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This chapter describes the background, the aim and the content of the book. It gives a short introduction to social and caring professions in Europe, and argues that they have undergone considerable changes during recent decades, and are in a stage of transition. The chapter introduces four questions that make up the starting-point for this book. How are social and caring welfare professionals’ identity influenced by education, work experience and supervision? How are social and caring welfare professions affected by governance, regulation and control by the state? How are social and caring welfare professions affected by collaboration, conflict and competition with other welfare professions? How do social and caring welfare professionals, in practice, assess and make decisions in their work with clients and patients? |
