The temporary social work. The case of temporary youth workers in children’s homes
Le travail social en intérim. Le cas des éducateur.rices intérimaires dans les foyers de l’enfance
Abstract
While temporary work has experienced a spectacular rise in France in the last forty years, the emergence of temporary employment agencies in the social and medical-social sectors has appeared much later and has so far remained relatively marginal. However, the appearance of these service providers, essentially subcontractors of social services, is unexpected in a sector based on organizational principles and relations to their public(s) that are far removed from the characteristics of intermittent work. Based on a four-year ethnographic research, this article revisits the significant aspects of temporary work in children’s social services by a joint analysis of specific positions of temporary employment agencies in this sector and their impacts on relational activity.