Practice Research Partnerships in Social Work: Making a Difference

✍ Scribed by Christa Fouché

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 224
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Practice research partnerships in social work can make a significant difference to social work service delivery. This comprehensive, accessibly written resource, is designed to help students and practitioners to actively engage with research through their frontline work. Through clear practice scenarios, critical questions and examples from research the text guides researchers, students, educators, practice managers, funders and practitioners to creatively explore partnerships in creating, contributing, consuming, commissioning or critiquing evidence in and for social work practice. The text encourages collaborative practice by demonstrating the transformative nature of knowledge networks to ‘make a difference’ in social work practice. An essential text for students undertaking professional training at all levels as well as meeting the needs of qualified staff for continued professional development.

✦ Table of Contents

Practice research partnerships in social work
Dedication
Contents
List of figures and tables
Figures
Tables
List of examples
List of reflection exercises
Glossary
Introduction
Part One: The relationship between practice and research
Part Two: Designing practice research
Part Three: Nurturing networks
Part 1. The relationship between practice and research
1. The nature of practice research in social work
Introduction
The development of practitioner research
The significance of the practice–research relationship
The theory–practice–research interface
Conclusion
2. The context of practice research
Introduction
Contextual factors impacting on practice research
Responding to contextual factors in practice research
Conclusion
3. Practice research relationships
Introduction
The scope of practice research relationships
The complexity of relationships in collaborative research
‘Communities of knowing’ in practice research
Conclusion
Part 2. Designing practice research
4. Framing the project
Introduction
The research process
Focusing the topic
The place of literature in research
Literature search
Critical appraisal of information
Formulating a research statement
Conclusion
5. Designing applied research
Introduction
Action research
Evaluation research
Conclusion
6. Data collection and analysis in practice research
Introduction
Data-collection methods
Sampling
Data analysis and interpretation
Ethical and logistical considerations
Conclusion
Part 3. Nurturing networks
7. Dissemination and utilisation
Introduction
Purpose of dissemination
Audience for dissemination
Credibility of dissemination
Types of dissemination
Research utilisation
Challenges of dissemination
Conclusion
8. Research mentoring relationships
Introduction
Models of mentoring
Research mentoring relationships
Facilitating nested mentoring in a framework of opportunity
Conclusion
9. The full cycle
Introduction
The commitment to effective social work practice
The commitment to collaboration in social work practice research
The commitment to developing capacity for practice research partnerships
Conclusion
References
Index
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