David Schnell
The Normal Is Absurd. A Case Analysis in Multi-Professional Work of School and Residential Care with System Breakers
Číslo: 4/2024
Periodikum: Sociální práce
Klíčová slova: multiprofessionalism, system breaker, child and youth welfare, the absurd, autopoetic systems
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Anotace:
OBJECTIVES: In this article, I aim to demonstrate that it is possible to cultivate a strategy in
multiprofessional collaboration with system-breakers, where the power of the absurd generates
a new temporal logic between professional actors and clients, relieving them from “services” that
cannot be provided. THEORETICAL BASE: Based on the theoretical foundation of current
research findings on system-breakers, the particularly noteworthy aspects of multiprofessional
collaboration from a theoretical perspective will be presented. METHODS: The focus of this
article is the methodical case analysis of a boy whose caregivers say: “We are at our wits’ end”
and “He will never be normal again.” The case analysis is conducted along the lines of the theory
of the absurd (Albert Camus). OUTCOMES: Building on this, the experiences of professional
actors in dealing with system-breakers are reconstructed, and finally, possibilities for shaping
the collaboration between the involved professional groups are examined. SOCIAL WORK
IMPLICATIONS: Thus, the article ultimately opens up the possibility of breaking linear logics
through joint case accompaniment in recognizing the absurd. This succeeds in relieving social
workers from “unattainable” services, thereby enabling more successful work in the challenges with
system-breakers.
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multiprofessional collaboration with system-breakers, where the power of the absurd generates
a new temporal logic between professional actors and clients, relieving them from “services” that
cannot be provided. THEORETICAL BASE: Based on the theoretical foundation of current
research findings on system-breakers, the particularly noteworthy aspects of multiprofessional
collaboration from a theoretical perspective will be presented. METHODS: The focus of this
article is the methodical case analysis of a boy whose caregivers say: “We are at our wits’ end”
and “He will never be normal again.” The case analysis is conducted along the lines of the theory
of the absurd (Albert Camus). OUTCOMES: Building on this, the experiences of professional
actors in dealing with system-breakers are reconstructed, and finally, possibilities for shaping
the collaboration between the involved professional groups are examined. SOCIAL WORK
IMPLICATIONS: Thus, the article ultimately opens up the possibility of breaking linear logics
through joint case accompaniment in recognizing the absurd. This succeeds in relieving social
workers from “unattainable” services, thereby enabling more successful work in the challenges with
system-breakers.