Book Description
A review of the literature revealed that the design and use of Instruments for measuring change in social work had been a neglected area. As a result of this the present study was undertaken. Over three hundred 'constructs' were obtained from practising social workers describing their perception of their work with clients. These constructs were used as the basis of an Instrument designed to measure change in social work transactions. The constructs were sorted into identifiable groups describing the social work process. A number of social workers examined the groups and judged the constructs for word and meaning similarities. The constructs were then submitted to a quota sample of fifty-eight social workers for judgement of each construct's 'relevancy' for them in their work. Respondents also selected interpretations for a small number of the constructs. From analysis ninety-two 'typical' constructs emerged and these formed the final version of the Instrument. The 'typical' constructs were then submitted for 'relevancy' judgements to a random sample (249) of social workers in Yorkshire......