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What do we know about partnership in social work education and how robust is the evidence?
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posted on 2023-06-08, 07:29 authored by Imogen Taylor, Patricia Le RichePartnership work with service users and carers in social work education is a policy requirement, and it is also central to the anti-oppressive and rights-based values of social work. This paper reports research findings which are drawn from an educational context, but are also relevant to the wider field of health and social care. The research team undertook a systematic knowledge review using the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre system, which had been used in health and education, but which had not previously been used in social care and social work. This involved an extensive search of electronic databases and rigorous screening to identify studies which had sufficient relevance to be subjected to detailed analysis. The research team also undertook a practice survey of the teaching, learning and assessment of partnership in prequalifying programmes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This involved three stages: a document search; telephone interviews; and focus groups held with students, academic staff, and service users and carers. Throughout the research process, the interdisciplinary team was advised and supported by a stakeholder group which consisted of service users and carers, students, and employer representatives. In the second part of the paper, subsequent discussion explores key findings from the research, including the disputed nature of the concept of partnership, models of partnership work within social work education and the dearth of research on partnership outcomes. Five related questions are identified as a means of interrogating the robustness of the research process and findings. The paper concludes by arguing for work to be done to theorise partnership, and to develop effective strategies for improving the quality of partnership working in education, and health and social care practice.
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- Published
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Health and Social Care in the CommunityISSN
0966-0410External DOI
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5Volume
14Page range
418-425Pages
7.0Department affiliated with
- Social Work and Social Care Publications
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The paper presents a critical analysis of findings from the Partnership Knowledge Review (SCIE 2006) and its methodology. It substantially advances knowledge of partnership in education and research, in the context of debates about systematic reviewing. Early thinking for this jointly authored, peer reviewed paper was first presented at the 7th Joint UK Social Work Education Conference, Loughborough, 2005. It was developed further for an invited International Symposium, Partnership Working in Health and Social Care, University of Birmingham Health Management Research Centre, 2006, and was subsequently published in the Special Issue of Health and Social Care in the Community, 2006.Full text available
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