‘Professional’ is yet another of the ‘us and them’ words that dominate our narrative. It’s a blanket term used to distinguish the people who work in organisations (regardless of any professional qu…| Rewriting social care
In my previous ‘What do we call them?’ post, I wrote about ‘people we support’ and ‘people who draw on care and support’ – two phrases that are increasingly replacing references to ‘service users’, ‘clients’ and ‘customers’ – and (hopefully) demonstrated how, despite our best intentions, they can still divide and exclude. Still trap us […]| Rewriting social care