Citation

Ford J, Hollick M. Br. J. Soc. Work 1979; 9(4): 471-488.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a057119

PMID

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Abstract

Margery Hollick has seen a number of people in the 'helping' professions about various problems. Some she has found helpful and some actively upsetting. She and Jill Ford, a social worker she did find helpful, look here at some of the possible reasons for the different impact made by different workers. One particular aspect of this which they explore is the relative importance of the standard of professional practice and the personal attributes of the worker. 'How much is it the quality of the song, the quality of the singer (as a singer, as singer of that particular song), and how much the conjunction, that makes the difference?' they ask and discuss in relation to their own work together.