Social Work Evaluation: Principles and Methods - Softcover

Ginsberg, Leon H.

 
9780205304950: Social Work Evaluation: Principles and Methods
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0205304958 ISBN 13: 9780205304950
Publisher: Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

This book is a practical overview of evaluation in social work by a distinguished author who has also been an evaluator and an agency administrator. This book includes an evaluation of one's own practice, the use of group research designs for evaluation practice, needs assessment, and evaluation ethics. Chapters also cover unique subjects, including chapters on licensing, accreditation, auditing, accounting,, and other methods that social work administrators and practitioners must often address. The book includes examples of evaluations conducted by organizations such as the Manpower Development Research Corporation and the Urban Institute, which are major forces in public policy decisions but which have not been extensively covered in the social work literature. For practicing social workers or anyone interested in topics related to social work evaluation.

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This book is a practical overview of evaluation in social work by a distinguished author who has also been an evaluator and an agency administrator.

This book includes an evaluation of one's own practice, the use of group research designs for evaluation practice, needs assessment, and evaluation ethics. Chapters also cover unique subjects, including chapters on licensing, accreditation, auditing, accounting,, and other methods that social work administrators and practitioners must often address. The book includes examples of evaluations conducted by organizations such as the Manpower Development Research Corporation and the Urban Institute, which are major forces in public policy decisions but which have not been extensively covered in the social work literature.

For practicing social workers or anyone interested in topics related to social work evaluation.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Pearson
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0205304958
ISBN 13 
9780205304950
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
308