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dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Donna
dc.contributor.authorBoddy, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorO'Callaghan, Katy
dc.contributor.authorChester, Polly
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-25T12:32:14Z
dc.date.available2017-08-25T12:32:14Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1749-6535
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17496535.2015.1009481
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/156467
dc.description.abstractSocial workers write a lot and their writing has a major impact on people's lives. The complexity of their writing task arises because they must deal with confidential client information while usually writing for multiple audiences. This means that social work students must achieve more than the basics of technical writing skills. The purpose of this article is twofold. First, after reviewing the literature on the importance and challenges of writing well in social work (and having hosted a number of writing workshops for social workers and human services practitioners), we argue that the development of students' writing skills must be framed within the social, political and ethical professional circumstances in which students will be working in the future. By teaching writing skills through the lens of the profession's ethics and values, students will be instilled with a greater understanding of the importance of writing. Second, we propose a model of ethical professional writing which integrates three essential elements that must conjoin in tandem: reflective mindfulness of the client-centred focus of writing responsibilities; a sound understanding of the values and principles of the social work and human services professions as highlighted in the unifying themes in various codes of ethics; and competence in compositional, rhetorical and technical writing skills. In particular, this article focuses on the second element of this model which is concerned with having a sound understanding of the values and principles of ethical professional writing. We conclude that this framework will promote writing competence and benefit clients.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom359
dc.relation.ispartofpageto374
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEthics and Social Welfare
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied ethics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5001
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleEthical Professional Writing in Social Work and Human Services
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Human Services and Social Work
gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ethics and Social Welfare on 13 Feb 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17496535.2015.1009481
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorBoddy, Jennifer
gro.griffith.authorChester, Polly R.


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