Empowering the ‘shamed’ self: Recognition and critical social work

Houston, Stanley

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“…Those who live in impoverished material and social conditions live on the margins of society and according to Chase and Walker (2013) adopt a range of strategies to mitigate feelings of shame and worthlessness. However, for many service users, engagement with services exacerbates feelings of shame (Frost, 2016;Gibson, 2015), and over time, and through multiple engagements with services, feelings of inadequacy and inferiority become entrenched (Houston, 2016). The strategies identified here have synergies with the experiences of the vulnerable young people in the current study; keeping quiet about the realities of their circumstances is a useful strategy for mitigating feelings of shame and unworthiness.…”

Section: Shamementioning

confidence: 79%

“…Honneth (1995) proposes that well-being can be achieved through recognition at three levels summarized as "self-confidence, selfrespect and self-esteem" (Frost, 2016, p. 3). Finally, the third level involves the valuing of an individual's skills and talents and appreciation of their contribution to their community and social life (Frost, 2016;Graham et al, 2017;Houston, 2016). The second level is concerned with social and political rights where the individual is accorded respect, is able to be involved in decision making, and exercises citizenship.…”

Section: Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Shame and recognition: Social work practice with vulnerable young people

Munford

Sanders

2019

Child & Family Social Work

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Drawing on the findings from a longitudinal study of vulnerable young people's transitions to adulthood, this paper explores the ideas of shame and recognition. The young people, aged between 12 and 17 years at the first interview, had experienced chronic exposure to adversity from an early age (abuse, violence, mental health issues, addictions, and expulsion from school). They were clients of statutory and non-governmental services: child welfare, juvenile justice, remedial education, and mental health services. This paper draws on the qualitative phase of the study (n = 107); young people and a trusted other, nominated by the young person, participated in three annual qualitative interviews. Interviews focused on young people's experiences of services, key transitions, their relationships, and the strategies they used to locate support and resources. Experiences of shame, misrecognition, and seeking recognition emerged as dominant themes in the young people's accounts, and these are explored in this paper. The paper concludes with a discussion on responsive social work interventions that generate a deeper understanding of young people's experiences of shame and misrecognition. Central to this practice are critical and relational social work practices that actively support young people to achieve recognition.

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Section: Shamementioning

confidence: 79%

Section: Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Shame and recognition: Social work practice with vulnerable young people

Munford

Sanders

2019

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Both key workers and families discussed how the time and flexibility afforded by the programme enabled relationship based practice to develop (Parr, 2016). This practice, we discovered, also appeared to give families confidence and voice (Houston, 2016) and helped to break down barriers of loneliness and isolation (Frost and McClean, 2014).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Empowerment is an often used concept in social work, with contested definitions and practices (Bond-Taylor, 2015), but assisting people to build their confidence so that they can 'fight their own battles' is at the heart of this. This may start with small steps between the worker and service user (Houston, 2016 …”

Section: Confidence and Voicementioning

confidence: 99%

The Troubled Families Programme and the Problems of Success

Hoggett

Frost

2017

Social Policy and Society

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The Troubled Families Programme (TFP) is the latest example of a tradition of family intervention projects (FIPs) for which the evidence basis for success is ambiguous.However, research does suggest that features of such projects, for example, time and flexibility of FIP workers afforded by relatively small caseloads offer some benefits for service users. This article draws on an evaluation of a family intervention project delivered by a Unitary Authority as part of the wider TFP to consider such features and found similar benefits. The article frames the research in terms of the expansion of the TFP and the implications this may have for its practical successes. It concludes by underscoring that by extending the programme whilst reducing its funding the most recent round of the TFP threatens precisely the features previously identified as most advantageous.

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“…For example, Honneth's second form of recognition (above) -in relation to respecting the rights of others-requires rights-based social work practices, 'which share a common commitment to redress social inequality [and]…to foster social change through transformative practice' (Houston 2015). …”

Section: Service User Recognitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Concepts of Recognition and Shame for Social Work

Frost¹

2016

Journal of Social Work Practice

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Recognition and shame are both concepts that potentially offer social workers a structure to build practice on; two states experienced by both social workers and service users. 'Recognition', within social, political and economic thought, has been established as a field in which inequality and exclusion can be analyzed. Social work theorists have also made inroads into exploring its reach. 'Shame' in twentieth century and contemporary sociological and psychoanalytical accounts, is understood as a force in limiting human agency, well-being and capacity This paper briefly outlines some of the defining ideas in circulation in relation to recognition and shame, and then briefly considers how psychoanalytical and contemporary social structural analysis builds on this, making links to contemporary social work thinking throughout. The paper also specifically considers some of the uses of recognition and shame for thinking about social worker and service user 'well-being', and the connections, through both the relational and the socio-political, which inflect social work practice.

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Empowering the ‘shamed’ self: Recognition and critical social work

Cited by 52 publications

References 28 publications

Shame and recognition: Social work practice with vulnerable young people

Shame and recognition: Social work practice with vulnerable young people

The Troubled Families Programme and the Problems of Success

Exploring the Concepts of Recognition and Shame for Social Work

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