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| assessment in social work: Social Work Assessment Ruben Martin, 2010-05-11 At a time of change and review within social care, it is relevant to explore traditional skills, knowledge and values associated with assessment in the context of changing practice. This book introduces and explores assessment in social work in a user-friendly, yet comprehensive way. The author reviews the interpersonal skills necessary for social work practice, applying them particularly to assessment and outlines fundamental knowledge and theoretical models that can inform assessment. The professional social work value base underpinning assessment and the power balance between assessor and the person being assessed are also taken into consideration. |
| assessment in social work: Assessment in Social Work Judith Milner, Steve Myers, Patrick O'Byrne, 2020-03-03 Assessment is a core component of social work. Since first publication, Assessment in Social Work has provided students and practitioners with a clear overview of the complex issues they face and a map of the theory they need to draw on in order to conduct thorough, effective and meaningful assessments. New to this Edition: - Updated and revised chapter on Signs of Safety/Strengths in light of recent research and guidance - Coverage of recording and sharing information included throughout the text - Added coverage of confidentiality and inter-agency workingUpdated material in light of the Mental Capacity Act - More material on Cultural differences throughout - Updated legislation and professional guidance throughout Refreshed and updated examples thought-out the text - A more detailed outline of the different national perspectives within the UK |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Philip Heslop, Cathryn Meredith, 2018-12-10 This book equips readers with the essential knowledge and skills to undertake effective assessments and appropriate interventions with confidence. In part one the authors unpick exactly what assessment is, outline the assessment toolkit, apply this to practice and discuss the ins and outs of the development of a clear care plan. Drawing on activities, case studies and service user perspectives part two guides readers through the application of different intervention methods in varied contexts with diverse service user groups. This book focuses on key issues such as resilience, professional values and ethics, complexity and reflective practice, helping students not only get to grips with all the essential theory but also to develop to emotional and professional intelligence. |
| assessment in social work: Assessment & Intervention in Social Work Chris Beckett, 2010-11-15 Chris Beckett′s new book on assessment and intervention in social work practice covers the core topics for qualifying social work students. The book provides a thorough understanding of the issues and skills essential for effective practice. Each of the nine chapters defines a key concept, including Assessment; Intervention; Risk and Efficacy. Case studies and ′practice questions′ throughout make the connections between theory and practice explicit. Suggestions as to further reading are made at the end of each chapter. This important book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate social work students throughout all three years of their training, but it will be particularly useful for students who are on on placement, or who are reflecting on their experiences on placement. It is also a useful resource for practice teachers who need a framework for discussing practice with students they supervise on placement. |
| assessment in social work: Clinical Assessment for Social Workers Catheleen Jordan, Cynthia Franklin, 2020-08-31 Clinical Assessment for Social Workers provides a wide range of standardized assessment tools, derived from different perspectives, to give readers greater flexibility in information gathering and intervention planning. Incorporating both quantitative and qualitative methods, the authors encourage readers to approach assessment as both an art and a science. They advocate for discovering the balance between scientific, evidence-based approaches and the development of personal practice wisdom. |
| assessment in social work: Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice Sally Holland, 2010-11-15 This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Child and Family Assessment in Social Work Practice is an essential guide for social work students and practitioners involved in the assessment of children and their families. Focusing on ′core′ assessments and guiding the reader through the complexities of conducting assessments of need and risk, the book now includes within each chapter a range of specifically-tailored exercises and focus points which encourage readers both to reflect on what they have learnt and to understand how they can apply that learning to practice. Placing a strong emphasis on good, evidence-based, assessment practice, Sally Holland has also, for this new edition, included original research evidence from a wide range of up-to-date research studies which are relevant to today′s practice and which aim to promote a critical and reflective approach to the assessment process. The book is divided into three parts: - Part 1 explores different appoaches to assessment work, outlining policy changes and their implications for working with children and their families. - Part 2 studies those involved in child and family assessments: children and their parents; and the relationship between the assessors and the assessed. - Part 3 - a more practical guide - outlines the actual process of an assessment, illustrated by case studies, focusing on planning assessment methods, analysis, reporting and critical evaluation. Accessibly relating theory and research to actual practice through the use of case studies, exercises, and suggestions for good practice and further reading, this book has a student-friendly structure It will be an invaluable resource for practitioners and academics across the field of social welfare, particularly for those embarking on, or already involved in, child and family assessment. |
