Reviews : Burnout: Stages of Disillusionment in the Helping Professions JERRY EDELWICH, MSW, WITH ARCHIE BRODSKY Human Science Press, USA, 1980; £10.95; pp 255
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058202900314 |
| Published date | 01 September 1982 |
| Author | R.A. Broad |
| Date | 01 September 1982 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Unemployment
needs of the client, or the individual work
JEREMY SEABROOK
and of society-the very needs it has been
Quartet Books 1982; £8.95; hb; pp 224
set up to serve.
However, by stating both that those
A stimulating book which tries to pre-
professionals concerned must learn to
sent answers to the vital question of
work within the given parameters and
what happens to people in a society based
also by focusing on individual rather than
on the necessity to work when work
organisational or structural solutions to
ceases to be available. While uncom-
the professional problems, the authors
promisingly identifying with the working
imply an acceptance of an operational
class movement, the ideological stance is
bureaucratic and political status quo.
illuminated by action research whereby
Despite this criticism this is an important
the author lived with different families in
book which is essential reading for all
areas hard hit by unemployment.
those practitioners, training departments
If you want to take the problems and
and policy makers working in the helping
implications of unemployment seriously
professions.
then read this book. Be prepared to have
R. A. BROAD
Probation
your
presuppositions and prejudices
Officer, Nottingham
challenged-the historical process is
important to understand. The results of
the current employment crisis may be
more fundamentally damaging than you
A Measure of Diversion: Case
think.
Studies in Intermediate Treatment
TIM POWELL
ROBERT ADAMS, SIMON ALLARD, JOHN
Oxford Day Centre
BALDWIN, JIM THOMAS
National Youth Bureau, 1981; £6.95;
pb; pp 347
Help in making sense of juvenile
Burnout: Stages of Disillusionment
justice since the 1969 Act, particularly
in the Helping Professions
the elastic and elusive concept of IT, is
JERRY EDELWICH, MSW, WITH
certainly welcome. The enterprising NYB
ARCHIE BRODSKY
here offer a useful sourcebook on com-
Human Science Press, USA, 1980; £10.95;
munity provision for problem youths, for
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