SOCW 6530 wk 7 peer responses  Respond to the blog posts of three colleagues in one or more of the following ways: Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting. Make a suggestion to your colleague’s post. MUST RESPOND TO EACH ONE SEPARATELY CITE EVERYTHING AND FULL REFERENCES  PEER 1 Alicia Simpkin Evaluation of How You Have Addressed Evaluation or How You Might Address Evaluation Evaluation of a service is beneficial in determining how a program/service is being run and whether or not it is working the way it is supposed to. When someone evaluates a service, they gather information related to how the program is being run, such as whether it has worked properly, or whether things need to be changed (i.e. implemented or removed). Evaluation may be done through surveys or other measurements to determine the validity of such. This information gathered may be utilized as ‘evidence’ when defending the use of the service or program in practice. According to the text, when considering the use of evidence in practice, “practitioners generally first consider the proximal similarity of information and the trustworthiness of the source before directly translating research into their clinical practice” (Wharton & Bolland, 2012). Practitioners will determine whether the research can be trusted before moving forward with incorporating such into their future practice. In my field placement, services are typically evaluated through client satisfaction surveys upon discharge, or one can determine how a program is being run through client progress. If the program is running the way it should, then client progress will reflect such. For example, sessions with clients often have a purpose, whether that is to identify their triggers and work through them, or offer resources and other information and encouragement that allows them to work towards achieving their goals, etc. If client notes reflect progress in their recovery and progress towards achieving their goals, then one is able to understand that the tools offered in the program are beneficial in client recovery. I would also address evaluation of the program through client satisfaction surveys, which would allow clients to address all concerns and share what has worked for them and what has not worked well. References Wharton, T. C., & Bolland, K. A. (2012). Practitioner Perspectives of Evidence-Based Practice. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services. PEER 2 LaTiona Washington An explanation of how you have addressed evaluation or how you might address evaluation in your field education experience The evaluation focuses on the patient’s progress, goals, and if they need to be reevaluated (Scarnato, 2019). At Rolling Hills Hospitals (RHH), the term “Hospital” informs how the intent is to stabilize and discharge. Initially, it was difficult to determine evaluation at my agency. We assist the patient in creating long-term and short-term goals. Due to our se.

1. SOCW 6530 wk 7 peer responses
Respond to the blog posts of three colleagues in one or more of
the following ways:
Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.
Make a suggestion to your colleague’s post.
MUST RESPOND TO EACH ONE SEPARATELY CITE
EVERYTHING AND FULL REFERENCES
PEER 1 Alicia Simpkin
Evaluation of How You Have Addressed Evaluation or How
You Might Address Evaluation
Evaluation of a service is beneficial in determining how a
program/service is being run and whether or not it is working
the way it is supposed to. When someone evaluates a service,
they gather information related to how the program is being run,
such as whether it has worked properly, or whether things need
to be changed (i.e. implemented or removed). Evaluation may
be done through surveys or other measurements to determine the
validity of such. This information gathered may be utilized as
‘evidence’ when defending the use of the service or program in
practice. According to the text, when considering the use of
evidence in practice, “practitioners generally first consider the
proximal similarity of information and the trustworthiness of
the source before directly translating research into their clinical
practice” (Wharton & Bolland, 2012). Practitioners will
determine whether the research can be trusted before moving
forward with incorporating such into their future practice.

2. In my field placement, services are typically evaluated through
client satisfaction surveys upon discharge, or one can determine
how a program is being run through client progress. If the
program is running the way it should, then client progress will
reflect such. For example, sessions with clients often have a
purpose, whether that is to identify their triggers and work
through them, or offer resources and other information and
encouragement that allows them to work towards achieving their
goals, etc. If client notes reflect progress in their recovery and
progress towards achieving their goals, then one is able to
understand that the tools offered in the program are beneficial
in client recovery. I would also address evaluation of the
program through client satisfaction surveys, which would allow
clients to address all concerns and share what has worked for
them and what has not worked well.
References
Wharton, T. C., & Bolland, K. A. (2012). Practitioner
Perspectives of Evidence-Based Practice. Families in Society:
The Journal of Contemporary Social Services.
PEER 2
LaTiona Washington
An explanation of how you have addressed evaluation or how
you might address evaluation in your field education experience
The evaluation focuses on the patient’s progress, goals, and if
they need to be reevaluated (Scarnato, 2019). At Rolling Hills
Hospitals (RHH), the term “Hospital” informs how the intent is
to stabilize and discharge. Initially, it was difficult to determine
evaluation at my agency. We assist the patient in creating long-

3. term and short-term goals. Due to our setting, we are unable to
follow up regarding long-term goals. Short-term goals focus on
stabilization so the patient can be released. These goals include
denying suicidal ideation for 48 hours prior to discharge,
attending groups, getting out of bed, eating meals daily, and
complying with medication. The doctors visit the patient daily
and are knowledgeable about these goals. The doctor
communicates with the social worker and both evaluate to see if
the patient is stable enough to go home. A patient is stable
enough when they no longer meet the clinical perimeters to be
in the hospital. The social worker meets with the patient every
other day due to their workload. I conduct evaluations when
performing discharges. I can review how the client initially
presented to the hospital, their assessment, and follow up to
evaluate their current progress. If everything looks good, they
are released.
Reference
Scarnato, J. M. (2019, July 30). The Generalist Intervention
Model. MSW Careers.
https://mswcareers.com/generalistinterventionmodel/.
PEER 3
Omoyinka Orekoya
An explanation of how you have addressed evaluation or how
you might address evaluation in your field education
experience.
Evaluation is the strategy to determine if the interventions we
have used after our assessments of the clients are working, that
is if what goals we hoped to reach have been achieved. It is also
an endpoint activity that can lead to a mature client-worker

4. decision to terminate professional relationships (Kirst-Ashman,
& Hull, 2018 p.308). It can be done on the micro, mezzo, and
macro. Evaluation can help to build the knowledge base of the
profession through the documentation of the success of our
efforts and increase both practice wisdom and publish
knowledge (Kirst-Ashman, & Hull, 2018 p.310). Evaluation will
hit its target if an evidence-based practice is used. EBP,
according to Wharton,
& Bolland
, (2012), is “a decision-making process integrating best
research evidence, practitioner expertise, and client or
community characteristics, values, and preferences in a manner
compatible with the organizational systems and context in
which care delivery occurs” (p.158)
Taking the importance of evaluation into consideration, as
an intern, I might address evaluation in my field education
experience in the following ways:
Removing the fears that evaluation can bring. When it
comes to evaluating my work, there may be questions like “what
if I am not successful with every client. To remove this fear is
to do everything possible to be successful while working with
my clients (Kirst-Ashman, & Hull, 2018 p.311).
Proper management of caseloads in order to be able to
evaluate the outcome or follow up on my clients’ progress. If a
client’s case gets worse, evaluating the process is already
defeated. I will work earnestly to make sure that my clients are
returned to the positions they were in before the crisis.
An evaluation may call for time, expenses, and patience.
All these will be adequately planned to have a successful
progress monitoring. I will also make sure that I get enough
training in my internship in the use of evaluation approaches
that are evidence-based to yield the best result Wharton,

5. & Bolland,
(2012).
Reference
Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2018).
Understanding generalist practice
(8th ed.)Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Wharton, T. C., & Bolland, K. A. (2012).
Practitioner perspectives of evidence-based practice. Families in
Society, 93(3), 157–164.