“…These proposed an idea of professionalism that consisted of workers engaging with clients in egalitarian ways, rather than as "expert" professionals (Doel, 2010;Green, et al, 2006;Ruch, 2005). More recently authors from these perspectives have conceptualised ways of negotiating professional relationships using metaphors such as "a stretchy piece of elastic" (Green, et al, 2006, p. 450), and a neutral "territory" (Austin, et al, 2006). These authors, and others, challenge the discourse of professionalism that values managerialist ideas of practice, and tries to limit organisational and worker risk by reducing opportunities for professional discretion (Cooper, 2010;Doel, 2010;Freud & Krug, 2002;Green, et al, 2006;Maidment, 2006).…”