Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice
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Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Other Books
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables and Figures
  7. 1. Introduction: Some Versions of Evidence-Based Practice
  8. 2. What Professionals Need from Research: Beyond Evidence-Based Practice
  9. 3. The Extremes of Child Abuse: A Macro Approach to Measuring Effective Prevention
  10. 4. Effective Social Work: A Micro Approach – Reducing Truancy, Delinquency and School Exclusions
  11. 5. Domestic Violence: Evidence-Led Policy – Ignorance-Led Practice?
  12. 6. Evidence-Based Practice in Young People’s Substance Misuse Services
  13. 7. Social Work and Looked-After Children
  14. 8. Practice for What? The Use of Evidence in Social Work with Disabled People
  15. 9. Seven Ways to Misunderstand Evidence-Based Probation
  16. The Contributors
  17. Subject Index
  18. Author Index