WHAT IS THE VALUE OF DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH CARERS
A good working relationship between service users and carers on the one hand and professionals on the other has to be tried, developed, worked at and tested by the people involved: as with any other relationship, [ [ it is about getting to know one another, give and take, honesty on both sides, and developing trust and mutual understanding. It cannot be learned? at a distance or from books or guidelines. The split between service users and carers and professionals is in many ways a false one. Service users are also people who have a variety of skills and life experience and live in a world
beyond services ; professionals are also people with personal experience of disability and distress and families and friends they worry about. This commonality of experience is a strength, helping to get beyond the divisive labels? of particular roles, and it is helpful to recognise it openly. Service users and carers often have startlingly different concerns and priorities from those that professionals think they have. ]
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