Self-Leadership in Social Work: Reflections from Practice

This book is a call for confident, skilled and knowledgeable practice in social work.

The current managerialist agenda has restricted judgement and the exercise of discretion in the profession, and, more damagingly, has played down the social justice components of social work, as well as the responsibilities for therapeutic and change-orientated interventions. This book explores how, through strong self-leadership, social workers can both explain and demonstrate how social work can achieve positive change.

Offering a fresh and innovative view on leadership for social workers, managers of social services and social work students at all levels, the book identifies tactics and strategies to provide leadership both within a team and in senior positions.

Author: Bill McKitterick
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 03/01/2015
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781447314851

About the Author
A former director of social services, Bill McKitterick has worked in programs to improve social work practice in local authority services and contributed through the British Association of Social Workers and the College of Social Work to the national reform program. He is the author of Supervision.