Summary
Social care needs excellent leaders now more than ever. Effective leaders aim high, listen to what the service users want and need, inspire their staff and continually question what they are doing and why.
This book draws together the latest research on fundamental leadership issues in social care, discussing collaborative leadership and the importance of place-based development, exploring the key disciplines of supervision, management and leadership and examining the purpose of a learning framework for social care. Comparative approaches are also provided by practitioners working outside of social work, placing leadership development in context across the public, private and voluntary sectors and presenting authoritative guidance from an international perspective.
Leadership in Social Care will appeal to social care practitioners and service providers, academics, researchers and students who are passionate about making a difference for the people who use their services.
Zoë van Zwanenberg is Director of Zwan Consulting and Project Coordinator for the Centre for Confidence and Well-Being, Scotland. Zoë has held several management positions, specialising in human resources and people development, including Chief Executive of the Scottish Leadership Foundation, Head of Development at the Strategic Change Unit for the NHS in Scotland and Non-executive Director for the Centre for Confidence and Wellbeing.
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