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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 evalua
Collaborative Evaluation with Service Users: Moving towards User-Controlled Research
Collaborative Evaluation with Service Users: Moving towards User-Controlled Research
Much of this book is about encouraging practitioners to undertake research: this chapter suggests that social workers should also consider their role in assisting users to carry out their own research and consider how to ensure their practice evaluation is user led. The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 gave service users and their carers an opportunity to participate both individually and collectively in the assessment of needs and in the delivery and evaluation of services. Users' views of the quality of services and their participation in providing regular feedback on all aspects of social work are therefore an essential part of good practice. However, as ...
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