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How to become a better manager in social work and social care : essential skills for managing care / Les Gallop and Trish Hafford-Letchfield.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Essential skills for social work and social care managersPublication details: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012.Description: 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1849052069 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 9781849052061 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.3 GAL
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Contents:
Becoming and being an effective manager: essential skills and more -- Managing yourself and managing others: never enough time in the day -- Skills for managing change: everything's changed but what's different? -- Recruiting and selection: getting the right colleagues and striving towards happiness -- Managing meetings: being a smooth operator -- Skills in collaboration and networking: building up successful partnerships with service users -- Skilful negotiation and conflict management: what about the tricky bits? -- Effective mentoring and coaching: skills in developing others.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

This book offers a researched and practical guide to the fundamental skills and knowledge that a manager needs, underpinned by the values and ethics that are inherent to social work and social care. Core skills covered include time management, recruitment, managing meetings, working in partnership with service users, negotiation and conflict management, and mentoring and coaching. A self-improvement feedback assessment is included, and the book features learning activities, practical tools, case examples, summaries and action checklists.

This must-have handbook will help social work and social care managers and students to understand and accomplish the core skills needed for excellent management practice.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Becoming and being an effective manager: essential skills and more -- Managing yourself and managing others: never enough time in the day -- Skills for managing change: everything's changed but what's different? -- Recruiting and selection: getting the right colleagues and striving towards happiness -- Managing meetings: being a smooth operator -- Skills in collaboration and networking: building up successful partnerships with service users -- Skilful negotiation and conflict management: what about the tricky bits? -- Effective mentoring and coaching: skills in developing others.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Series Editor's Foreword (p. 9)
  • Acknowledgements (p. 13)
  • 1 Becoming and Being an Effective Manager: Essential Skills and More (p. 15)
  • 2 Managing Yourself and Managing Others: There's Never Enough Time in the Day (p. 37)
  • 3 Skills for Managing Change: Everything's Changed but What's Different? (p. 57)
  • 4 Recruiting and Selection: Getting the Right Colleagues and Striving Towards Happiness (p. 75)
  • 5 Managing Meetings: Being a Smooth Operator (p. 107)
  • 6 Skills in Collaboration and Networking: Building up Successful Partnerships with Service Users (p. 126)
  • 7 Skilful Negotiation and Conflict Management: What about the Tricky Bits? (p. 150)
  • 8 Effective Mentoring and Coaching: Skills in Developing Others (p. 170)
  • Appendix: Auditing and Assesing Your Own Management Skills Using the Multi-Source Feedback Tool (p. 188)
  • References (p. 223)
  • Contributor Information (p. 232)
  • Subject Index (p. 233)
  • Authour Index (p. 239)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Trish Hafford-Letchfield is Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Teaching Fellow, Interprofessional Learning at Middlesex University, UK.

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