Enhancing Social Work Management

Theory and Best Practice from the UK and USA

Jane Aldgate, Janet Seden, Wendy Rose

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9781843105152
• eBook ISBN: 9781846425905
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Work
• Index: Social Sciences

This book looks at the nature of management in the human services sector and examines the prevailing issues affecting both the UK and USA.

Contradictory forces affect the act of management, such as the imperatives driving the introduction of new control systems which exist alongside the requirement to cut resources. In this book, contributors present both the problems and opportunities associated with the growth of management in the social care sector. They cover key topics including the implementation of change in the childcare sector; diversity - looking at the ways in which care managers can more effectively serve a growing multicultural and global society; performance measurement; the impact of electronic technologies and telecommunications; risk and safety in the workplace; and ethics in making personnel decisions, managing finances, planning and maintaining key relationships.

This will be essential reading for social workers and human services managers, and students in health and social welfare internationally.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Enhancing Social Work Management: Theory and Best Practice from the UK and USA
• Contents
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• Chapter 1 Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Current Trends in Human Services Management
• Chapter 2 New Leadership for the Human Services: Involving and Empowering Staff through Participatory Management
• Chapter 3 Improving Performance in Social Work through Positive Approaches to Managing Change
• Chapter 4 Ethical Issues for Social Work and Social Care Managers
• Chapter 5 Managing across Interagency Boundaries: A Learning Agenda for Change
• Chapter 6 Managing Diversity in Social Services Settings
• Chapter 7 Liability and Safety Issues in Human Services Management
• Chapter 8 Managing Care Environments: Reflections from Research and Practice
• Chapter 9 Active Service-User Involvement in Human Services: Lessons from Practice
• Chapter 10 The Impact of New Technology: Implications for Social Work and Social Care Managers
• Chapter 11 Managing Diverse Sources of Funding
• Chapter 12 From Policy Visions to Practice Realities: The Pivotal Role of Service Managers in Implementation
• REFERENCES
• CONTRIBUTORS
• SUBJECT INDEX
• AUTHOR INDEX