title: Making sense of HUSK: practice implications for social change initiatives.
abstract: As an exemplar of bottom-up progressive social experimentation, HUSK provides opportunities to examine how innovative practice is supported and challenged in bureaucratic settings. In this analysis the author uses a sensemaking lens to identify critical issues and questions for those seeking to promote progressive change initiative in social welfare systems. Findings identify essential organizational and managerial supports needed to support service user voice and participation and reinforce the importance of reflexivity in practice and research.
authors: a School of Social Work & Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University , Portland , Oregon , USA.
authors: Bowen
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authors: McBeath
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building; D003469:Culture; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011209:Power, Psychological; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012946:Social Welfare; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Social change; empowerment; institutions; practice research; reflexive practice; sensemaking