Social Workers Count provides social workers and those in neighboring disciplines with the background necessary to engage the quantitative aspects of policy and social issues relevant to social work. Readers will also learn how to effectively participate in debates and discussions regarding such content.

Understanding statistical concepts is essential for social work professionals. It is key to understanding research and reaching evidence-based decisions in your own practice—but that is only the beginning. If you understand statistics, you can determine the best interventions for your clients. You can use new tools to monitor and evaluate the progress of your client or team. You can recognize biased systems masked by complex models and the appearance of scientific neutrality. For social workers, statistics are not just math, they are a critical practice tool. This concise and approachable introduction to statistics limits its coverage to the concepts most relevant to social workers. Statistics in Social Work guides students through concepts and procedures from descriptive statistics and correlation to hypothesis testing and inferential statistics. Besides presenting key concepts, it focuses on real-world examples that students will encounter in a social work practice. Using concrete illustrations from a variety of potential concentrations and populations, Amy Batchelor creates clear connections between theory and practice—and demonstrates the important contributions statistics can make to evidence-based and rigorous social work practice.

"In the field of social work, qualitative research is starting to gain more prominence as are mixed methods and various issues regarding race, ethnicity and gender. These changes in the field are reflected and updated in "The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods, Second Edition". This text contains meta analysis, designs to evaluate treatment and provides the support to help students harness the power of the Internet. This handbook brings together leading scholars in research methods in social work." --Book Jacket.

Using real social work examples written specifically to ally student fears Research and Statistics for Social Workers brings research and statistics together bridging the gap to practice. This book covers - conceptualization, ethics, cultural competence, design, qualitative research, individual and program evaluation as well as nonparametric and parametric statistical tests. The tests are explained narratively, mathematically as well as with a comprehensive step-by-step, fully illustrated SPSS computer analysis of social work data.

Written by social workers for social work students, Statistics for Social Workers, 4/e, focuses on the kinds of statistical analysis most often used by social workers. As a result, students are able to use statistics in their everyday work in order to become more effective practitioners. Weinbach & Grinnell avoid the heavy use of mathematical formulae & present statistics in a highly accessible, user-friendly format that helps students understand, appreciate, & make use of statistics in refining their helping skills. NEW FEATURES- * New chapter on sampling distributions & expanded coverage of hypothesis testing. * Additional case examples throughout the text vividly illustrate concepts & provide students with a useful point of reference for understanding statistics. * Reorganized material to reflect the relationship between bivariate & multivariate analysis. CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Frequency Distributions & Graphs 3. Central Tendency & Variability 4. Normal Distributions 5. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing 6. Sampling Distributions & Hypothesis Testing 7. Selecting Statistical Tests 8. Correlation 9. Simple Linear Regression 10. Cross-Tabulation 11. t Tests & Analysis of Variance 12. Additional Parametric & Multivariate Tests References & Further Reading Glossary Appendices Index

Supervision is currently a "hot topic" in social work. The editors of this volume, both social work educators and researchers, believe that good supervision is fundamental to the development and maintenance of effective practice in social work. Supervision is seen as a key vehicle for continuing development of professional skills, the safeguarding of competent and ethical practice and oversight of the wellbeing of the practitioner. As a consequence the demand for trained and competent supervisors has increased and a perceived gap in availability can create a call for innovation and development in supervision. This book offers a collection of chapters which contribute new insights to the field. Authors from Australia and New Zealand, where supervision inquiry is strong, offer research-informed ideas and critical commentary with a dual focus on supervision of practitioners and students. Topics include external and interprofessional supervision, retention of practitioners, practitioner resilience and innovation in student supervision. This book will be of interest to supervisors of both practitioners and students and highly relevant to social work academics. This book was originally published as a special issue of Australian Social Work.