Values are principles, beliefs and attitudes
and can be shared by individuals, within
organisations and institutions or even
whole societies
can impact directly on practice
and practice relationships.
the importance of recognising preconceptions
(in ourselves, in others and within
organisations and systems)
issue of personal/professional
boundaries and their link between values
and relationships
working traditional weekday hours
balance between professionals'
working and personal lives.
importance of practitioners
developing dialogue and democratic
relationships in conjunction with
young people
shared by organisations and
institutions, or even whole
societies.
Democracy
Everyday democracy
effective communication skills
with parents and with children
empower young people into
making their own choices
related to training and
education by providing
information, guidance and
advice
involves spaces such as families,
communities and services.
Democratic spaces
Competing values-competing
ideas and values concerning
what should be prioritised and
how services are organised
democracy and where
responsibility lies for supporting the
welfare and education of children and
young people
how different types of
education and welfare
practice should be paid for
who should provide
services and for what
purposes
Conflict of values
own personal values
confirm or challenge
the ideas about
democratic spaces and
everyday democracy
the key values influencing
the provision of social care
services
• independence • citizenship
• empowerment • social inclusion
• respect for diversity • care and
protection for vulnerable
people/children and young
people and the community.
Young people’s
values
Respect
Privacy and confidentiality
Love
Empowerment
reflected in the publication of a
range of different ‘professional’
standards.codes of practice,
rules
Reflection
Analysis-desisting from
making broad statements or
generalisations
Levels
of reflection
everyday thinking
incidental and limited reflection
on our practical experience
systematic reflection with the aim of
theoretical understandings and critical
insights
reflection on reflection that examines
how knowledge functions and how it can
be applied to active understanding
• Co-construction: the processes of producing
documents and reflecting upon documents
through dialogue with other people and in
different contexts
Practice codes, rules or
principles
Standards for
practice
Effective
communication
Knowledge and
understanding
Professional confidence
and competence
Values and
ethical
practice.
Advantages:
indicates to the service
users what they can
expect from a service
illustrate the professional
status of practitioners and
their organisations
provide a basis for
consistent behaviour and
decision making
practitioners are held
accountable for their
actions
Disadvantages
can encourage practitioners to
remain detached and objective when
making decisions and can contribute
to a bureaucratic atmosphere in
which people don't take responsibility
for their action or inaction.
not always clear whether a
hierarchy of importance exists
they are less helpful in addressing wider
socio-economic issues or developing
practice relationships
Principles and values may be
applicable in different ways in
different contexts,
values may conflict with each
other
the need to find evaluation strategies
that move beyond observing lists in
practice settings or asking practitioners
to recite key values
Practice relationships and
values
building relationships
between children and
practitioners
other democratic values and
principles intersect with
empowerment
upholding rights, confidentiality,
respect, dignity and privacy
Working with multiple
knowledges
Hierarchy of
knowledges
may be influenced by
other factors, including
our own views and values
about who or what we
consider to be important
knowledges are
frequently socially
stratified and
hierarchically organised
Parenting
knowledges
practitioner knowledges-
a combination of
knowledges
pedagogy of
listening
encourages practitioners to make
use of the value of respect.
apply analytical thinking as
they value and work with
multiple knowledges.