Breaking the Boundaries Collective - A Manifesto for Relationship-based Practice

Darley, D, Blundell, P ORCID: 0000-0003-4392-0600, Cherry, L, Wong, JO, Wilson, AM, Vaughan, S, Vandenberghe, K, Taylor, B, Scott, K, Ridgeway, T, Parker, S, Olson, S, Oakley, L, Newman, A, Murray, E, Hughes, DG, Bin Hasan, N, Harrison, J, Hall, M, Guido-Bayliss, L et al (2024) Breaking the Boundaries Collective - A Manifesto for Relationship-based Practice. Ethics and Social Welfare. ISSN 1749-6535

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Abstract

This paper argues that professionals who make boundary-related decisions should be guided by relationship-based practice. In our roles as service users and professionals, drawing from our lived experiences of professional relationships, we argue we need to move away from distance-based practice. This includes understanding the boundary stories and narratives that exist for all of us – including the people we support, other professionals, as well as the organisations and systems within which we work. When we are dealing with professional boundary issues, we should centre relationship-building skills that are central to many other aspects of our work. Skills that foster relationships at all levels – between professionals, service users, and services – need to be revalued. Our final recommendation is to create, develop, and foster safer spaces within and outside of organisations, as well as inter-professionally, for the discussion and exploration of boundary-related issues and practice. We are interested in hearing from those with experiences of being marginalised by boundaries so that they can inform a reshaping of our collective ideas around boundary related practices. To foster relationshipbased practices in organisations, we have outlined several recommendations here; however, we recognize that these do not go far enough, and that collective action is needed to inform systemic change.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1607 Social Work; 2201 Applied Ethics
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics L Education > LB Theory and practice of education R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	Nursing and Advanced Practice Psychology (from Sep 2019)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
Date of acceptance:	18 December 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	11 March 2024
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2023 14:38
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2025 15:15
DOI or ID number:	10.1080/17496535.2024.2317618
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22129

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