Engaging with Involuntary Service - Sociology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology

Download Engaging with Involuntary Service - Sociology - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Engaging with Involuntary Service Users in Social Work Docsity.com Programme • 5 other projects • All engaging with local authorities • Cross Scotland • Joint evaluation and interest Docsity.com Overall aims • Highlight relevant research on user involvement, examples of innovative practice and lessons from unsuccessful approaches. • Increase skills and capacity of participating LA staff to engage in small scale research and inquiry. • Develop networks for effective knowledge exchange within and between partner LAs/ University/ wider social work community around theme of working with involuntary service users. Docsity.com Synthesis of Existing Work – briefing paper Agenda setting seminar Today! Impact Generating Activities Shared Events Internal Events Practitioner Research Projects K N O W LE D G E E X C H A N G E M onitoring and E valuation A cross w hole program m e Plan of work – over 12 months. Docsity.com Synthesis • Synthesis of existing research • Focus: involvement of involuntary service users in social work & implications for Scottish local government. • Output: briefing paper and lit review. Docsity.com Practitioner Research Projects (PRP) • Up to 3 people from each LA. • Academic mentor. • Undertake small-scale piece of research • Based on identified needs of LA in relation to overall topic. • Framework of knowledge-exchange, capacity-building based on: training + mentoring + support + sharing. • Outputs: research findings - high policy & practice relevance; enhance dialogue & relationships between policy makers and practitioners. Docsity.com What is practitioner research? • Mitchell, Lunt and Shaw (2009) • ‘on the move and on the rise’ (p7) • ‘Little is known about its character, diversity, outcomes, motives or forms’ (p8) • Small scale studies undertaken by practitioners – researchers Docsity.com Ways forward for PR • Improved research quality (details) • Improved and maximised dissemination • More collective, network approach • All on offer! Docsity.com