Evidence in Practice : On Knowledge Use and Learning in Social Work

Avby, Gunilla

doi:10.3384/diss.diva-117912

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“…However, since it is argued that EBP makes practitioners less reflective, concerns have been raised as to whether EBP restrains social work practice (e.g. Avby, 2015;Scurlock-Evans & Upton, 2015). Clearly, prevailing trends are affecting the practitioners, presumably placing them in the dilemma of trying to balance organizational demands and client needs.…”

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The Role of Reflection in Family Support Social Work and Its Possible Promotion by a Research-Supported Model

Ryding

Wernersson

2019

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

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Purpose: There is a prevailing controversy over the use of evidencebased practice (EBP) within human-service organizations. Since it is argued that it is a threat to reflection, proven experience, and tacit knowledge, we wanted to investigate the impact of the researchsupported, family-centered model Family Check-Up (FCU) on practitioners' use of, and opportunities for, reflection. Method: Focus group interviews with family support social workers trained in FCU (n = 19) were conducted. Results: The significance of reflection for social work practice is clearly indicated. It is crucial for providing quality care: for making progress, processing cases, and effecting change in client-related work. Described as a coping-mechanism, it is also crucial for practitioners. Since various elements of FCU require practitioners' reflective ability, it was argued that it promotes both reflection and professional learning. Discussion: Rather than constituting a threat to reflection, FCU was seen as promoting it, indicating an inaccuracy in prevailing assumptions about research-supported models. This implies the need for revising the definition of such models to promote their potential use and benefits. Working with FCU, however, demands sufficient resources. Conclusion: With an increased focus on "production" leading to changes in priorities, it is argued that resources and opportunities for reflection decrease. As FCU and similar models seem to allow for the incorporation of reflection into ordinary tasks, we propose that they be used to prevent reflection from becoming even more difficult. However, to gain from the benefits of both reflection and research-supported models, various external factors need to be considered.

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Section: Reflection In Practicementioning

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The Role of Reflection in Family Support Social Work and Its Possible Promotion by a Research-Supported Model

Ryding

Wernersson

2019

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

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“…Hur vet de yrkesverksamma vad som hjälper och kan medborgarna lita på att socialarbetarna vet vad det gör? Evidensbaserad praktik (EBP) har på senare år diskuterats såväl i Sverige som internationellt som en möjlighet att minska risken för godtycke och säkra en god kvalitet i arbete med människor (Avby 2015;Mullen 2014;Svanevie 2011;Socialstyrelsen 2008;SOU 2008:18;Thyer & Myers 2011). Det råder dock osäkerhet och delade meningar om vad begreppet "evidensbaserad" kan tänkas innebära i det sociala arbetets vardag.…”

Section: Evidensbaserad Praktik För Lärande Och Utveckling I Välfärdsunclassified

“…Det råder dock osäkerhet och delade meningar om vad begreppet "evidensbaserad" kan tänkas innebära i det sociala arbetets vardag. Är en evidensbaserad praktik möjlig, och är den eftersträvansvärd (Avby 2015;Eliasson 2014;Shlonsky & Mildon 2014;Lundström & Shanks 2013;Bergmark & Lundström 2011b)?…”

Section: Evidensbaserad Praktik För Lärande Och Utveckling I Välfärdsunclassified

“…Det innebär att forskningsresultat är en kunskapskälla av betydelse vid beslut om behandlings-och hjälpinsatser i praktisk verksamhet;ska styra beslut om behandlings-och hjälpinsatser i praktisk verksamhet. Två andra kunskapskällor som de professionella har att beakta är klientens värderingar och preferenser samt den egna professionella erfarenheten (Avby 2015;Jergeby 2008;Oscarsson 2009;Reynolds 2001;Sackett 1997). Den professionelle är skyldig att känna till och kunna värdera forskningsresultaten samt bedöma huruvida resultatet av sammanvägningen av de tre kunskapskällorna fungerar i den aktuella klientens situation (Avby 2015;Oscarsson 2009;Thyer 2011).…”

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Evidensbaserad praktik för lärande och utveckling i välfärdsorganisationer

