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work leadership, identifies ways in which social work leadership can learn from clinical leadership, and highlights gaps in the evidence and contributions to the professions’ leadership development. The paper also presents a new and helpful definition of leadership in social work.
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Jan 24, 2019 · We know that social work is fundamentally driven by a code of ethics based on humanistic principles. The ability to adopt and apply these principles is more than a technical task and requires a...
- Leadership of Practice Change in Social Work and Occupational Therapy
- Compassionate Leadership in Public Services
- Commissioning Strengths-Based Approaches to Care and Support
- Improving Forms and Processes
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- Good Practice Studies
Strong and sustained leadership of practice is a critical aspect of leadership of strengths-based ways of working. The Care Act clarified and strengthened the role of adults principal social workers who now have a clear role, 'As a member of the senior management team, contribute to the strategic leadership of services'. Their colleagues who are pr...
The challenge and improvement journey will require a leadership commitment to a supportive and compassionate culture. This culture must help staff feel safe enough to take positive risks and listen well to individuals, rather than be overly task- or process-driven. Working with The King's Fund, Michael West et al (2017)have developed a model of lea...
A vital leadership role in building a more strengths-based approach is to strengthen the role of commissioning. Focusing on improving practice alone will be insufficient; there is need to consider how commissioning functions can be changed to adopt a more strengths-based approach to commissioning care and support. Strengths-based or asset-based com...
Interviews with directors and principal social workers noted that there was much work to do on changing the forms and processes that workers use to guide their practice. The Care Act Guidance (Section 6.2) notes that the assessment, 'should not just be seen as a gateway to care and support, but should be a critical intervention in its own right, wh...
Changing what workers do every day, while building relationships with those they support, is the key to closing the gap between rhetoric in policy and plans, and the reality of lived experience. A key means of doing this is to ensure that the forms and processes used are in line with the strategy for strengths and area-based approaches. This requir...
A range of exemplary work to embed strengths-based practice in local systems is noted in the Roundtable Report on Strengths Based Practice. The Bradford teaching partnership with HEIsis supporting the development of excellent learning and development opportunities for social work staff. Overview of the What Matters Approach to Adult Social Care in ...
While registration allows social workers to practise, the BASW Code of Ethics summarises the values and aspirations which BASW believes should characterise social work in the UK. The Code is binding on all social workers who are BASW members in all roles, sectors and settings in the UK.
A roundtable event with practitioner, policy, and academic colleagues across the UK highlighted good examples of leadership being encouraged in policy and practice guidance, embedded in professional competences, and supported through education and development.
Leadership in social work is wider than the safe discharge of statutory functions. The impact of social work is also determined by how its values and ethics are modelled in planning
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Jun 13, 2016 · Using the philosophical principles and core ideas of social pedagogy and the Human Learning System, the framework is designed to support leadership, which is relational and ethical at its core...
