How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care
eBook - ePub

How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care

Essential Skills for Managing Care

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care

Essential Skills for Managing Care

About this book

Social work and social care managers often find themselves in management positions without having had any formal management training, yet skills and knowledge specific to social care settings are essential for effective practice.

This book offers a researched and practical guide to the fundamental skills and knowledge that a manager needs, underpinned by the values and ethics that are inherent to social work and social care. Core skills covered include time management, recruitment, managing meetings, working in partnership with service users, negotiation and conflict management, and mentoring and coaching. A self-improvement feedback assessment is included, and the book features learning activities, practical tools, case examples, summaries and action checklists.

This must-have handbook will help social work and social care managers and students to understand and accomplish the core skills needed for excellent management practice.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Series Editor’s Foreword
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. 1.  Becoming and Being an Effective Manager: Essential Skills and More
  8. 2.  Managing Yourself and Managing Others: There’s Never Enough Time in the Day
  9. 3.  Skills for Managing Change: Everything’s Changed but What’s Different?
  10. 4.  Recruiting and Selection: Getting the Right Colleagues and Striving Towards Happiness
  11. 5.  Managing Meetings: Being a Smooth Operator
  12. 6.  Skills in Collaboration and Networking: Building up Successful Partnerships with Service Users
  13. 7.  Skilful Negotiation and Conflict Management: What about the Tricky Bits?
  14. 8.  Effective Mentoring and Coaching: Skills in Developing Others
  15. Appendix: Auditing and Assesing Your Own Management Skills Using the Multi-Source Feedback Tool
  16. References
  17. Contributor Information