Ethics and the process of helping

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Ethics and the process of helping

• A STORY OF WINNIE THE POO

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Everydays life is disturbed
Trivial solutions will not work
Helpers are needed
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Definition of the problem
Poo the door is to narrow
Rabbit Poo is too fat
BLAME THE VICTIM
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Arrangement for the situation
Something unexspected new
Time for watching the nature
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One mans meat is the other mans poison
definitly
!We need professionals!
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accidantial professionals
Specialist for medicine Specialist for
psychotherapie
Mulle is a specialist in digging and dynamite
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Here you can see the master of dynamite
Shot firer
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Social work Imminent help Short intervention
It does not work! Failure!
Long term project to put Winnie the Poo on diet
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Hobbies of the Helpers
Owl Pedagogy
Tell alcohol addicted the danger of alcohol
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Pragmatism
Harm reduction!!!
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Arrange at the situation
Disrespect of dignity
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New defenition of the problem
Maybe there is no problem only ressources?
Do something to make the problem look nicer!
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Use of brachial techniques can work
but
Problems can also increase
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Unforseen dynamics emerge
Watch how Winnie the Poo
flies to the next step of his biographie
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Altered cicumstances new involved ones
Here it is a colony of bees
So called collateral demage
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A solution creates a new problem
After a succsessful intervention you feel
empowered to solve the new problem
..a problem arisen by helping
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No further cooperation with the client
Winnie the Poo will take care, that many a door
will be too narrow
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Thank you!
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Conclusions

• User involvement
• Clients rights
• Respect the real life
• Anti opressive Social Work
• Dont try to change persons
• Focus on situations
• A good sense of humor

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Questions
1. In which way social work students should be
trained to deal with ethical dilemmas?
2. What to you think is more importent to work
on an individual level or on a structural one?
3. What are your taughts about the story you have
heard?