Social Work Evaluation: Enhancing What We Do

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.

Author: James R. Dudley
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 03/09/2020
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780190916657
ISBN10: 0190916656
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Social Work
- Social Science | Human Services

About the Author

James R. Dudley, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW, Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte