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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824275503321

Titolo

Leadership in social care / / edited by Zoe van Zwanenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley, c2010

ISBN

1-282-55491-3

9786612554919

0-85700-204-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.) : illustrations

Collana

Research highlights in social work ; ; 51

Altri autori (Persone)

Van ZwanenbergZoe

Disciplina

361.3068/4

Soggetti

Social work administration

Social case work - Management

Social service

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER -- Leadership in Social Care -- Contents -- Editor's Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I Leadership of the Profession -- 1. Leadership for 21st Century Social Work -- 2. Practitioner Leadership: How Do We Realise the Potential Within? -- 3. Supervision, Management and Leadership: Think Piece -- 4. Leadership and Management: Not Losing Sight of Both -- Part II Leadership for Collaborative Advantage -- 5. Doing Things Collaboratively: Realising the Advantage or Succumbing to Inertia? -- 6. Leading Partnerships: Learning from Study and Practice -- 7. The Work of Leadership in Formal Coalitions: Embracing Paradox for Collaboration -- 8. Collaborative Leadership: The Importance of Place-based Development -- Part III Leadership Development -- 9. Leadership and Learning: The Purpose of a Continuous Learning Framework for Social Care -- 10. Social Work Leadership and Management Development: Comparable Approaches -- 11. Lessons from Health Leadership -- 12. Learning from Current Trends in Leadership Development in Scotland -- 13. Leading Flourishing Organisations: Lessons from Positive Psychology -- The Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book draws together the latest research on leadership issues in



social care. It explores the key disciplines of supervision, management, leadership. It considers the importance of place-based development and collaborative leadership in the context of public, private and voluntary sectors.