Mr Holger Suarez, Visiting Senior Lecturer at the University of Malta’s Department of Social Policy & Social Work within its Faculty for Social Wellbeing, was invited to present his work at the European Social Work Research Association Seminaer, which took place on 15 May 2024.
His talk was titled ‘The use of evidence in social work practice: Beyond the obvious facilitators and barriers’.
Barriers such as restricted professional discretion, superficial practice, low reading level, and an inflated and diluted concept of evidence-based practice (EBP) contribute to the minimal use of evidence in social work.
Mr Suarez is a senior social worker in Malta. He is pursuing his PhD in social work at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK.
In his research study, he is investigating evidence-based social work practice.
More info on the Seminar can be found .
