Enhancing social work management [[electronic resource] ] : theory and best practice from the UK and USA / / edited by Jane Aldgate ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450773703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007
• ISBN: 1-280-92964-2; 9786610929641; 1-84642-590-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AldgateJane <1945->
• Disciplina: 361.3068; 361.32
• Soggetti: Human services - Great Britain - Management; Human services - United States - Management; Social work administration - Great Britain; Social work administration - United States; Electronic books.; Great Britain Social policy 1979-; United States Social policy 1993-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "The Open University; University of Connecticut."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-309) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; 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 ManagementChapter 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 Se
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 &ndash; looking at the ways in which care manag