Evaluation and Social Work Practice offers a comprehensive treatment of the central issues confronting evaluation in social work that links theory and method to practical applications.
Evaluation is an integral part of social work and social care provision, for both practice and service delivery. Evaluation can improve effectiveness and increase accountability and help develop new models of practice and service delivery. The authors argue that evaluation should not just be applied to practice but should be a direct dimension of practice.
Appealing to the student, researcher and practitioner, Evaluation and Social Work Practice will become the standard reference source on evaluation in social work.
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Introduction – Joyce Lishman
Evidence for Practice – Ian Shaw
A Perspective on Empirical Practice – William J Reid and Pamela Zettergren
Qualitative Practice Evaluation – Nick Gould
Evaluation and Empowerment – Karen Dullea and Audrey Mullender
Collaborative Evaluation with Service Users – Clare Evans and Mike Fisher
Feminist Evaluation – Beth Humphries
Histories in Social Work – Ruth R Martin
Work in Progress – Karen Tanner and Pat Le Riche
Interviewing and Evaluating – Jan Fook, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders
Qualitative Clinical Research and Evaluation – Roy Ruckdeschel
Single-System Evaluation – Martin Bloom
Behavioural and Cognitive Interventions – Maurice Vanstone
Sobre o autor
Dr. Ian Shaw is S R Nathan Professor of Social Work at National University of Singapore and Professor Emeritus at the University of York, England. He was the first chair of the European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA) and a founder editor of the journal Qualitative Social Work. He has authored almost 100 peer-reviewed papers, more than 20 books, 60 book chapters, and various research reports. He has written extensively in the journals on issues arising from the relationship between social work and sociology over the last century. His more recent books include Social Work Science (2016) and Research and the Social Work Picture (2018). He is pursuing a graduate programme in creative writing, which sits alongside his interests in gardening, his local church, volunteering in his village shop, playing badminton (badly), and Bob Dylan.