What Do Social Workers Do? A Method for Classifying Social Workers' Activities

SUMMARY Discussion about social workers' tasks, functions and effectiveness ultimately depend on accurate evidence of what social workers do. This paper describes a classification and data collection system which, it is argued, is reliable and easy to use, involving little addition to the deman...

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Published in:The British journal of social work 1982-01, Vol.12 (1), p.353-362
Main Authors: RAYNES, NORMA V., WINNY, JENNIFER, MULGREW, KATHRYN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classification systems
Data collection
General practice
Indexing in process
Information classification
Marital status
Meetings
Observational research
Social services
Social Work
Telephones
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Summary:SUMMARY Discussion about social workers' tasks, functions and effectiveness ultimately depend on accurate evidence of what social workers do. This paper describes a classification and data collection system which, it is argued, is reliable and easy to use, involving little addition to the demands on social workers' time.
ISSN:0045-3102
1468-263X
1468-263X
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a054752