| assessment in social work: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice Jacqueline Corcoran, Joseph Walsh, 2010-03-01 This revolutionary, user-friendly textbook not only guides social workers in developing competence in the DSM system of diagnosis, it also assists them in staying attuned during client assessment to social work values and principles: a focus on client strengths, concern for the worth and dignity of individuals, appreciation of environmental influences on behavior, and commitment to evidence-informed practice. The authors, seasoned practitioner-scholars, provide an in-depth exploration of fourteen major mental disorders that social workers commonly see in practice, including anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. They skillfully integrate several perspectives in order to help practitioners meet the challenges they will face in client assessment. A risk and resilience framework helps social workers understand environmental influences on the emergence of mental disorders and the strengths that clients already possess. Social workers will also learn to apply critical thinking to the DSM when it is inconsistent with social work values and principles. Finally, the authors catalog the latest evidence-based assessment instruments and treatments for each disorder so that social workers can intervene efficiently and effectively, using the best resources available. Students and practitioners alike will appreciate the wealth of case examples, evidence-based assessment instruments, treatment plans, and new social diversity sections that make this an essential guide to the assessment and diagnostic processes in social work practice. |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Assessment and Intervention Steven Walker, Chris Beckett, 2011 'The process of engaging in an assessment should be therapeutic and perceived of as part of the range of services offered.' This DOH view acknowledges that assessment is more than an administrative task, a form of gatekeeping for resources or a means of determining risk. It confirms the need for assessment and intervention to be conceptualised as part of a continuum of contact between social worker and service user. This essential book, acclaimed in its first edition, offers social workers an extensively revised, restructured and updated, comprehensive guide to empowering practice for them and the people with whom they work. It: takes account of the latest legislative and policy requirements of English law, but also provides significant learning opportunities for practitioners in all parts of the UK; will help qualified or student social workers improve their practice by addressing national occupational standards guidance and embracing government expectations and the regulatory requirements of the General Social Care Council; is geared towards the needs of those on graduate training courses, PQ students, as well as for a range of in-service training in voluntary or statutory social work and social care; combines the two practice elements of assessment and intervention in a unique integrated way consistent with anti-oppressive practice and the foundational values and skills of modern psycho-social practice; is an accessible, practice-oriented guide to contemporary social work in the developing modernising context of multi-disciplinary team working, joint budget arrangements, inter-agency collaboration and social inclusion; addresses the need to deliver high quality care while managing the dilemmas presented by budget constraints and difficult decisions regarding rationing of human and physical resources. Using case illustrations, evidence based guidance, and practical activities combined with extensive references, this valuable learning resource will help students, practitioners, managers, trainers and policy-makers to synthesise social work knowledge and theory to provide holistic support and effective services. |
| assessment in social work: Theory and Practice Siobhan Maclean, Rob Harrison, 2011 |
| assessment in social work: Assessing Needs and Planning Care in Social Work Brian Taylor, Toni Devine, 2020-07-26 The assessment of needs and the process of planning care are central issues in modern social work practice. Skilled assessment of client needs and strengths is essential to effective planning and efficient provision of quality social work services including both counselling and personal care. The focus of this book is on the development of the skills required at each stage of the social work process: assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation. Throughout the book a balance is maintained between the focus on client involvement and the role of the social worker in an agency. The latter part of the book addresses practical issues in developing new approaches to assessment and care planning: primary workers, individual support and managing change. Social work practitioners, managers and trainers and students on qualifying and pre-qualifying training will find this an invaluable aid to the development of sound and yet creative practice. |
| assessment in social work: Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work Brian J. Taylor, 2017-04-10 At a time when accountability and the avoidance of risk are increasingly demanded of social workers, the ability to make clear and informed decisions is essential. This book, written for practicing social workers undertaking their ASYE and compulsory CPD, has been designed to help professionals make sound judgments in increasingly complex contexts and under pressure. The focus is on empowering front-line professionals through reflective practice, so that they are able to draw on multiple factors and perspectives and make sound problem-solving judgements. The book begins with the core concepts, client focus, and legal background before moving on to consider the collaborative processes and the nature of individual judgements. It then considers particular dimensions of social work decision making, such as safeguarding, taking risks, assessment and dynamic decision tools and processes. It then concludes by look at the organisational context of decision management, with a focus on supervision, training and effective communication. |
