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dc.contributor.authorShapiro, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorSetterlund, Deborah
dc.contributor.authorWarburton, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorO'Connor, Ian
dc.contributor.authorCumming, Sue
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:51:37Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:51:37Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-08-25T07:03:56Z
dc.identifier.issn00453102
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/bjsw/bcm115
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30577
dc.description.abstractIn response to the new 'outcomes movement' in health care settings internationally, social workers are increasingly expected to communicate their practice using the language of outcomes. Yet, little research has focused on the language that social workers use to describe their practice and how they identify appropriate interventions and link them to clearly defined evaluative outcomes. This paper is part of a large programme of research exploring and identifying issues associated with social work practice in the Australian health context. Specifically, the paper draws on qualitative data from the first stage of the project that explores issues associated with customary social work practice. Findings from the paper suggest clear evidence of tensions and difficulties experienced by social workers in attempting to communicate the critical expertise behind their practice and that practitioners have only rudimentary understanding of the concepts of outcomes and evaluation. A key challenge for social work research concerns how to encourage the profession actively to engage with the outcomes movement whilst maintaining the core principles and values of social work.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom318
dc.relation.ispartofpageto333
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe British Journal of Social Work
dc.relation.ispartofvolume39
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.titleThe Outcomes Research Project: An Exploration of Customary Practice in Australian Health Settings
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorO'Connor, Ian I.


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