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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 |
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Main Authors: | , |
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. |
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ISSN: | 0045-3102 1468-263X |
DOI: | 10.1093/bjsw/bcw091 |