| assessment in social work: Essential Skills of Social Work Practice Thomas O'Hare, 2019-10-22 Essential Skills of Social Work Practice: Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation, third edition, by Thomas O'Hare, PhD, MSW, is written for advanced BSW and beginning MSW students who intend to work primarily in the mental health field. The book consists of three parts. Part I covers foundation concepts, including linkages among assessment, intervention, and evaluation; the relationship between research and practice; and essential ethics in social work practice. Part II addresses essential practice skills used throughout social work practice: supportive and relationship-building skills, cognitive-behavioral skills, and case management skills. Part III describes how these essential skills are combined as evidence-based practices targeting specific problems and disorders, including major mental illnesses, substance abuse and personality disorders, couples in conflict, and both internalizing and externalizing disorders in children and adolescents. The chapters focusing on disorders of children and adolescents emphasize family-based interventions. The final chapter addresses the profession's transition to evidence-based practices and related challenges given that their adoption is now expected in professional mental health practice-- |
| assessment in social work: Spiritual Assessment in Social Work and Mental Health Practice David R. Hodge, 2015-01-20 Spirituality often plays a critical role in health and wellness, yet few have explored in detail the process through which practitioners can identify and use clients' spiritual strengths to their mutual advantage. To address this gap, this practice-oriented text equips helping professionals with the tools they need to administer spiritual assessments ethically and professionally. David R. Hodge outlines a number of assessment approaches, including an implicit method for evaluating secular forms of spirituality. Case examples illustrate the implementation of these strategies in different clinical settings and with groups from diverse racial, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Practice Jonathan Parker, Greta Bradley, 2014-04-14 This bestselling book takes the student step-by-step through the core processes of social work. It introduces four essential elements (assessment, planning intervention and review) in a clear manner, and is structured in a chronological way that is easy to understand yet holistic in approach. The authors use Assessment as a lynchpin for the book and use various assessment tools (some of which they have developed themselves) to illustrate the links between theory and practice. An essential introduction to the fundamental principles of social work practice, this title has been fully-revised to link directly to the Professional Capabilities Framework for Social Work. Key updates: New Material on Personalisation Agenda Greater emphasis on social work in the community More research material on working with children Updated case studies throughout Part of the Transforming Social Work Practice series. All books in the series are affordable, mapped to the Social Work Curriculum, practical with clear links between theory & practice and written to the Professional Capabilities Framework. |
| assessment in social work: Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice Jacqueline Corcoran, Joseph Walsh, 2016-07-20 In Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice, seasoned practitioner-scholars Jacqueline Corcoran and Joseph Walsh provide an in-depth exploration of fourteen major mental disorders that social workers commonly see in practice, including anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. They skillfully integrate several perspectives in order to help practitioners meet the challenges they will face in client assessment, and present a risk and resilience framework that helps social workers understand environmental influences on the emergence of mental disorders and the strengths that clients already possess. The authors also catalog the latest evidence-based assessment instruments and treatments for each disorder so that social workers can intervene efficiently and effectively, using the best resources available. Students and practitioners alike will appreciate the wealth of case examples, evidence-based assessment instruments, treatment plans, and new social diversity sections that make this an essential guide to the assessment and diagnostic processes in social work practice. |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families Michael J. Holosko, Catherine N. Dulmus, Karen M. Sowers, 2012-12-27 A lifespan approach presenting evidence-informed interventions for working with individuals and families Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families covers assessment of and intervention with children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, and families. It offers an array of pedagogical features within each chapter, as well as online resources and review questions at the conclusion of each chapter to help guide critical thinking about topics. Reflecting the current state of evidence-informed social work practice, each chapter's contributors emphasize the incorporation of wider forms of systematically collected data such as case studies, best or promising practices, and consumer-focused data. Reading this book will not only give readers the tools to work effectively with individuals and families, but also develop their skills in evidence informed practice. Comprehensive and insightful, Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families is a student- and practitioner-friendly text identifying the best assessment tools and strategies available for social workers to successfully serve individuals and families facing a broad range of challenges. |
| assessment in social work: Health and Social Work Janna C. Heyman, Elaine Congress, DSW, MSW, 2018-02-28 This new text illuminates the essential information about health and social work critical to understanding today’s complex health care systems and policies. Chapters highlight current practice, policy, and research in different settings and with special populations. Readers learn how to advocate for the individuals, families, and communities they serve to help improve health and well-being for all. All those interested in micro, mezzo, and macro practices in a healthcare setting will appreciate this rich resource. Highlights include: Each chapter speaks to the interconnections between practice, policy, and research and how they are integrated to inform social work and health. Unique chapters dedicated to special populations such as children and families, older adults, immigrants, persons with HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities provide a deeper understanding of the health care issues specific to these groups. Thorough coverage of the role of social workers in a variety of settings such as substance abuse, correctional systems, public health, and integrated behavioral health care. An in-depth discussion