Experiences of a service user advisor to a post-qualifying social work course

A personal account

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ID21498521
AuthorsHelen Smith (0000-0003-2212-2781, Independent Service User Advisor, HEI institutions, UK), Helen Claire Smith (0000-0002-5789-3474, Independent Service User Advisor, HEI institutions, UK), Clare Parkinson (Independent social worker and clinical lecturer, UK, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume36
Issue4
Pages473-479
Publication date2022-10-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Work Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-0533 • E-ISSN: 1465-3885
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02650533.2022.2119950
OpenAlexW4307216935
LanguageEN
References cited5

In this co-produced paper, we write about a collaboration that developed over more than a decade between a service user advisor and a social work educator within a higher education context. Starting with how we came to work together, the paper outlines early apprehensions about service user involvement, both as we experienced them and as expressed by colleagues, students, and managers. The paper discusses such themes as confidentiality, professional boundaries, and power imbalance. As authors w identify principles that have underpinned our relationship as well as obstacles faced and understandings reached. We emphasise possibilities discovered from this project which may have application for other courses and settings for the service user advisor role. As we write, we are confronting a new challenge as one of us continues in the work and one of us retires from it

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