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When clients have concerns about licensed social workers, they may file complaints with their state licensing boards. Although prior research has explored the types of complaints made against social workers, there has been little research on the experiences of social workers who are being investigated. This phenomenological study is based on in-depth interviews designed to gain a better understanding of the lived experiences of 13 licensed social workers who participated in licensing investigations and received sanctions by a state licensing board for violating state laws, rules, or ethical standards. The researchers used an interpretive approach to analyze the interviews and identify common themes surrounding participant suggestions for improvement for licensing boards when investigating complaints and issuing sanctions. Research participants suggested that being investigated for licensing violations can cause significant levels of anxiety, stress, and embarrassment. Although some participants felt that the investigation process was fair, others expressed deep concerns about how they were treated. The participants’ suggestions for improving the investigation process centered around five primary themes: ensuring the process is fair, treating licensees with kindness and respect, using a collaborative approach, using a corrective approach, and hiring professional social workers as investigators.
When clients have concerns about licensed social workers, they may file complaints with their state licensing boards. Although prior research has explored the types of complaints made against social workers, there has been little research on the experiences of social workers who are being investigated. This phenomenological study is based on in-depth interviews designed to gain a better understanding of the lived experiences of 13 licensed social workers who participated in licensing investigations and received sanctions by a state licensing board for violating state laws, rules, or ethical standards. The researchers used an interpretive approach to analyze the interviews and identify common themes surrounding participant suggestions for improvement for licensing boards when investigating complaints and issuing sanctions. Research participants suggested that being investigated for licensing violations can cause significant levels of anxiety, stress, and embarrassment. Although some participants felt that the investigation process was fair, others expressed deep concerns about how they were treated. The participants’ suggestions for improving the investigation process centered around five primary themes: ensuring the process is fair, treating licensees with kindness and respect, using a collaborative approach, using a corrective approach, and hiring professional social workers as investigators.
Resumen: Generalmente, en trabajo social utilizamos nuestro poder de forma ejemplar y en beneficio de la persona usuaria. No obstante, pueden ocurrir y ocurren situaciones en las que abusamos del mismo en beneficio propio y violentamos así a la persona usuaria, siendo por ello una de las principales preocupaciones de las trabajadoras y los trabajadores sociales en España (Ballestero, Úriz y Viscarret, 2012). Además, tales profesionales tienden a no reconocerse como sujetos de poder y a eufemizar el abuso del mismo.Por ello, el objetivo de este artículo consiste en aproximarnos a la eufemización de la violencia que se ejerce sobre la persona usuaria en el trabajo social. Para ello, en la primera parte explicaremos algunas teorías sobre la violencia, así como sus características y las diferentes perspectivas desde las que es analizada en el ámbito académico y, en la segunda parte, nos aproximaremos a la eufemización de la violencia, así como a la violencia de la eufemización en el trabajo social.Palabras clave: Trabajo Social, Ética, Violencia, Abuso de poder, Eufemización.Abstract: Generally-speaking, in the field of social work professionals make use of their power in an exemplary manner and to the benefit of their clients. However, situations can occur in which social workers abuse their power for their own benefit, thus subjecting clients to a form of violence; situations such as these are among the main concerns of social work professionals in Spain (Ballestero, Úriz and Viscarret, 2012). In addition, social workers tend not to recognise that they are power holders and they often euphemize the abuse of power. This paper explores the euphemization of violence exerted against clients in the field of social work. First, the characteristics of violence and some theories about violence are explained, along with different perspectives from which violence is analyzed in the academic sphere. Then we examine the euphemization of violence, and also the violence of euphemization, in the field of social work. Referencia normalizada: Idareta, F. (2017). Eufemización de la violencia ejercida en Trabajo Social: Hacia el reconocimiento intradisciplinar del abuso de poder.
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