Leadership in social care / edited by Zoë van Zwanenberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Van Zwanenberg, Zöe.

Series:

Research highlights in social work ; 51.

Research highlights in social work ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work administration.

Social case work--Management.

Social case work.

Social service.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2010.

Summary:

Social care needs excellent leaders - now more than ever. Effective leaders aim high, listen to what 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 discipline of supervision, management and leadership and examining the purpose of a learning framework for social care Comparative approaches are also presented by practitioners working outside of social work, placing leadership development in content across the public, private and voluntary sectors and providing 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 to the people who use their services.

Research Highlights in Social Work

This topical series examines areas of particular interest to those in social and community work and related fields. Each book draws together different aspects of the subject, highlighting relevant research and drawing out implications for policy and practice. The project is under the editorial direction of Professor Joyce Lishman, Head of the School of Applied Social Studies at the Robert Gordon University.

Contents:

Part 1 Leadership of the Profession

1 Leadership for 21st Century Social Work / Zo ͡van Zwanenberg, Zwan Consulting 13

2 Practitioner Leadership: How Do We Realise the Potential Within? / Harry Stevenson 27

3 Supervision, Management and Leadership: ThinkPiece / Kate Skinner 39

4 Leadership and Management: Not Losing Sight of Both / Anne Cullen 54

Part II Leadership for Collaborative Advantage

5 Doing Things Collaboratively: Realising the Advantage or Succumbing to Inertia? / Chris Huxham, Siv Vangen 71

6 Leading Partnership: Learning from Study and practice / Patrick Leonard 88

7 The Work of Leadership in Formal Coalitions: Embracing Paradox for Collaboration / Sonia Ospina, Angel Saz-Carranza 103

8 Collaborative Leadership: The Importance of Place-based Development / Anne Murphy 129

Par III Leadership Development

9 Leadership and learning: The Purpose of a Continuous Learning Framework for Social Care / Carole Wilkinson 149

10 Social Work Leadership and Management Development: Comparable approaches / Ricard H. Beinecke 162

11 Lessons from Health Leadership / Graham Dickson 178

12 Learning from Current trends in Leadership Development in Scotland / Dennis Tourish 198

13 Leading Flourishing Organisations: Lessons from Positive Psychology / Angus Skinner 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781843109693

1843109697

OCLC:

319497632