of the values and ethical issues in a health care environment. An intersectionality lens used throughout promotes a greater understanding of a client’s multiple status of race, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, education level, religion, sexual orientation, and gender identification. Detailed case examples developed by professionals in the field in Parts II and III accompanied by discussion questions further enhance an understanding of the issues. Highlights how social workers advocate for social justice to promote good health and well-being for all. On-line instructor's resources including Power Points, how chapter content is tied to the 2015 CSWE Educational Policy Accreditation Standards (EPAS), answers to discussion questions, including approaches that instructors can use with cases and research, as well as a sample syllabus with suggested options for instructors to modify for different courses. Intended as a core text for MSW and advanced BSW courses on health and social work, social work practice in health care, health and wellness, or integrative behavioral health taught in social work, public health, or gerontology programs, this book is also of value in social work practice courses that focus on health care and special populations. Social workers practicing in the health care field will also appreciate this book. |
| assessment in social work: Mastering Whole Family Assessment in Social Work Fiona Mainstone, 2014-01-21 How do you keep the whole family in mind when carrying out social work assessment? How do you balance the needs of adults and children? How do you ensure that children's welfare and safety are everyone's priority when families face complex difficulties? Mastering Whole Family Assessment in Social Work brings together what social workers in adult and children services need to know about assessment across both services. With tools and frameworks that make sense of the interface between adult life difficulties, family problems, parenting capacity and children's needs, this practical guide will help social workers to think across professional and administrative divides. Case studies, practice vignettes, exercises and suggestions for further reading are included throughout the book to help the reader consider the well-being of the whole family when conducting and interpreting assessments. This guide will help social workers to think holistically and work collaboratively both with each other and with families. |
| assessment in social work: Needs Assessment David Royse, 2009-02-09 This text features discussions on emerging technologies in the field of needs assessment as well as abundant social work case examples. It covers one of the most essential kinds of research for social work management. |
| assessment in social work: Using Simulation in Assessment and Teaching Marion Bogo, 2014 This detailed book by the most experienced authors in the field describes how to develop and implement the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) for social work education. In addition to a wealth of practical material in the appendices, two videos produced especially for this book (accessible online) show the OSCE process step-by-step. Assessment of student competency is an essential part of social work education. Going beyond the traditional domains for assessing students -- the classroom and field practicums -- the authors offer a new approach that approximates authentic practice tasks: the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) adapted for social work. Based on the work of two research teams and the extensive experience of the authors, this book provides all the resources necessary for programs to develop and implement the OSCE. In addition to a wealth of practical material in the appendices, two videos produced especially for this book (accessible online) show the OSCE process step-by-step. |
| assessment in social work: Evaluating Your Practice Catherine Alter, Wayne Evens, 1990 |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Practice in Mental Health Robert Bland, Ann Tullgren, 2020-07-16 'An invaluable resource for social workers in all practice settings, not just mental health, and a core text for social work students.' - Dr Valerie Gerrand, former AASW representative and board member of the Mental Health Council of Australia 'An outstanding and very original contribution to the scholarship on mental health policy, research and service.' - Associate Professor Maria Harries AM, University of Western Australia Developing the skills to work effectively with people who have mental health problems is fundamental to contemporary social work practice. Practitioners face new challenges in a rapidly changing work environment including working with consumers and their families and in multidisciplinary teams. Now, more than ever, social workers need discipline-specific mental health knowledge and training. This second edition of Social Work Practice in Mental Health continues the guiding principles of the first edition - an emphasis on the centrality of the lived experience of mental illness and the importance of embracing both scientific and relational dimensions of practice. The new edition reflects the latest developments in best practice including the emergence of recovery theory and the importance of evidence-based approaches. This is a comprehensive guide to social work practice in specialist mental health settings as well as in other fields of practice, covering the most commonly encountered mental health problems. It features information on assessment, case management, family work and community work, and reveals how the core concerns of social work - human rights, self-determination and relationships with family and the wider community - are also central to mental health practice. |
| assessment in social work: Writing Analytical Assessments in Social Work Chris Dyke, 2019-03-25 You write something in order that it can be read, not in order that it can be written – write reports that achieve and illuminate. The best-selling Writing Analytical Assessments in Social Work guides you through the principles of good writing and methodically shows you: how to analyse how to structure the process of writing an assessment (researching, chronologising, informed data-gathering, putting it all together), and how to get this done under time constraints. The new edition goes further than just teaching writing skills by exploring the practical and psychological barriers to good practice. It also looks at how you turn good analysis into useful recommendations – making it something useful for the family - by applying the same analytical, critical thinking. Written in an accessible way and packed with examples and case studies, this book is both practically-minded and constantly returning to first principles: reminding you what it is you are trying to achieve and teaching you how to write reports that can be read by families and judges alike. You will learn how to write high quality, useful and timely assessments without becoming mechanistic or managerial. This book kills the myth of a trade-off between efficiency and quality of work. |
