Overview

Since the 1980s, the application of market values have brought about far-reaching changes in the structures and culture of public sector institutions. This study examines how workers in the caring professions might preserve their integrity and ability to reflect and act purposefully in the face of such change. This work explores experiences and dilemmas common to a range of settings. The book includes examination of: the management of institutions in transition; how to develop and maintain creativity in a market culture; and leadership dynamics, the case for the provision of long-term therapy in public settings. This exploration of issues should be of interest and relevance to academics, managers and workers. Those working in the caring professions in education, health, statutory and voluntary social services should find this volume offers constructive suggestions for ways of coping with the ever-increasing pressures of change.

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'It is testimony to the vigour and quality of the collection as a whole that one finds oneself, in the course of reading through the chapters, continually engaging in a kind of interior dialogue with and between the different voices ... one hopes that in a new but still uncertain social climate, it may be widely read.' - Psychodynamic Counselling

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Smith, Eileen

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