Social Work And Evidence-based Practice (Research Highlights in Social Work)

✍ Scribed by David Smith

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 191
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Evidence-based practice - what it might mean, how it can be achieved, whether it should be aspired to - is the subject of much debate and argument in social work. Covering areas of social work practice that are well established and those in which evidence is just beginning to become available, the authors address issues such as: What is to count as evidence, and who decides this? If relevant evidence is agreed on, how should it be used in practice? How can the thing that made the difference be identified? Does success result from the theory employed by the worker, or because the worker is skilled, conscientious and effective? *How predictable, controlled and orderly can social work become? Exploring these issues within a range of contexts - from child abuse and domestic violence to looked after children and disability - the authors demonstrate why evidence-based practice is important, but also why it is important to think clearly and carefully about its implications for the social work profession and the users of social work services. Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice will enable practitioners, managers and policy makers to deepen and coordinate their understanding of the key themes in evidence-based practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS IN SOCIAL WORK 45 Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
1 Introduction: Some Versions of Evidence-Based Practice......Page 9
2 What Professionals Need from Research Beyond: Evidence-Based Practice......Page 31
3 The Extremes of Child Abuse: A Macro Approach to Measuring Effective Prevention......Page 49
4 Effective Social Work: A Micro Approach – Reducing Truancy, Delinquency and School Exclusions......Page 63
5 Domestic Violence: Evidence-Led Policy – Ignorance-Led Practice?......Page 89
6 Evidence-Based Practice in Young People’s Substance Misuse Services......Page 109
7 Social Work and Looked-After Children......Page 129
8 Practice for What? The Use of Evidence in Social Work with Disabled People......Page 145
9 Seven Ways to Misunderstand Evidence-Based Probation......Page 163
The Contributors......Page 181
Subject Index......Page 183
Author Index......Page 189