| assessment in social work: Social Work and Family Violence Joan McClennen, PhD, Amanda M. Keys, PhD, LCSW, Michele Day, PhD, MSW, 2016-08-28 The second edition of this comprehensive text for MSW and BSW students studying family violence is fully reorganized for improved flow of information, is substantially revised, and is updated to reflect current scholarship and practice. Focusing on child abuse and maltreatment, intimate partner violence (IPV), and older adult abuse, the book covers assessment procedures and evidence-based treatments used by social workers with victims and perpetrators of all age groups and of both genders. It provides expanded information on agencies advocating on behalf of children including child advocacy centers, guardians ad litem, and court-appointed special advocates as well as child welfare laws and policies. The textbook provides updated information related to IPV and vulnerable/at-risk populations including sex trafficking victims, veterans, and male victims. The second edition also features more in-depth theoretical information integrated with case studies, and new information regarding technological issues and criminal justice reform. The authors address assessments and interventions for adult victims of family violence, adult survivors of child abuse, child witnesses of domestic violence, adolescent victims of dating violence, older adult victims of abuse, and both male and female perpetrators of abuse. The text encompasses several features that make it particularly useful in the classroom, including real-life case studies in every chapter, key terms, and discussion questions. An updated and robust instructor package includes a fully revised Test Bank and more detailed PowerPoints. New to the Second Edition: Aligns with 2015 CSWE Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards Adds updated news articles to help stimulate discussion on chapter content Updated instructor package including fully revised Test Bank Updated and expanded PowerPoint presentations Expanded information in the child maltreatment section on child advocacy centers, guardians ad litem, and court-appointed special advocates A new child maltreatment case example and SMART plan Updated child welfare laws and policies Expanded coverage of safety planning and protection orders for IPV victims New coverage of IPV and sex trafficking Expanded coverage of IPV with male victims and their female perpetrators Coverage of multiple vulnerable and at-risk populations Use of pet therapy and service dogs for IPV in military Updated material on causation of older adult abuse Inclusion of instrument to screen for maltreatment Expanded chapter on assessment and intervention of older adult abuse Example of a possible risk assessment for older adults |
| assessment in social work: Advanced Generalist Social Work Practice David S. Derezotes, 2000 This book describes an advanced generalist approach to direct social work practice with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Intervention paradigms that include psychodynamic, cognitive/behavioral/communications, experiential/humanistic, existential and transpersonal are presented as the four sources of social work. |
| assessment in social work: Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Human Behavior in the Social Environment , 2008-05-16 Comprehensive Handbook of Social Work and Social Welfare, Volume 2: The Profession of Social Work features contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners and presents the most comprehensive, in-depth source of information on the field of social work and social welfare. |
| assessment in social work: Clinical Assessment for Social Workers Catheleen Jordan, Cynthia Franklin, 2020-09-15 The fifth edition of Clinical Assessment, like earlier editions of this text, continues to show how to combine practice wisdom and evidence-based methods when formulating assessments and intervention plans. This new edition also emphasizes the biopsychosocial-spiritual framework and the importance of the strengths perspective in assessment, including updates on neuroscience. Additionally, every chapter in this fifth edition includes new updated information that covers approaches to assessment, and how to assess various client populations including clients who experience adverse childhood experiences, trauma and clients from under represented minority backgrounds. Like the 4th Edition of this text measurement instruments are added in each chapter including measures from the public domain that can be used for pedagogy and clinical practice-- |
| assessment in social work: Hospice Social Work Dona J. Reese, 2013-02-26 The first text to explore the history, characteristics, and challenges of hospice social work, this volume weaves leading research into an underlying framework for practice and care. A longtime practitioner, Dona J. Reese describes the hospice social work role in assessment and intervention with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and the community, while honestly confronting the personal and professional difficulties of such life-changing work. She introduces a well-tested model of psychosocial and spiritual variables that predict hospice client outcomes, and she advances a social work assessment tool to document their occurrence. Operating at the center of national leaders' coordinated efforts to develop and advance professional organizations and guidelines for end-of-life care, Reese reaches out with support and practice information, helping social workers understand their significance in treating the whole person, contributing to the cultural competence of hospice settings, and claiming a definitive place within the hospice team. |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Research and Evaluation Richard M. Grinnell, Jr., Yvonne A. Unrau, 2010-08-26 Over thirty years of input from instructors and students have gone into this popular research methods text, resulting in a refined ninth edition that is easier to read, understand, and apply than ever before. Using unintimidating language and real-world examples, it introduces students to the key concepts of evidence-based practice that they will use throughout their professional careers. It emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, data collection methods, and data analysis, providing students with the tools they need to become evidence-based practitioners. |
