It seems worth thinking about how the words we use define us and the work we do.The words obviously vary from one progam to another making the perspectives that are held by management of the programs different. There must be words that are used in your program that say something to you about YOU and the way YOUR WORK is perceived, or the way children are perceived . Let's try a few as thoughts for talk.
Children live in "units"
Child care workers do a "patrol"... especially at night, Then it's a "night patrol"
Families have a "treatment plan"
Children are cared for in different "systems"
We have a "roll-call"
We go "on duty" or we do "ground duty" or "kitchen duty"
A child care worker can be called a "house-mother", a "care worker" or an "uncle"
A child may find itself in a "forum" , a "disciplinary enquiry" a "peer court" in "in detention" or in a "parade"
The big "system" could be called "Social Development", "Social Welfare " or just "Welfare"
Child and youth care work is "Applied Developmental Psychology"
We are not sure if we are "workers" or "practitioners"
You can add to this list.
BUT.... WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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