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Evaluation and Social Work Practice

Edited by:

Ian Shaw - University of York, UK
Joyce Lishman

Other Titles in:
Social Work Practice (General) | Sociology (General)

May 1999 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

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.

Joyce Lishman

Introduction

Ian Shaw

Evidence for Practice

William J Reid and Pamela Zettergren

A Perspective on Empirical Practice

Nick Gould

Qualitative Practice Evaluation

Karen Dullea and Audrey Mullender

Evaluation and Empowerment

Clare Evans and Mike Fisher

Collaborative Evaluation with Service Users

Beth Humphries

Feminist Evaluation

Ruth R Martin

Histories in Social Work

Karen Tanner and Pat Le Riche

Work in Progress

Jan Fook, Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders

Interviewing and Evaluating

Roy Ruckdeschel

Qualitative Clinical Research and Evaluation

Martin Bloom

Single-System Evaluation

Maurice Vanstone

Behavioural and Cognitive Interventions

`The authors are obviously experts in their respective fields and they conduct competent and readable overviews of their topics.... Evaluation and Social Work Practice would make an excellent text for graduate research students seeking an overview of various contemporary philosophies of science and their derivative methodologies.' - British Journal of Social Work