Matching practice skills with client problems: Using the practice skills inventory with experienced social workers

Author(s): Collins, P.

Journal/Book: J Soc Serv Res. 2000; 26: 10 Alice St, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. Haworth Press Inc. 49-64.

Abstract: Despite the increasing pressure to measure social work practice skills and relate those activities to client outcomes and treatment costs, relatively little social work research has been devoted to the development of social work process instruments. The recent development of the Practice Skills Inventory has provided practitioners with a useful tool for measuring the frequency with which practitioners employ specific categories of common social work intervention skills. However, it is important to demonstrate that social workers employ these practice skills differentially depending on clients' presenting problems. The current study of 281 experienced MSW practitioners demonstrates that they, indeed, emphasize supportive, therapeutic, case management and insight facilitation skills differentially depending on the problems experienced by their clients. Implications for practice and evaluation research are addressed.

Note: Article O'Hare T, Boston Coll, Grad Sch Social Work, McGuinn Hall, Chestnut Hill,MA 02167 USA

Keyword(s): practice skills; practice evaluation; processes; process measures; Practice Skills Inventory (PSI); MENTAL-HEALTH-SERVICES; MANAGED CARE; THERAPY; QUALITY; STRENGTHS; ISSUES; MODEL

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