Alexanderson

2016

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Evidensbaserad praktik för lärande och utveckling i välfärdsorganisationer Karin Alexanderson sammandrag: I sin artikel beskriver Karin Alexanderson hur en evidensbaserad praktik (EBP) skulle kunna tolkas och förstås i socialt arbete utifrån arbetets karaktär, teorier om hur man lär sig och utvecklas i sitt arbete och utifrån tidigare kunskap om implementering av EBP i välfärdsorganisationer. Några centrala frågor lyfts fram som nödvändiga att beakta vid utvecklandet av EBP i socialt arbete: hur tillgängliggörs forskningsresultat i det dagliga arbetet med individer, vilken roll har professionen vid tolkning och tillämpning, hur följs arbetet upp på individ-och gruppnivå och hur används sådant resultat och hur ser de organisatoriska förutsättningarna ut för detta? En tänkbar modell för detta föreslås. EBP ses som en process där olika typer av kunskap bejakas. Frågan kanske inte är om det är en evidensbaserad praktik som eftersträvas eller inte utan snarare om organisationen är förmögen att erbjuda och utveckla en verksamhet som stödjer kompetenta socialarbetare att använda bästa tillgängliga kunskap på ett moget och förnuftigt sätt i dialog med de människor som behöver hjälp.

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“…Many scholars regard the latter as a pivotal process that is required at the point where knowledge is used into practice because developing a reflective approach to practice will facilitate better outcomes for users of social work services (Trevithick, 2007;Gray, 2007;Gray & Schubert, 2009;Ray, Bernard & Phillips, 2009;Gordon & Cooper, 2010;Stepney & Rostila, 2011;Avby, 2015). The central tenet in this literature is that social work practice is not about applying fixed knowledge to practice situations, therefore it is important that critical reflection occurs because it provides opportunities to:…”

Section: Knowledge-in-practice: a Critical Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

A cog in the wheel or an agent of change: Knowledge use and practice with older people who are abused in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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Across the past three decades a growing national and international concern about elder abuse is evident in policy, research and social and health care practice. There is currently a considerable body of literature on prevalence, predictors and risk factors as well as debates about definitions, conceptualisations and appropriate legal, policy and practice responses. There is more limited research on how the conceptualisations of ageing and elder abuse shape professional practice. Knowledge use and social work practice in elder abuse in the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand is the focus of this thesis.This thesis presents a qualitative exploratory study of elder abuse practice as reported by twenty social workers engaged in frontline elder abuse work throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. The purposive sample of social workers practised in a variety of settings and were situated in different geographic locations across the country. The primary focus of this study is to explore how elder abuse is understood, how cases of In individual semi-structured interviews, participants were asked to describe their understandings of elder abuse, to explore the knowledge they use to inform these understandings, and to give details about what actions they take when encountering situations of abuse.An interpretative, social constructionist approach to this research was taken. All twenty accounts of practice were analysed thematically. This provided a means by which the processes of, and influences on, meaning, knowledge use and response-making could be scrutinised, and an understanding of elder abuse practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand could be discerned.The findings indicate that the term 'elder abuse' is universally recognised and articulated in practice, but when explored in depth, understandings about what constitutes elder abuse varied, were dependent on the knowledge individual social ii | P a g e workers brought to their practice, and on the context in which the practice occurred. This knowledge was not always explicitly used and consequently was often left unscrutinised. The use of tacit knowledge was seen to facilitate the establishment of patterns of practice that have become customary and are left unchallenged.The influence of the context on what could or could not be done to respond to elder abuse was acknowledged by many of these social workers. Beyond the immediate resource constraints that were recognised as limiting their options to address abuse, the significance of the socio-economic-historic-cultural-political context and how this informed and shaped social work practice (and the experiences of older people) were not readily identified by most. When these factors were noted, they were largely considered to be insurmountable.The findings from this study highlight that a narrow approach is taken by most of the social workers in this study when working with older people who are abused. There is little demonstrated understanding the socio/political context in which the abuse occurs, and the systemic issues that may co...

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Evidence in Practice : On Knowledge Use and Learning in Social Work

Cited by 14 publications

References 119 publications

The Role of Reflection in Family Support Social Work and Its Possible Promotion by a Research-Supported Model

The Role of Reflection in Family Support Social Work and Its Possible Promotion by a Research-Supported Model

Evidensbaserad praktik för lärande och utveckling i välfärdsorganisationer

A cog in the wheel or an agent of change: Knowledge use and practice with older people who are abused in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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