Enhancing social work management
Subtitle: theory and best practice from the UK and USA
By: edited by Jane Aldgate ... [et al.].
Contributors: Aldgate, Jane, 1945-
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781843105152
Subjects: Human services -- Great Britain -- Management; Human services -- United States -- Management; Social work administration -- Great Britain; Social work administration -- United States; Great Britain -- Social policy -- 1979-; United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
Description: 320 pages ; 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Looking backward, looking forward : current trends in human services management / John Harris; title: New leadership for the human services : involving and empowering staff through participatory management / Barbara A. Pine and Lynne M. Healy; title: Improving performance in social work through positive approaches to managing change / Julie Barnes; title: Ethical issues for social work and social care managers / Lynne M. Healy and Barbara A. Pine; title: Managing across interagency boundaries : a learning agenda for change / Vivien Martin; title: Managing diversity in social service settings / Barris Philip Malcolm; title: Liability and safety issues in human services management / Robert G. Madden; title: Managing care environments : reflections from research and practice / Jill Reynolds and Sheila Peace; title: Active service-user involvement in human services : lessons from practice; title: Janet Seden and Trish Ross; title: The impact of new technology: implications for social work and social care managers / Myron E.Weiner and Peter Petrella; title: Managing diverse sources of funding / Mark Ezell; title: From policy visions to practice realities : the pivotal role of service managers in implementation / Wendy Rose.