Social work evaluation: enhancing what we do
Social Work Evaluation is a straightforward guide in how to conduct evaluations of programs and practice interventions. Evaluation is presented by Dudley as a seven-step approach using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. Evaluations are covered during the planning, implementation, and outcome stages of an intervention's development. Competencies in understanding and conducting evaluations are essential for human service professionals to have. Professionals are increasingly ex…
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- Full title :Social work evaluation : enhancing what we do / James R. Dudley
Summary
Social Work Evaluation is a straightforward guide in how to conduct evaluations of programs and practice interventions. Evaluation is presented by Dudley as a seven-step approach using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. Evaluations are covered during the planning, implementation, and outcome stages of an intervention's development. Competencies in understanding and conducting evaluations are essential for human service professionals to have. Professionals are increasingly expected to provide evidence that that their interventions are effective and evaluations are the best way to provide this evidence. Evaluations are also about accountability. Being accountable means being responsive to a wide range of stakeholder needs essential for program effectiveness and progressive policy impact. Stakeholders include administrators, funding and regulatory agencies, staff members, communities, and clients and their families. Dudley gives special attention to evaluation of practice, an accreditation requirement that is not covered in other evaluation texts. Additional features include using the logic model for continued oversight of evaluation concerns. Special attention is also given to involving clients in the evaluation process. Overall, this comprehensive book offers students the necessary knowledge and skills to play a central role in the future of their profession"
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- Publication Date:2019
- Edition:Third Edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019
Notes
Revised edition of the author's Social work evaluation, [2014]
The Physical Object
- Description:s. cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780190916657, 0190916656
- oclc:on1222053844
- LC Classification:HV41
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