Essentials of Social Work Management & Leadership: A Competency-Based Approach - Softcover

Richard Hoefer (author)|Larry D. Watson (author)

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798823333016

Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

The second edition of Essentials of Social Work Management and Leadership helps students not only build critical knowledge but also cultivate the unique skills that will help them develop into competent and successful managers and leaders. Experiential exercises, informative case studies, and carefully crafted assignments based on the 2022 Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Educational Policy Accreditation Standards (EPAS) show students how to apply key concepts to gain career success.

Each chapter of the text combines knowledge with competency-building exercises that fit into a newly refined conceptual model of the material. The model places the 2022 EPAS into strategic categories according to orientation, helping readers better understand how each skill functions within the discipline and how collectively, they can support a thriving and effective social work practice. Robustly updated throughout, this edition incorporates the latest research and has an increased focus on social justice, diversity, and anti-racist issues.

This text is well suited for courses in social work and nonprofit leadership and management at a specialized or advanced level.

About this title

About the Author

Richard (Rick) A. Hoefer Ph.D., is Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He publishes frequently regarding social work leadership, nonprofit administration, advocacy, social policy, grantwriting, and program evaluation, and he teaches in those areas at the BSW, MSW, and PhD levels. He is a consultant in private practice, helping nonprofit organizations become more effective and efficient as they achieve their missions. He is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the Association for Research on Nonprofit and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR), and the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Dr. Hoefer is the founding and long-time editor of several academic journals, including the Journal of Policy Practice and Research. He is also an award-winning teacher, His work within the profession includes two terms as President of TPACE, the political action committee for social workers in Texas. Dr. Hoefer has received the NASW Tarrant County (Texas) Social Worker of the Year and Lifetime achievement awards, and is a NASW Social Work Pioneer.

Larry D. Watson, Ph.D., is retired from the UTA School of Social Work faculty. He continues to conduct research and publish in the area of nonprofit administration and social policy. Prior to joining the faculty of the UTA School of Social Work, he served as the president and CEO of Methodist Mission Home in San Antonio, Texas, and was executive director of Catholic Family Services in Amarillo, Texas. He is the former president of NASW Texas and served on the National NASW Board of Trustees. He currently serves on PACE, the political action committee of NASW, and has served as chair on TPACE, the state-level political action committee. He was honoured by the Dallas Chapter of NASW for Lifetime Achievement in Social Work and is an NASW Social Work Pioneer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798823333016
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 378