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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823953603321

Autore

Gallop Les <1946->

Titolo

How to become a better manager in social work and social care : essential skills for managing care / / Les Gallop and Trish Hafford-Letchfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012

ISBN

1-280-77809-1

9786613688484

0-85700-442-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Essential skills for social work and social care managers

Altri autori (Persone)

Hafford-LetchfieldTrish

Disciplina

361.0068

Soggetti

Social workers - Supervision of

Social work administration

Social service

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care: Essential Skills for Managing Care; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Becoming and Being an Effective Manager: Essential Skills and More; 2. Managing Yourself and Managing Others: There's Never Enough Time in the Day; 3. Skills for Managing Change: Everything's Changed but What's Different?; 4. Recruiting and Selection: Getting the Right Colleagues and Striving Towards Happiness; 5. Managing Meetings: Being a Smooth Operator

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook covers the essential skills social work and social care managers need to be excellent managers. Topics include time management, recruitment, managing meetings, involving service users, conflict management and mentoring. A self-assessment tool is included and the book features learning activities, case examples, and practical tools.