Essential Skills for Social Work and Social Care Managers
Edited by Edited by Trish Hafford-Letchfield
Excellent management skills are an essential part of delivering services and play a key role in successful outcomes for service users. This series features short, accessible guides to the essential and everyday management skills involved in social work and social care management. The books consider the business aspects of management whilst retaining a focus on ethical practice, and include reader exercises, practical tools and useful frameworks.
Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Teaching Fellow, Interprofessional Learning at Middlesex University, UK.
"As a senior manager, I welcome this series of practical books specifically written about social work and social care management. They should be essential reading for all front line managers across any organisation or agency in social care."
- Adi Cooper, Strategic Director of Adult Social Services and Housing, London Borough of Sutton
Successful Project Management in Social Work and Social Care
Managing Resources, Assessing Risks and Measuring Outcomes
Managers in social work and social care contexts are required to manage a wide range of projects: long-term and short-term, on large and small scales, in partnership with other agencies, and covering a broad range of issues and contexts. more »
2012, Paperback: £21.99/ $33.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-219-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 176pp
Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care
Keywords: careers, communication, community care, joint working, residential care, social care, social work, youthwork
How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care
Essential Skills for Managing Care
Social work and social care managers often find themselves in management positions without having had any formal management training, yet skills and knowledge specific to social care settings are essential for effective practice. more »
2012, Paperback: £21.99/ $33.95ISBN: 978-1-84905-206-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Subject: Health, Social Work and Social Care
Keywords: careers, employment, joint working, reference, social care, social work, supervision
