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Home > Arhiva > 2011 > Numar: 1 > Risk, Security and Resilience Work in Social Work Practice Risk, Security and Resilience Work in Social Work Practice
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- Malcolm Payne (St. Christopher’s Hospice Visiting Professor, Opole University, Poland 51-59 Lawrie Park Road Sydenham London SE26 6DZ; Telephone +44 208768 4500 E-mail: m.payne@stchristophers.org.uk)
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This paper raises questions about risk work in social work practice: its aims conflict and sources of concern about risk need to be balanced in practice decisions. Risk work is problem-focused, uses deficit language and may be a source of oppression of poorer groups in society through increased surveillance and limitations on freedom of action. A more transparent and dialogic practice may be an important counterbalance. Alongside risk work, security work focused on physical, and legal security and ontological security of self-identity can offer an important positive approach, strengthening resilience.
Keywords: risk, security, resilience work, social work practice
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