ABSTRACT
The review or evaluation is a summarising of the ongoing evaluation which is in fact a continuing and concurrent part of the work. A review is essentially a combination of an assessment of the current situation and an evaluation of work which has already taken place. The purpose of evaluation, then, is primarily to compare the outcome with what was planned. The clarity of the aims and objectives agreed at the beginning of the work will have a major bearing on the quality of evaluation which can be undertaken when the work is complete. A vital aspect of evaluation is for the worker to evaluate his or her own part in the process. This is sometimes termed ‘self-evaluation’. Sometimes the worker evaluates the work through discussions with the client and his supervisor separately; sometimes the evaluation may involve a more senior member of staff as well as the worker and client.
