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Social work research: Commitment is needed at leadership level to progress
focussed research on aspect of poverty and social work practice. Research
aims and design could be co-produced with people with lived experience.
Advocacy and social justice: a timely debate is needed in Northern Ireland to
consider the advocacy role of social work for individuals living in poverty and
what role social work has in highlighting the impact of the structural causes of
poverty (Mc Cartan et al., (2019).
Community social work: Community development values and practice could be
incorporated into all Professional in Practice (PiP) programmes.
Name of Reviewer
Evelyn Curran
Organisation or service
user /trainer/carer
Strategic Performance and Planning Group
(SPPG) Department of Health
Contact Details email
evelyn.curran@hscni.net