Relationship-based research in social work : understanding practice-near research / edited by Gillian Ruch and Ilse Julkunen ; foreword by Irwin Epstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ruch, Gillian, editor.

Julkunen, Ilse, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Research.

Social service.

Interpersonal relations--Research.

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

238 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; Philadelphia, PA, USA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

Relationship-based research is founded on the idea that human relationships are of paramount importance and should be central to social work research and practice. Drawing on psychodynamic, relational, discourse analytical and systemic understandings of research and practice, this book offers practitioners and academics an insight into what constitutes relationship-based approaches to research. Ideas are brought to life with illustrative case studies of research projects carried out in England and Finland, where the concept originated. Relationship-Based Research in Social Work demonstrates how this approach can be applied across the social work sector and provides a model for practice. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introducing the book / Gillian Ruch, Professor of Social Work, University of Sussex and Ilse Julkunen, Professor of Practice Research in Social Work, Helsinki University

Developing relevant and respectful research relationships / Gillian Ruch, Professor of Social Work, University of Sussex

Doing practice research that matters : building relevant and sustainable research relationships / Ilse Julkunen, Professor of Practice Research in Social Work, Helsinki University

Ethnography on the "front line" : why some teams struggle and others thrive / Judy Foster, Visiting Lecturer in Social Work, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust

Collaborative knowledge production in research practice : the development of the "mirror method" in team settings / Laura Yliruka with Jonna Vanhanen, Outi Jaakkola and Erja Saurama

Exploring relationships through ethnography : a research study of boys in school / Harry Lunabba, Doctor of Social Science, Senior Lecturer, Helsinki University

Observing the "ordinary" : using observation to research the experiences of teenagers with severe learning disabilities / Helen Hingley Jones, Associate Professor Social Work (Research and Teaching), Middlesex University

Undertaking a co-operative inquiry in a children's social care service : prerequisites, opportunities, complexities and challenges in achieving relationship-based research / Gavin Swann, Qualified Social Worker and Senior Manager in Children Social Care

Critical reflection on fiction : increasing practitioner reflexivity, making knowledge and enhancing practice / Katarina Fagerström, Doctoral Student, Helsinki University

Exploring relationships and emotions through reflexive secondary data analysis : peer supporters', professionals' and clients' experiences of a finnish street-level substance misuse clinic / Elina Virokannas, University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Designing a qualitative research study : giving fathers with cancer a voice / Kathleen Russell, Visiting Lecturer, The Tavistock Centre

Getting to the heart of relationships in social work research in practice / Gillian Ruch, Professor of Social Work, University of Sussex and Ilse Julkunen, Professor of Practice Research in Social Work, Helsinki University.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781849054577

1849054576

OCLC:

929331697