Managing Care in Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415298652 ISBN 13: 9780415298650

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

Managing Care in Practice helps managers to identify the knowledge and build the skills for managing people and other resources required for effective care provision. It addresses the practical dilemmas of managing in care settings by developing the model of practice-led management across a range of common activities. It provides ideas and models of what can work in practice from relevant theories, practice examples and the lived experience of social care managers. Including contributions from leading academics, researchers, managers and practitioners, the text is informed by consultations with service users and managers. This core text demonstrates that the diverse and complex environments of management in social care require responsive and active engagement by the manager who wishes to maximise the constraints for everyday practice.

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Review

'This well-sourced and resourced book develops the key theme of practice-led management and develops a fresh framework for team managers whose roles are pivotal in whether a service is any good.' - Anthony Douglas, Director of Social Care and Health, Suffolk County Council.

'A book for all seasons and all team members.' - Community Care

Synopsis

By addressing the practical dilemmas of managing in care settings, this volume provides ideas and models of what can work in practice from relevant theories, practical examples and the direct experience of social care managers. The authors of this book: help managers to identify the knowledge and build the skills for managing people and other resources; develop the concept of practice-led management for managers in care settings; tackle key issues of managing risk, promoting welfare, managing significant life events, and the effective management of mistakes; explore the role of managers in encouraging research-mindedness and evidence-informed practice; examine the complexity of managing in partnership across agency and professional boundaries; and look at good practice in managing budgets and making ethical use of up-to-date information.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415298652
• ISBN 13: 9780415298650
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Reynolds Jill, Seden Janet