Social Work Research Skills Workbook

Social Work Research Skills Workbook
Author: Jacqueline Corcoran
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012-09-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0199753512

With an abundance of examples and exercises, this practically oriented workbook presents a step-by-step approach to help social work students develop and implement their research projects in human services organizations.

Making Your Case

Making Your Case
Author: Charles Auerbach
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2015-06-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0190228105

There is a growing need for research within practice settings. Increasing competition for funding requires organizations to demonstrate that the funding they are seeking is going towards effective programming. Additionally, the evidence-based practice movement is generally pushing organizations towards research activities, both as producers and consumers.There have been many books written about research methodology and data analysis in the helping professions, and many books have been written about using R to analyze and present data; however, this book specifically addresses using R to evaluate programs in organizational settings. This book is divided into three sections. The first section addresses background information that is helpful in conducting practice-based research. The second section of the book provides necessary background to begin working with R. Topics include how to download R and RStudio, navigation, R packages, basic R functions, and importing data. This section also introduces The Clinical Record, a freely available database program to help organizations record and track client information. The remainder of the book uses case studies to illustrate how to use R to conduct program evaluations. Techniques include data description and visualization, bivariate analysis, simple and multiple regression, and logistic regression. The final chapter illustrates a comprehensive summary of the skills demonstrated throughout the book using The Clinical Record as a data repository.

Examining Global Social Welfare Issues

Examining Global Social Welfare Issues
Author: Andrew L. Cherry
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780534610388

This workbook and the accompanying MicroCase databases function as an interactive tool that provides students with a platform for exploring current social welfare issues. The text, the first MicroCase book written for social workers by a social work researcher, addresses the social issues which practitioners, researchers, and clients find important. To complete the exercises in the book, students use the databases on the accompanying CD-ROM, which contain the same current data used by social scientists all over the world to do their research. These five data files allow students to compare states, countries, public attitudes, and the effect of time on some of the most important social welfare issues of our day.

The Social Work Skills Workbook

The Social Work Skills Workbook
Author: Barry Cournoyer
Publisher: Brooks Cole
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Using this experiential workbook, your studentscan practice all the steps important to social work practice. The author includes case examples and situations that clearly illustrate the essential skills of generalist social work practice, dozens of summaries and skill-building exercises, and much more. As your students work their way through the book, they'll het actual hands-on practice in developing skills.

Qualitative Research Skills for Social Work

Qualitative Research Skills for Social Work
Author: Malcolm Carey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2017-03-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1351907360

Malcolm Carey provides social work students, academics and practitioners with a practical guide to completion of a small-scale qualitative research project or dissertation. This clear text takes the reader through the process of beginning and developing a research problem or question, defining their objectives and undertaking empirical or literature-based research that involves data collection, analysis, writing up and dissemination. The book also highlights and details potential obstacles, essential techniques and methods, types of theory and methodology used, and presents case studies and ongoing debates involved in qualitative social work research. It suggests ways by which sometimes difficult processes (such as the literature review, interviews with practitioners, etc.) can be made easier to complete and explores traditional methods such as the focus group or interview alongside less conventional methodologies such as participative, narrative, discourse or ICT-related approaches. Recent investigation has highlighted the lack of research skills held by many social workers in practice. This book overcomes these problems by providing an essential and easily accessible guidebook to qualitative research methods for social work students and practitioners as well as being of interest to tutors who teach research methods to social work students or supervise dissertations.

The Evidence-based Social Work Skills Book

The Evidence-based Social Work Skills Book
Author: Barry Cournoyer
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

During the 21st Century, social workers will increasingly use evidence-based knowledge to plan, implement, and evaluate the quality of their own professional activities. This book explores the skills needed for evidence-based social work (EBSW). This book emphasizes the importance of applied practice, critical thinking, and self-directed lifelong learning. Readers will learn the fundamentals of the EBSW skills, practice them to establish beginning proficiency, and then apply them to a target client group of their choosing. Social workers and anyone interested in practicing evidence-based social work.

Research Skills for Social Work

Research Skills for Social Work
Author: Andrew Whittaker
Publisher: Learning Matters
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2012-06-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0857259288

Social Work students often find research an intimidating and complex area of study, with many struggling to understand the core concepts and their application to practice. This book presents these concepts in an accessible and user-friendly way. Key skills and methods such as literature reviews, interviews, and questionnaires are explored in detail while the underlying ethical reasons for doing good research underpin the text. For this second edition, new material on ethnography is added.

Research Skills for Social Work

Research Skills for Social Work
Author: Mr Andrew Whittaker
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2009-06-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1844455394

Research skills are central to successfully completing the social work degree. This title will help students develop those skills and apply them to all aspects of their work. Detailed information is included on a variety of research methods, such as focus groups, literature reviews, questionnaires and interviews, which are fundamental to students' research projects. Packed with useful practical examples, it provides plenty of opportunity for critical examination of research methods and their outcomes.