Innovations in social work research : using methods creatively / edited by Louise Hardwick, Roger Smith and Aidan Worsley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hardwick, Louise, editor.

Smith, Roger S. (Roger Shipley), 1953- editor.

Worsley, Aidan, editor.

Series:

Part of the Research Highlights in Social Work series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Research.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A valuable reference to help practising researchers not only to understand but also to apply innovative approaches to social work research. Featuring extended case studies of actual research projects, the book provides an overview of a number of central features and qualities of social work research. It incorporates both distinctive methodological features, such as approaches to participatory inquiry, and provides accounts of researcher strategies to address particular challenges, such as carrying out studies with hard to reach populations. This book combines important methodological insights with pragmatic guidance on commonly experienced problems and how these challenges can be overcome. This is a key resource for social work and social care students, social work practitioners and academics engaged in research.

Contents:

Innovations in SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH: Using Methods Creatively; Introduction; Section 1. Innovations in Design and Planning; 1. Action Research for Social Justice: Researching and Organising on Issues of Household Debt; 2. A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Therapeutic Intervention for Children Affected by Sexual Abuse; 3. Front Row Seats: Why Researchers Need to Get Closer to Practice and How We Can Do So; 4. Archival Resources for Social Work History

5. A Study of Long-term Outcomes of Children with Harmful Sexual Behaviours: Using Social Media to Reach and Engage a 'Hard-to-reach' Population6. Involving People with Dementia in a Systematic Review; 7. Acting as a Critical Friend: Developmental Evaluations, Service Users and the Role of the Researcher; Section 2. Innovations in Research Methods; 8. Observing Social Work Practice: Using Ethnographic and Mobile Research Methods with Social Workers and Service Users; 9. Using Mobile Methods to Explore the Lives of Marginalised Young Men in Manchester

10. Being Brave, Doing Creative: Using Visual Ethnography in Social Work Research to Explore the Impact of Space and Environment on Organisational Culture 11. Researching Recovery from Substance Misuse Using Visual Methods; Section 3. Innovations in Data Analysis; 12. Validating Meaning Making: The Potential of Phenomenological Inquiry; 13. The Elephant in the room: Taking Language Difference Seriously in Research; 14. Data Analysis in Participatory Research with Adults with Asperger's Syndrome; 15. Quantitative Research and the Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Social Work Research

Innovations in Dissemination and Impact16. Participatory Action Research: Empowering Women to Evaluate Services; 17. 'A Little Bit of What I'm About': Urban Photography for Social Work Research; 18. Incorporating 'Knowledge Exchange' Into Research Design and Dissemination Strategies; 19. You're Not in the Picture: Service Users, Research, Involvement and Change; Conclusion; About the Editors and Contributors; Subject Index; Author Index; Blank Page

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781784501457

178450145X