Research Catalog

Title

Evaluating social work effectiveness / Juliet Cheetham ... [et al.].

Publication

Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1992.

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Additional Authors

Cheetham, Juliet.

Description

vi, 170 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Looking at the diverse and complex functions of social work, this text reviews the implications for choosing and adapting research methodologies, emphasizing the importance of identifying the process of social work, as well as its outcomes.

Subject

• Social service > Evaluation
• Evaluation research (Social action programs)
• Social service > Scotland > Case studies

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Evaluation in social work -- 2. Social work effectiveness: concepts and priorities -- 3. Review of evaluative strategies -- 4. Methods of data collection -- 5. The social work process -- 6. Service-based outcomes -- 7. Client-based outcomes -- 8. Monitoring and effectiveness -- 9. Studying cost-effectiveness -- 10. Disseminating the results of research -- 11. Conclusions: current priorities and future challenges.

ISBN

• 0335190065
• 0335190057 (pbk.) :

LCCN

^^^92008572^

OCLC

• 26130805
• SCSB-11255079

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library