Enhancing social work management : theory and best practice from the UK and USA /

• Aldgate, Jane, 1945-

• Social work administration -- Management.

• Jessica Kingsley Publishers,

• 1843105152
• 9781843105152

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Acknowledgements. Introduction. Jane Aldgate and Barbara A. Pine.; 1. Looking backward, looking forward: current trends in human services management. John Harris, University of Warwick, UK.; 2. New Leadership for the human services: involving and empowering staff through participatory management. Barbara A. Pine and Lynne M. Healy, University of Connecticut, US.; 3. Improving performance in social work through positive approaches to managing change. Julie Barnes, Independent Social Care Consultant.; 4. Ethical issues for social work and social care managers. Lynne M. Healy and Barbara A. Pine.; 5. Managing across inter-agency boundaries: a learning agenda for change. Vivien Martin, University of Brighton, UK.; 6. Managing diversity in social service settings. Barris Malcolm.; 7. Liability and safety issues in human services management. Robert G. Madden, St Joseph College, US.; 8. Managing care environments: reflections from research and practice. Jill Reynolds and Sheila Peace, The Open University, UK.; 9. Active service user involvement in human services: lessons from practice. Janet Seden, The Open University, UK and Trish Ross, Nottinghamshire County Council, UK.; 10. The Impact of new technology: implications for social work and social care managers. Myron E. Weiner University of Connecticut, US and Peter Petrella, University of Connecticut/Connecticut Department of Social Services, US. 11. Managing diverse sources of funding. Mark Ezell, University of Kansas, US.; 12. From policy visions to practical realities: the pivotal role of service managers in implementation, Wendy Rose, Jane Aldgate and Julie Barnes. Contributors. References. Index.

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• Staff supervision in social care making a real difference for staff and service users
• Management in social work
• Managing at the front line a handbook for managers in social care agencies
• emotional well being of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK
• Cross cultural child development for social workers an introduction
• Social care practice
• Leadership and management in social care
• art of social work practice
• Social work supervision contexts and concepts
• Essential skills for youth work practice
• Improving inter professional collaborations multi agency working for childrens wellbeing
• Social work skills with adults
• Social work practice cases activities and exercises
• Management and organisations in social work
• Social work with unaccompanied asylum seeking children
• Child protection assessment following serious injuries to infants fine judgements
• New directions in social work practice
• Clues investigating solutions in brief therapy
• Housing problems and housing policy
• Good practice in the law and safeguarding adults criminal justice and adult protection
• Independent lives community care and disabled people
• approved social workers guide to psychiatry and medication
• Social work making a difference
• Anti oppressive social work theory and practice
• Social work with disabled people
• Social work and multi agency working making a difference
• Child protection
• Social work practice assessment planning intervention and review
• Social work an introduction to contemporary practice
• reflective researcher social workers theories of practice research
• Developing collaborative relationships in interagency child protection work
• Protecting children a practical guide
• Effective interviewing in social work and social care a practical guide
• Domestic violence and health care what every professional needs to know
• Reflective reader Social work and mental health
• Child protection an introduction
• Social work research and evaluation
• Communication and interpersonal skills in social work
• Supporting families child protection in the community
• Homelessness health care and welfare provision
• Social work a companion to learning
• Research methods for social work
• Current controversies on family violence
• Domestic violence action for change
• Anti oppressive practice social care and the law
• Mental health and social work
• Applying research in social work practice
• Blackwell companion to social work
• Social work with older people
• Blackwell encyclopaedia of social work
• Domestic violence and child protection directions for good practice
• Social work ideals and practice realities
• Safeguarding adults
• Blackwell companion to social work
• Essential theory for social work practice
• Parental substance misuse and child welfare
• Child protection practice private risks and public remedies a study of decision making intervention and outcome in child protection work
• Social work and child and adolescent mental health
• Social work practice an introduction
• Modern social work theory a critical introduction
• Social work and empowerment
• Handbook for practice learning in social work and social care knowledge and theory
• Social work and mental health
• Social work domestic violence and child protection challenging practice
• Effective practice in health and social care a partnership approach
• Making sense of Every child matters multi professional practice guidance
• Partnership working in health and social care
• Leading work with young people
• Collaborative social work practice
• User involvement and participation in social care research informing practice
• Youth justice and social work
• Social work skills a practice handbook
• Identity a reader
• Child abuse and neglect attachment development and intervention
• Youth offending and restorative justice implementing reform in youth justice
• Enhancing the well being of children and families through effective interventions international evidence for practice
• Assessing childrens needs and circumstances the impact of the assessment framework
• Critical practice in social work
• Developing essential study skills
• Developing multi professional teamwork for integrated childrens services research policy and practice
• Anti discriminatory practice
• Domestic violence a handbook for health professionals
• Safeguarding children and young people a guide to integrated practice
• Single case evaluation by social workers
• Safeguarding childhood early intervention and surveillance in a late modern society
• social work interview a guide for human service professionals
• Mental health matters a reader
• Sociology themes and perspectives
• Youth the underclass and social exclusion
• Anti discriminatory practice
• Sociology themes and perspectives
• Real world research a resource for social scientists and practitioner researchers