ABSTRACT

Issues of power and authority are core to social work. Social workers often grapple with difficult professional and systemic power dynamics with both service users and the other professionals they encounter in multi-agency working. In this essay, I reflect on my experiences of the ethical issues arising from an imbalance in power dynamics – both between myself and a service user and between myself and another professional. I explore the use of power and professional authority, value dilemmas resulting from my role as both a social work student and a youth justice worker, and deontological and teleological issues arising from tensions between professionals with differing objectives.

摘要

权力和权威问题是社会工作的核心。社会工作者经常与服务使用者和他们在多机构工作中遇到的其他专业人员一起应对困难的专业和系统动力。在本文中，我将回顾我自己在动力动态不平衡中所产生的道德问题的经历，包括我本人和服务使用者之间以及我本人和另一位专业人员之间的不平衡。我探讨了权力和专业权威的使用，由于我既是社会工作学生又是青年司法工作者的角色而导致的价值困境，以及由于目标不同的专业人员之间的紧张关系而产生的本体论和目的论问题。