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Author: Jane Aldgate
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1843105152
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book looks at the nature of management in the human services sector and examines the prevailing issues affecting both the UK and USA. In this book, contributors present both the problems and opportunities associated with the growth of management in the social care sector. This will be essential reading for social workers.
Author: Janet Seden
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-10-04
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1136909583
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This text helps qualified social workers, as well as those about to qualify, to build on their initial studies in order to develop professionally ... Aimed at the newly qualified practitioner and the developing professional"--Back cover.
Author: Zoë van Zwanenberg
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2009-10-15
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 085700204X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial care needs excellent leaders now more than ever. Effective leaders aim high, listen to what the service users want and need, inspire their staff and continually question what they are doing and why. This book draws together the latest research on fundamental leadership issues in social care, discussing collaborative leadership and the importance of place-based development, exploring the key disciplines of supervision, management and leadership and examining the purpose of a learning framework for social care. Comparative approaches are also provided by practitioners working outside of social work, placing leadership development in context across the public, private and voluntary sectors and presenting authoritative guidance from an international perspective. Leadership in Social Care will appeal to social care practitioners and service providers, academics, researchers and students who are passionate about making a difference for the people who use their services.
Author: Janet Walker
Publisher: Learning Matters
Published: 2017-05-01
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 152641337X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial work engages with people across the life course, and social workers are expected to work with groups of people at very different stages of their life. This book helps students gain a thorough understanding of human growth as it is a central part of their qualifying social work training and practice.
Author: Judy McKimm
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2009-05-05
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1844455807
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGovernment drivers promote integrated health and social care services for children and adults yet the field is immensely complex, with the involvement of multiple agencies, professionals and other stakeholders. This book will help students and new practitioners make sense of this rapidly changing scene. It provides an overview and introduction to core leadership and management principles, the key management structures and organisations that comprise integrated services. It also considers some of the differences and dilemmas arising from the range of professions and organisations involved in delivering integrated services.
Author: Harris, John
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2009-03-31
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1447300815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Labour's modernisation agenda has produced an avalanche of change that has posed formidable challenges for everyone involved in social work, whether as service users, practitioners or managers. Modernising Social Work provides a radical appraisal of the far-reaching changes in their theoretical, historical and policy contexts. The book is organised into three sections that consider: the inter-relationship of modernisation and managerialism, modernisation's impact on service users and the ways in which social workers and front-line managers seek to exercise professional discretion for the benefit of service users within a workplace culture of intensified scrutiny and control. Analysis of a range of key developments in all three areas reveals the modernisation agenda as complex and contested. The book's three sections cover the main issues of the modernisation agenda, making it ideal for teaching. Locating the issues in their theoretical, historical and policy contexts meets the needs of student readers and experienced social workers will appreciate the emphasis on empirical research as well as practice experience.
Author: Colin Turbett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-01-27
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1137308540
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first book to provide social workers with an applicable model for radical practice. Through examining the current state of social work in the UK and looking at the radical approaches that have developed over the years, this book explores some of the opportunities that exist for a radical social work.
Author: Malcolm Payne
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-22
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1317127056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlobalization challenges social work with constant social change, making a social worker's job and the task of social work education more complex and uncertain. Post-modern thinking suggests that social workers must learn to cope with complexity in ways that are in tension with the increasingly managerialist organization of the social services. The authors explore and question the concepts of 'postmodern', 'international' and 'global' in light of growing interest in international social work in the early 21st century. Emphasizing the importance of critical reflection, they argue that educational colonization can be challenged and effective anti-discriminatory and pro-equality practice and education promoted. Each chapter provides direct examples of how students and academics can apply these ideas in practice and in their learning, and how they can respond to and influence the challenges and changes that are taking place. The authors also examine educational and practice issues arising from attempts to incorporate international understanding into national practice and education systems. The book is designed to be stimulating to academics interested in international social work while remaining accessible to practitioners and students without international experience.
Author: The Open University
Publisher: The Open University
Published: 2018-05-25
Total Pages: 75
ISBN-13: 1473024900
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 10-hour free course, Supporting and developing resilience in social work, will guide you through some important concepts. An understanding of ?emotional resilience? and ?professional leadership? will help to guide you through taking a positive approach to problems that arise in social work practice.
Author: Jane Tunstill
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 184310461X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFamily centres are designed to meet a range of day care needs for individuals, families or wider communities. This text details and evaluates expert research into the developing role of family centres in the light of political and social trends including, the Every Child Matters legislation.
