Research handbook on leadership in social work and social care / edited by Robin Miller (PhD, Professor of Collaborative Learning in Health and Social Care, Department of Social Work and Social Care, School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham), Catherine Mangan (Professor of Public Management and Leadership, Department of Public Administration and Policy, School of Government, University of Birmingham, UK), Helen Dickinson, PhD, Professor of Public Service Research, School of Business, University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia and Caroline Jackson (PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Social Work and Social Care, School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Robin, editor.

Mangan, Catherine, editor.

Dickinson, Helen, editor.

Jackson, Caroline, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar handbooks on social work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Vocational guidance.

Social service.

Social values.

Leadership.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This comprehensive Research Handbook explores how the social work and social values of social justice, equality and human rights underpin leadership in the sector and beyond. Whilst this is a strength of the sector, realising such values raises a series of tensions and complexities within the contemporary context of social work and social care. Bringing together over 60 renowned experts from Europe, North America and Australia, the Research Handbook provides key insights into the distinct aspects of leadership within social work and care. It examines how leadership can be strengthened at the professional, organisational and system levels and what enables equity and inclusion to be demonstrated within policy and practice. Chapters delve into leadership within different contexts, including public and community organisations, collaboration with other sectors, and the opportunity and challenge of new technologies. Several focus on the experiences of those who are often marginalised from leadership opportunities on the basis of indigeneity, race, gender and sexuality or having their own lived experience of social work and social care services. The Handbook concludes with recommendations of how leadership can be developed, supported and practiced to better reflect the underpinning values of the sector and inspire more human-centred practice. This Research Handbook is an essential tool for students and academics in social work, social care and organisational leadership. Professional leaders within social work and social care organisations will also benefit from its practical insights and up-to-date research"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Introduction: Leadership in social work and social care / Robin Miller, Caroline Jackson, Catherine Mangan and Helen Dickinson

Part I: Professional and practice leadership

2. Does leadership impact on care outcomes for service users in social care contexts? / Axel Kaehne, Aniekan Ekpenyong and Julie Feather

3. Leadership in and through the voluntary and community sector: A state-of- the-art review / Carol Jacklin-Jarvis and James Rees

4. Strengthening research in social work practice: How a professional association can contribute to the leadership of social work research / Sue Gillieatt, Bindi Bennett, Lynette Joubert, Louise Whitaker, Wilma Peters and Fiona Oates

5. The contribution of codependency to leadership challenges in social work and mindfulness as a path forward / S. Colby Peters

6. Conflicts and synergies: Dualities in professional leadership of social care / Zsuzsanna Antal, Zoltán Cserháti, Éva Krenyácz and Éva Révész

7. Learning from bourdieu: Social work and leadership / Luke Geoghegan

Part II: Organisational and system leadership

8. Leading across boundaries: System leadership and social care / Richard Humphries

9. Independent chairs of safeguarding adults boards: System leadership in practice / Adi Cooper OBE and Michael Preston-Shoot

10. Boundary spanning leadership: An essential praxis within social care / Lisa Smith and Dez Holmes

11. Leading and participating: Examining collaborative leadership / Lynn Berger, Susan Evans, Caroline Lambert, Erica Russ, Melissa Petrakis, Louise Whitaker, Caroline Walters, Liz Reimer, Mark Woolven and Monica Short

12. The role of value-based leadership in multi-agency safeguarding responses to child sexual exploitation / Gareth Addidle, Sarah Shorrock and Joyce Liddle

13. Advancing the case for adaptive leadership in human services / Mary Burns, Linda Lausell Bryant and Marc Ross Manashil

14. Leadership and automation: Towards an understanding of the leader role when implementing robots and AI in social care / Maria Forsgren, Andreas Stenling and Susanne Tafvelin

Part III: Community leadership

15. I lead, and you follow: Challenging concepts of leadership in co-production / Mel Hughes and Lynn Laidlaw

16. 'We're in it together': Generating opportunities for leadership through co-produced research / Jala Burton and Sally Robinson

17. Behind the barbed wire fence, looking up at the concrete ceiling: Aboriginal "leadership" and considerations for social work / Bindi Bennett, Kelly Menzel and Liz Cameron

18. Lesbian perspectives and experiences of gender and sexuality in leadership in social work and social care: A review of the literature / Christine Cocker, Adi Cooper and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

19. Social care leadership and system failures: How to do the impossible well / kylie valentine

20. Sousveillance and the leadership gaze: Meaning-making, organisational and representational leadership, and sousveillance social media advocacy in mandated social welfare contexts / Tara La Rose and Jennifer Mule

Part IV: Developing leadership

21. A contemporary approach to leadership education and development for the health and human service sector / Kate L. Fennell and Pieter J. Van Dam

22. Prospects, dilemmas, and constraints of global leadership in social work education and frontline practice: Perspectives from international social workers / Janet Walker, Guanyu Jason Ran, Tatenda Goodman Nhapi and Diwakar Khanal

23. Leaders in plain sight: What the experiences of early career social workers tell us about leadership in Scottish social work / Scott Grant, Trish McCulloch and Maura Daly

24. Human-centred leadership development for women in the human services / Karen Hopkins and Megan Meyer

25. "lifting as we climb": Exploring the lived experiences of black women social work leaders / Selena T. Rodgers, Jennette Allen-McCombs, Shirell Roeback, Azzie Forbes and Cathleen Lilavois

26. Critical social work leadership and labour unions: Creating transformative change through courage, reflexivity, mindfulness, and action / Courtney Atlee and Aubrey Gonsalves

27. What do we know about leadership in social work and social care and where next for the field? / Helen Dickinson, Caroline Jackson, Catherine Mangan and Robin Miller.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035314508 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.