International Inter-Centre Network for

Evaluation of Social Work Practice

5th Annual Workshop:

Evidence-Based Social Work Practice

October 3-4, 2002

Faculty House

ColumbiaUniversity in the City of New York

New York, New York, U.S.A

(400 West 117th Street, Manhattan, New York)

Hosted by:

Center for the Study of Social Work Practice

(a joint program of the ColumbiaUniversitySchool of Social Work

and the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services)

and

The Musher Program, ColumbiaUniversity

P R O G R A M M E

Thursday, October 3, 2002

8:30 - 9:00Coffee, Tea, Pastry

9:00 - 9:15Greetings and Orientation

9:15 - 11:15National Reports on National 2001-2002 Research

Developments

Chair: Ed Mullen

Denmark

The Centre for Research of Social Work Practice, Danish University of Education, Copenhagen

Inge M. Bryderup

England

SCIE, London; University of Sheffield; SPRU, University of York

Mike Fisher

Peter Marsh

Hazel Qureshi

Finland

FinSoc, Helsinki; Jyväskylä University

Riitta Haverinen

Netherlands

Verwey-Jonker Instituut, Utrecht

Williem Melief

Scotland

Social Work Research Centre, University of Stirling

Gill McIvor

Sweden

Centre for Evaluation of Social Services, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden

Karin Tengvald

Switzerland

School for Social Work - Research and Development Department, Fachhochschule Solothurn Nordwestschweiz, Hochschule für Soziales Solothurn

Peter Sommerfeld

United States

Center for the Study of Social Work Practice (ColumbiaUniversity and Jewish Board of Family and Children Services) & the Musher Program, ColumbiaUniversity

Ed Mullen and Ronald Feldman

Wales

Research Support Unit for Health and Social Care, CardiffUniversitySchool of Social Sciences, Cardiff

Ian Shaw

11:15 - 11:30Break

11:30 - 12:30Presentations

Chair: Karin Tengvald

England

SCIE, London

Mike Fisher – “Intercentre Collaboration: Establishment of a Research Reviews Infrastructure”

University of Sheffield

Peter Marsh – “Intercentre Collaboration: IMQUISO” (European Union Project)

SPRU, University of York

Hazel Qureshi – “Intercentre Collaboration: Social Services Performance Management”

12:30 - 1:15Lunch

1:15 - 2:15Presentations (continued)

Chair: Riitta Haverinen

Switzerland

School for Social Work - Research and Development Department, Fachhochschule Solothurn Nordwestschweiz, Hochschule für Soziales Solothurn

Peter Sommerfeld – “Intercentre Collaboration: Governance and Citizenship and the Position of the Profession in Social Problem-Solving Processes” & Comments on IMQUISO.

2:15 - 3:15Netherlands

Verwey-Jonker Instituut, Utrecht

Willem Melief - “Dilemma's in outcome orientation and accountability in the Netherlands: Evidence based practice versus outcome measurement in every day practice.”

3:15 - 3:30Break

3:30 - 4:30Presentations (continued)

Chair: Ian Shaw

Scotland

Social Work Research Centre, University of Stirling

Moira Walker – “Why evaluate? The (contested) role of evaluative research in socialwork.”

4:30 – 7:00Adjourn until Dinner

7:00 – 10:00Cocktails and Dinner at Bryant Park Grill (42nd Street and 5th Avenue)

Friday, October 4, 2001

8:30-9:00Coffee, Tea, Pastry

9:00 - 10:00Presentations (continued)

Chair: Willem Melief

Sweden

Centre for Evaluation of Social Services, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm

Haluk Soydan – “Social Work and Evaluation: An Overview of Special Issue of Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, and Comments on a Planned Book”

10:00 - 10:15Break

10:15 - 11:15Presentations (continued)

Chair: Hazel Qureshi

Finland

JyväskyläUniversity

Mikko Mantysaari --“Rating Therapists Who Treat Substance Abusers”

11:15 - 12:15United States

Center for the Study of Social Work Practice (Columbia University School of Social Work and Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services), ColumbiaUniversity

Steven J. Onken – “Mental Health Recovery: What Helps and What Hinders? A National Research Project for the Development of Recovery Facilitating System Performance Indicators”

12:15 - 1:00Lunch

1:00 - 2:00Presentations (continued)

Chair: Peter Sommerfeld

Wales

Research Support Unit for Health and Social Care, CardiffUniversitySchool of Social Sciences, Cardiff

Ian Shaw – “Practitioner Research as Evidence and Critique”

2:00 - 3:00Denmark

Centre for Research of Social Work Practice

Inge M. Bryderup – “Educational Thinking in Social and Special Education Concerning Children and Youngsters in Care”

Bente Jensen – “Day-care Centres and Social Reproduction: A Survey of the Effects of Day Care on Children from Socially Deprived Backgrounds”

3:00 - 3:15Break

3:15 - 4:00Business Meeting

Co-Chairs: Mike Fisher and Gill McIvor

Agenda:

  1. 2003 Workshop in Scotland
  2. Intercentre Web Site
  3. Future Collaboration
  4. Other (please suggest other business items)

4:00Adjournment & Farewell until Sterling, Scotland in 2003!

Representatives

CardiffUniversitySchool of Social Sciences, CardiffUniversity, Cardiff, Wales, UK - Ian Shaw

Centre for Research of Social Work Practice, The Danish University of Education, Department of Educational Sociology (Institutleder, lektor Institut for pædagogisk sociologi Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitet), Copenhagen, Denmark - Inge Bryderup and Bente Jensen

Centre for Evaluation of Social Services (CUS),Stockholm, Sweden - Karin Tengvald and Haluk Soydan

Center for the Study of Social Work Practice & the Musher Program, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, USA – Robert Abramovitz, Ronald A. Feldman, Bruce Grellong, Edward Mullen, Steven Onken, Alan Siskind, Chito Trillana (hosts)

Finnish Evaluation Unit for Social Services (FinSoc), Helsinki, Finland - Riitta Haverinen

Jyväskylä University, Finland - Mikko Mäntysaari

National Institute for Social Work (SCIE),London, England, UK - Mike Fisher

Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU),York, England, UK - Hazel Qureshi

Verwey-Jonker Instituut, Utrecht, Netherlands - Willem Melief

Research in Practice, Children and Families Research Group, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, UK - Peter Marsh

Social Work Practice Centre, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK - Gill McIvor, Kirsten Stalker and Miora Walker

School for Social Work, Hochschule fu Soziales Solothurn, Switzerland - Peter Sommerfeld

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