This article explores how social workers experienced the intersection of social work and coaching roles, and the impact that incorporating dual roles within a child protection context has on social work identity. It discusses the themes from a ‘real-world’ qualitative study conducted in a local authority family support and child protection service in the North of England. Thematic analysis was used to interpret data from focus groups and semi-structured interviews with seven social workers, and semi-structured interviews with six service users. The findings reveal that social work identities initially become disrupted through using coaching, before a more flexible, enriched professional identity is fashioned which is congruent with both the social work persona and coaching attitudes and behaviours. Service users appeared to intuit this shift in professional identity when comparing their received experiences of social work and coaching. They responded by compartmentalising their hostile associations towards their social worker identity and recast them positively as ‘coaches’. The study findings infer significant applied implications for social work practice, education and continuing professional development that includes coaching knowledge and skills training.

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成为“社会工作教练”：实践辅导如何在社会工作认同中创造有益的敏捷性

本文探讨了社会工作者如何经历社会工作和辅导角色的交叉，以及在儿童保护背景下纳​​入双重角色对社会工作身份的影响。它讨论了英格兰北部地方当局家庭支持和儿童保护服务机构进行的“现实世界”定性研究的主题。主题分析用于解释来自焦点小组和对七名社会工作者的半结构化访谈以及对六名服务使用者的半结构化访谈的数据。研究结果表明，社会工作身份最初通过辅导而被打乱，然后才形成与社会工作角色以及辅导态度和行为一致的更灵活、更丰富的职业身份。在比较他们所获得的社会工作和辅导经验时，服务使用者似乎直觉地感觉到了职业身份的这种转变。他们的回应是，将他们对社会工作者身份的敌对联想区分开来，并将他们重新塑造为积极的“教练”。研究结果对社会工作实践、教育和持续专业发展（包括辅导知识和技能培训）具有重要的应用意义。