| assessment in social work: Foundations of Interpersonal Practice in Social Work Brett Seabury, Barbara Seabury, Charles D. Garvin, 2010-10-08 This text takes a broad based approach to basic generalist practice methods that emphasize the common elements in working with individuals, families and groups. The goal of the book is to teach social work students how to enhance clients′ social functioning by helping them become more proficient in examining, understanding, and resolving clients′ social problems. The authors pay special attention to enhancing social justice by working with individuals and families who have been historically oppressed. This edition includes specific integrated coverage of the Council on Social Work Education′s (CSWE) latest Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). Intended Audience This core text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the introductory Direct Practice and Generalist Practice courses in BSW and MSW programs of social work. |
| assessment in social work: Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care, Third Edition Joyce Lishman, 2015-08-21 This fully updated and expanded third edition of a classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to key theory, knowledge, research and evidence relating to practice learning in social work and social care. It outlines the theories that underpin social care practice, the main assessment models and interventions, and also offers guidance on the effective implementation of assessment across a range of professional contexts. Contributors from research, policy-making and practice backgrounds offer guidance on how to apply policy and research findings in everyday practice while ensuring that the complex needs of each individual service user are met. This third edition also features new chapters on group work, social pedagogy and personalisation. The Handbook for Practice Learning in Social Work and Social Care is an essential resource for ensuring effective evidence-based practice which will be valued by students, educators and practitioners alike. |
| assessment in social work: Oxford Bibliographies Edward J. Mullen, Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on social work as a discipline grounded in social theory and the improvement of peoples' lives. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable. Contains a My OBO function that allows users to create personalized bibliographies of individual citations from different bibliographies. |
| assessment in social work: Getting Ready for Direct Practice in Social Work Peter Scourfield, 2017-05-08 This very practical book will support students to meet the requirements of the compulsory Readiness for Direct Practice assessment. Useful for social work students and lecturers alike, it takes each of the 9 domains that students are tested on, breaks them down step-by step and provides a range of interactive activities that enable them to acquire the knowledge, values and skills for practice required at this level. It offers students a foundation to the key areas of knowledge for each of the 9 domains, while also signposting them to other popular books in the Transforming Social Work Practice series for a more detailed discussion as well. |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Case Management Betsy Vourlekis, 2017-07-05 This new practice text provides a series of readings focusing on case management in a number of fields and in a variety of settings with different client populations. Each chapter examines a major component of case management practice by presenting information about an innovative program from a different location around the country. In conjunction, these readings provide a road map to social work case management.In addition to offering up-to-date practice approaches and examining the functions and skills of case management in depth, the authors provide the policy information needed for putting this traditional form of social work practice into today's service delivery context. |
| assessment in social work: Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Social Work James W. Drisko, Melissa D Grady, 2012-04-23 Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Social Work introduces the key ideas of evidence-based clinical social work practice and their thoughtful application. It intends to inform practitioners and to address the challenges and needs faced in real world practice. This book lays out the many strengths of the EBP model, but also offers perspectives on its limitations and challenges. An appreciative but critical perspective is offered throughout. Practical issues (agency supports, access to research resources, help in appraising research) are addressed - and some practical solutions offered. Ethical issues in assessment/diagnosis, working with diverse families to make treatment decisions, and delivering complex treatments requiring specific skill sets are also included. |
| assessment in social work: Dare to Lead Brené Brown, 2018-10-09 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start. Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love. Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.” Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership. |
