Launch of Handbook of Social Work Practice Research - ” … If it doesn’t come from practice and engage with practice, it will not have impact on practice. …”

For those of us working in the field of social work, or for any individual care provider,  this research network supports us to engage with the “data” we generate everyday in our organizations and in turn advance analysis of our practice. 

I find the practice research principles helpful in its emphasis on utilizing what data surrounds us in our "everyday" rather than a research activity coming from afar.  A refreshing set of values that counters the siloed researcher, the siloed practitioner approach and aims to be implemented.

” … If it doesn’t come from practice and engage with practice, it will not have impact on practice. …”

The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Practice Research is the first international handbook to focus on practice research for social work. Bringing together leading scholars in the field from Europe, the USA and the Asia Pacific region, it provides an up-to-the minute overview of the latest thinking in practice research whilst also providing practical advice on how to undertake practice research in the field.

It is divided into five sections:

• State of the art
• Methodologies
• Pedagogies
• Applications
• Expanding the frontiers

The range of topics discussed will enhance student development as well as increase the capacity of practitioners to conduct research; develop coordinating and leadership roles; and liaise with multiple stakeholders who will strengthen the context base for practice research.

See the Table of Contents here: https://www.routledge.com/The-...p/book/9780367189525

… I see social work practice research in the future going wherever social work practice is happening. I think we have got to embrace new situations and think of different methodologies that would relate to working in this space and that will have impact back on this space. The Handbook directs thinking into that space. It says there are multiple ways in which you can engage with complexity. … 

Co-editor Lynette Joubert 

Learn more here: https://martinwebber.net/