Summary

This article explores critical reflection as practiced by social workers in the context of their personal and professional privilege. It was found that social workers in direct practice were not invested in critical reflection about oppressive discourses in their consciousness when interacting with clients. Rather, critical reflection often happened in times of crises or when social workers encountered difficult client situations. Using the phenomenological methodology of Van Manen and the social constructionist perspective, I present and discuss the findings of a qualitative study of semi-structured interviews with 20 social workers in direct practice.

Findings

Data analysis indicated that critical reflection is not a priority for direct practice social workers in the context of privilege. Three themes are identified: (1) No time for reflection, (2) Fear of reflection, and (3) Too much reflection. Nevertheless, social workers were still able to reflect alone, with colleagues and with supervisors, and they outlined the benefits of reflection.

Applications

Social work agencies should provide infrastructure for reflection, create an atmosphere for workers to freely discuss challenges and difficulties, and reduce their fear of reprisals from management. This article broadens the idea of phenomenological reflection by Van Manen.

中文翻译：

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社会工作者使用批判性反思

概括

本文探讨了社会工作者在个人和职业特权背景下所实践的批判性反思。结果发现，直接实践中的社会工作者在与案主互动时，并没有在他们的意识中对压迫性话语进行批判性反思。相反，批判性反思经常发生在危机时期或社会工作者遇到困难的客户情况时。使用 Van Manen 的现象学方法论和社会建构主义的观点，我展示并讨论了对 20 名社会工作者在直接实践中进行的半结构化访谈的定性研究结果。

发现

数据分析表明，批判性反思不是特权背景下直接实践社会工作者的优先事项。确定了三个主题：（1）没有时间反思，（2）害怕反思，以及（3）反思太多。尽管如此，社会工作者仍然能够独自、与同事和主管一起反思，他们概述了反思的好处。

应用

社会工作机构应提供反思的基础设施，为工人创造自由讨论挑战和困难的氛围，并减少他们对管理层报复的恐惧。这篇文章拓宽了范马宁的现象学反思的思想。