributory factor must be described and understood clearly in its own right and there is also a need to describe and understand the ways in which these different elements interact as parts of a complex system. We propose an ecological model of judgement that facilitates consideration of the complex non-linear interactions between multiple components forming a system or ‘ecology’ of judgement. Originating in the concepts of ecological rationality and systems thinking, this paper proposes the ecology of judgement as a clear and logical model which practitioners and organisations can use to support and promote critical reflexive judgement in practice.
ISSN:0045-3102
1468-263X
DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcw091