Managing the process of change in residential child care: A consultancy approach
| Autor: | David Watson, Janice West |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Social Work Practice. 15:91-101 |
| ISSN: | 1465-3885 0265-0533 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02650530120042037 |
| Popis: | This article explores the impact of a consultancy undertaken with groups of residential child care staff within a large local authority who were experiencing considerable changes in their working environment as a result of a review of residential care structures. The authors were invited to engage directly with staff on an individual and group basis to help them work through the barriers they perceived to changing their approach to practice. The theoretical underpinning for the work was Charles Handy's [1993, Understanding Organisations (Harmondsworth, Penguin)] belief that change is more likely to have a positive outcome when staff have an investment in and contribution to the change processes. The model of change utilised within the sessions with staff was Kurt Lewin's three stages of 'unfreezing', 'change' and 'refreezing'. The consultancy raised a number of issues about the process of change and how this can be achieved within the residential child care context. In particular, it highlighted the probl... |
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