Priority 20 from the Adult Social Work PSP

UNCERTAINTY: Would the use of therapy-based skills (e.g. counselling) benefit adult social workers’ practice? (JLA PSP Priority 20)
Overall ranking	20
JLA question ID	0074/20
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	Sarah Galvani (2014) Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change (3rd edition), Social Work Education, 33:6, 854-855, See Galvani S http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/media/mmuacuk/content/documents/hpsc/research/Alcohol-and-other-drug-use-report.pdf
Health Research Classification System category	Generic Health Relevance

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	Can restorative practice be used to help in interactions? ~ What clinical/therapeutic/relationship based skills do social worker's need to promote people's wellbeing? ~ Is motivational interviewing an effective intervention in improving service users' wellbeing? ~ Would social workers be able to deliver more by offering more group based support in communities such as information sessions and therapy group style work?
Submitted by	Individual survey submissions categorised by Carer, Service User, Other, Group Member, Educator, Manager, Other, Frontline Practitioner, Student, Volunteer. For full details of the type of submitter for each individual question, please see the spreadsheet of data held on the JLA website.

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

Can restorative practice be used to help in interactions? ~ What clinical/therapeutic/relationship based skills do social worker's need to promote people's wellbeing? ~ Is motivational interviewing an effective intervention in improving service users' wellbeing? ~ Would social workers be able to deliver more by offering more group based support in communities such as information sessions and therapy group style work?

Submitted by

Individual survey submissions categorised by Carer, Service User, Other, Group Member, Educator, Manager, Other, Frontline Practitioner, Student, Volunteer. For full details of the type of submitter for each individual question, please see the spreadsheet of data held on the JLA website.

PSP information
PSP unique ID	0074
PSP name	Adult Social Work
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	61 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	20 July 2018