Enhancing Social Work Management: Theory and Best Practice from the UK and USA [Paperback]

Jane Aldgate (Editor), Lynne Healy (Editor), Barris Malcolm (Editor), Barbara Pine (Editor), Wedy Rose (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1843105152 | ISBN-13: 978-1843105152 | Publication Date: February 15, 2007 | Edition: 1

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 - looking at the ways in which care managers can more effectively serve a growing multicultural and global society; performance measurement; the impact of electronic technologies and telecommunications; risk and safety in the workplace; and ethics in making personnel decisions, managing finances, planning and maintaining key relationships. This will be essential reading for social workers and human services managers, and students in health and social welfare internationally.

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About the Author

Jane Aldgate is Professor of Social Care in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University, UK, and has researched and published extensively on social work and child welfare, both nationally and internationally. Lynne Healy is Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work, USA, and Director of the School's Center for International Social Work Studies. She has taught courses in administration and non-profit management for more than 20 years and published extensively. Barris Malcolm is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. He teaches in main areas of social work management, social policy and policy analysis and substance abuse. Academic interests include benefit-cost analysis, substance abuse, cross-cultural research involving minorities, and international social issues. Barbara Pine is Professor of Social Work at the University of West Hertford, Connecticut, USA. She teaches in three main areas: social work management, child welfare and professional ethics, and consults with public and private welfare agencies. Wendy Rose is an academic working on national and international child welfare projects and a former policy maker in the Department of Health. She has published widely. Janet Seden is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at The Open University. She has worked as probation officer, children and families field social worker, social worker/manager in a family centre.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub; 1 edition (February 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843105152
• ISBN-13: 978-1843105152
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #683,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)