Name: Professional Discretion in Welfare Services: Beyond Street-Level Bureaucracy (Contemporary Social Work Studies)
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Author: Tony Evans
ISBN: 9781138256019

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Professional Discretion in Welfare Services: Beyond Street-Level Bureaucracy (Contemporary Social Work Studies)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Tony Evans

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

200

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781138256019

Edition No.

Synopsis "Professional Discretion in Welfare Services: Beyond Street-Level Bureaucracy (Contemporary Social Work Studies) "

Discretion has re-emerged as an issue of central importance for welfare professionals over the last two decades in the face of an intensification of management culture across the public sector. This book presents an innovative framework for the analysis of discretion, offering three accounts of the managerial role - the domination model, the street level model and the author's alternative discursive perspective. These different regimes of discretion are examined through a case study within a social services department, comparing and contrasting social work discretion in an Older Persons Team and a Mental Health Team. This innovative, theoretical and empirical analysis will be of great interest to postgraduate students and researchers in social work and related disciplines including social policy, public administration and organizational studies, as well as professionals in social work, health and education.

Tony Evans

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Dr. Tony Evans is the founder and president of Urban Alternative, a national ministry dedicated to restoring hope in personal lives, families, churches, and communities. Dr. Evans also serves as the senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, and his radio program is heard on over 1300 stations every day.

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