Purpose

Little is known concerning the way that Licensed Masters-Level social workers are evaluating outcomes.

Methods

Licensed providers (n = 111) completed a mixed-methods web-based survey regarding ways they evaluate practice outcomes. Content analysis was used to identify ways in which social workers reported evaluating practice outcomes.

Results

Evaluation methods identified were (1) not consistently evaluating client outcomes, (2) completion of follow-up appointments, (3) clinical judgment/completion of treatment plan, (4) satisfaction surveys, (5) client-reported symptom remission, (6) judgment of key informants, and (7) standardized objective measures. Objective evaluation methods were used most by individuals reporting frequent outcome evaluation, those reporting less frequent outcome evaluation used client self-report or relied on feedback from key informants to gauge client’s progress. Frequency of outcome evaluation was inversely related to perceived difficulty of evaluating outcomes.

Discussion

Social workers frequently rely on non-standardized, subjective evaluation methods. More research in this area is currently indicated.

中文翻译：

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有执照的硕士级社会工作者参与结果评估的混合方法调查

目的

关于获得许可的大师级社会工作者评估结果的方式知之甚少。

方法

有执照的提供者 ( n = 111) 完成了一项关于他们评估实践结果的方式的基于网络的混合方法调查。内容分析用于确定社会工作者报告评估实践结果的方式。

结果

确定的评估方法是 (1) 不一致地评估客户结果，(2) 完成随访预约，(3) 临床判断/完成治疗计划，(4) 满意度调查，(5) 客户报告的症状缓解，( 6）关键知情人的判断，以及（7）标准化的客观衡量标准。报告频繁结果评估的个人使用最多的客观评估方法，报告不太频繁的结果评估使用客户自我报告或依赖关键知情人的反馈来衡量客户的进展。结果评估的频率与评估结果的感知难度成反比。

讨论

社会工作者经常依赖非标准化的、主观的评价方法。目前表明在该领域有更多研究。