Self-Leadership in Social Work : : Reflections from Practice / / Bill Mckitterick.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Complete eBook-Package 2015
• VerfasserIn: Mckitterick, Bill,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)

This book is a call for confident, skilled and knowledgeable practice in social work. The current managerialist agenda has restricted judgement and the exercise of discretion in the profession, and, more damagingly, has played down the social justice components of social work, as well as the responsibilities for therapeutic and change-orientated interventions. This book explores how, through strong self-leadership, social workers can both explain and demonstrate how social work can achieve positive change. Offering a fresh and innovative view on leadership for social workers, managers of social services and social work students at all levels, the book identifies tactics and strategies to provide leadership both within a team and in senior positions.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- What leadership means in practice in social work -- Leadership vacuum -- Sources of leadership in the profession -- Clarity of purpose in social work practice -- The social worker manager as leader, colleague and champion -- Leadership within direct practice -- Leadership within a multi-disciplinary environment -- Optimism, filling the vacuum and taking the lead -- References -- Index