Publications

Good Practice Guide:

This Good Practice Guide is aimed at social work practitioners who wish to engage with involuntary service users. It summarises the findings of our project, based on (i) insights from the research literature and (ii) ideas and knowledge from social workers who attended seminars during the project. To obtain hard copies, please email Mark Smith at Mark.Smith@ed.ac.uk
[01/01/2003]

Literature Review 2:

Children and Families

This review summarises the research literature on children’s and parents’ involvement in social work decision making.
[08/06/2010]

Literature Review 1:

Context and Overview

This review examines the historical, political and policy contexts of user engagement in Scottish social work. It then looks at different models of user engagement which underpin current policy and practice, and suggests some general principles for user engagement in social work.
[08/06/2010]

Engaging with involuntary service users in social work:

Key themes from the research

This short briefing reviews previous research on user engagement in social work.
[02/02/2010]


Accessibility menu