- Title
- Welfare workers' experiences of rural practice - similar but different
- Creator
- Green, Rosemary
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/62461
- Identifier
- vital:367
- Identifier
- ISSN:1833-3060
- Abstract
- This research project investigated the experiences of six rural welfare professionals living in the Western region of Victoria, Australia. In particular, this paper reports on their experiences of managing dual and multiple roles, confidentiality and their privacy. The six participants, five women and one man, were purposely chosen for in-depth interviews using criterion sampling from 23 survey respondents who participated in a larger rural practice study. Issues of particular interest to participants were managing confidential information gathered from formal and informal sources, providing services that are non-stigmatising, managing complex ethical dilemmas arising from fual and multiple roles, and lack of anonymity and privacy. Participants' experiences of these issues had varied considerably. Some expressed feeling of anxiety and stress, while others expressed strong confidence about their management of these matters in their daily practice. Many participants were anxious about whethr their practice fully met the ethical guidelines of the profession, however they felt their practice appropriate to the context. Most of the participants commented that their pre-service education did not adequately address rural issues or prepare them for their work role in small communities.; C1
- Publisher
- Ballarat University of Ballarat
- Relation
- Rural Social Work and Community Practice Vol. 12, no. 1 (2007), p. 41-46
- Rights
- Copyright Rural Social Work and Community Practice
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1607 Social Work; Small communities; Education; Rural; Practice
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