| assessment in social work: Psychopathology Susan W. Gray, Marilyn R. Zide, 2007-02 When you adopt PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: COMPETENCY-BASED ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, SECOND EDITION you and your students will have access to a rich array of teaching and learning resources that you won't find anywhere else. This outstanding site features chapter-by-chapter quizzes, reflective questions to use in conjunction with the DVD, glossary, flashcards and more! |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Evaluation James R. Dudley, 2020-03-06 Social workers are increasingly faced with the demands of evaluating their own programs and practice to maintain accountability to funding agencies, secure funding, and remedy a number of social problems facing our society. One of the nine basic competencies required by the social work accreditation agency is to be able to conduct evaluations. Evaluation is a critical area of practice for demonstrating accountability to clients, communities, numerous other stakeholders, and funding and regulatory agencies. Social Work Evaluation, Third Edition, offers a straightforward guide to a broad range of social work evaluations at both the program and practice levels. Author James R. Dudley's seven-step approach to evaluation makes use of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods to provide oversight and address important issues at the planning, implementation, and outcome stages of a program or practice intervention. His unique focus on involving clients in the evaluation process ensures that social workers consistently improve their capacity to impact their clients' well-being and remain accountable to them and others they serve. Case examples from the extensive evaluation experience of the author and others illustrate a wide range of logic-based methods discussed throughout the text for real-world application. This comprehensive text effectively aims to enhance student and practitioner skill sets to meet these demands of a changing field. |
| assessment in social work: Social Work Practice: Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review Jonathan Parker, Greta Bradley, 2010-06-25 This bestselling and widely recognised textbook is now into its Third Edition and has been fully updated to reflect the recent changes in social work practice. New features and case studies are included throughout, as is a greater emphasis on safeguarding and protection issues. By working through this book, student social workers can ensure that they understand the features of a good assessment, how it is conducted and some of the difficulties that might arise during the process. |
| assessment in social work: Program Evaluation for Social Workers Richard M. Grinnell, Peter A. Gabor, Yvonne A. Unrau, 2012-02-15 An eminently approachable and practical introduction to case- and program-level evaluation techniques. |
Models of 12 Assessment - SAGE Publications Inc
Assessment is a core activity of social work practices, which should be a process capable of responding to dynamic factors in the lives of service users. Assessment is underpinned by a …
CLIENT SYSTEM ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR SOCIAL WORK …
Client system assessment is one skill social workers use during interventions with clients systems throughout the intervention process. The models named create a systematic method for …
Social Work Assessment Questions
Social work assessments require collection of a wide range of data about an individual’s life and circumstances with a goal of helping them with a positive outcome. This guide includes some …
Social Work Psychosocial Assessment - York College, City …
assessment. A psychosocial assessment is the social worker's summary as to the problems to be solved. The social worker considers a variety of factors, which may include the …
A Good Practice Guide for Social Workers - Procedures Online
This guidance is written for social care practitioners setting out the principles of effective assessment, planning and intervention; how we will work with families who need help and …
CHILD ASSESSMENT Socio - Free Social Work Tools and …
Links to assessment resources/tools which assessors may find useful (Ctrl+click to follow link): - Ages & Stages Questionnaires ASQ-3 (Child development screening tool) - Developmental …
CHAPTER 1 What Is Social Work Assessment? - Northrose
In social work, assessment generally refers to a process of learning through collect- ing information, making observations, checking information from different sources, and …
Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice
work book on mental, emotional, and behavior disorders is to teach social workers competence and critical thinking in the diagnostic process, while also considering diagnosis in a way that is …
FOUR SOCIAL WORK ASSESSMENT MODELS Ecobehavioral …
Solution Focused Assessment . Person-Environment Assessment . Ecobehavioral Assessment . I. Ecobehavioral Scan I’d like to ask you a few questions so that we can develop a clear picture …
Assessment in social work - Taskproject
• The process of assessment is core to social work practice • Take place in a number of contexts and are prepared for a variety of purposes • Holistic / Focused
Practice Briefing 3 Analysis and assessment - Social Care Wales
Analysis and assessment Key messages > Developing analysis and critical thinking is key to assessment practice. > Working in partnership with families is central to assessment. > …
Assessment - Procedures Online
Assessment usually marks the beginning of a social worker or occupational therapist’s intervention with a service user, and there are many dierent types of assessment in adult social …
Assessment in child and family social work - SAGE …
Social work research into assessment practice may broadly be divided into two main areas: that which examines the relationships between inputs (for example, factors influencing) and outputs …
Writing an Initial Assessment Summary - King's University …
Initial Assessment Summary resource (Beres and Natarajan, Nov 2018) 2 • a guarantee of accountability (of the social worker to the client) and a resource for risk management [ • a way …
Psychosocial Assessment in Social Worklarge - brown.uk.com
“Assessment is an ongoing process, in which the client participates, the purpose of which is to understand people in relation to their environment; it is a basis for planning what needs to be …
Scial work psychosocial assessment
• Social worker's insights, beliefs, hunches, guesses, inferences, speculations about the client and his or her situation (e.g., presenting problem) based on the objective material presented by (or …
Assessment of social work students guidance
This guidance provides more detail on how social work students should be assessed and makes suggestions for what good assessment might look like. It aims to help education
Perspectives Social Work Competencies and Multidimensional …
The 2015 EPAS identify nine social work competencies: (1) demonstrate ethical and professional behavior; (2) engage diversity and difference in practice; (3) advance human rights and social, …
PRACTICE & What is Biopsychosocial-spiritual Assessment?
What: Biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment is a holistic approach to understanding the client’s experiences, including his or her physical and mental health (Khalid & Naz, 2020). The …
Models of 12 Assessment - SAGE Publications Inc
Assessment is a core activity of social work practices, which should be a process capable of responding to dynamic factors in the lives of service users. Assessment is underpinned by a …
CLIENT SYSTEM ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR SOCIAL …
Client system assessment is one skill social workers use during interventions with clients systems throughout the intervention process. The models named create a systematic method for …
Social Work Assessment Questions
Social work assessments require collection of a wide range of data about an individual’s life and circumstances with a goal of helping them with a positive outcome. This guide includes some …
Social Work Psychosocial Assessment - York College, City …
assessment. A psychosocial assessment is the social worker's summary as to the problems to be solved. The social worker considers a variety of factors, which may include the …
6th Edition Social Work Practice - SAGE Publications Ltd
assessment and key influences affecting social work assessments such as ethics, power, professionalism and anti-oppressive practice. You will be invited to consider how an …
A Good Practice Guide for Social Workers - Procedures Online
This guidance is written for social care practitioners setting out the principles of effective assessment, planning and intervention; how we will work with families who need help and …
CHILD ASSESSMENT Socio - Free Social Work Tools and …
Links to assessment resources/tools which assessors may find useful (Ctrl+click to follow link): - Ages & Stages Questionnaires ASQ-3 (Child development screening tool) - Developmental …
CHAPTER 1 What Is Social Work Assessment? - Northrose
In social work, assessment generally refers to a process of learning through collect- ing information, making observations, checking information from different sources, and …
Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis in Social Work Practice
work book on mental, emotional, and behavior disorders is to teach social workers competence and critical thinking in the diagnostic process, while also considering diagnosis in a way that is …
FOUR SOCIAL WORK ASSESSMENT MODELS …
Solution Focused Assessment . Person-Environment Assessment . Ecobehavioral Assessment . I. Ecobehavioral Scan I’d like to ask you a few questions so that we can develop a clear picture …
Assessment in social work - Taskproject
• The process of assessment is core to social work practice • Take place in a number of contexts and are prepared for a variety of purposes • Holistic / Focused
Practice Briefing 3 Analysis and assessment - Social Care …
Analysis and assessment Key messages > Developing analysis and critical thinking is key to assessment practice. > Working in partnership with families is central to assessment. > …
Assessment - Procedures Online
Assessment usually marks the beginning of a social worker or occupational therapist’s intervention with a service user, and there are many dierent types of assessment in adult …
Assessment in child and family social work - SAGE …
Social work research into assessment practice may broadly be divided into two main areas: that which examines the relationships between inputs (for example, factors influencing) and …
Writing an Initial Assessment Summary - King's University …
Initial Assessment Summary resource (Beres and Natarajan, Nov 2018) 2 • a guarantee of accountability (of the social worker to the client) and a resource for risk management [ • a way …
Psychosocial Assessment in Social Worklarge - brown.uk.com
“Assessment is an ongoing process, in which the client participates, the purpose of which is to understand people in relation to their environment; it is a basis for planning what needs to be …
Scial work psychosocial assessment
• Social worker's insights, beliefs, hunches, guesses, inferences, speculations about the client and his or her situation (e.g., presenting problem) based on the objective material presented by (or …
Assessment of social work students guidance
This guidance provides more detail on how social work students should be assessed and makes suggestions for what good assessment might look like. It aims to help education
Perspectives Social Work Competencies and …
The 2015 EPAS identify nine social work competencies: (1) demonstrate ethical and professional behavior; (2) engage diversity and difference in practice; (3) advance human rights and social, …
PRACTICE & What is Biopsychosocial-spiritual Assessment?
What: Biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment is a holistic approach to understanding the client’s experiences, including his or her physical and mental health (Khalid & Naz, 2020). The …
