Books in the Post-Qualifying Social Work Leadership and Management Handbooks series

Essential reading for professionals making judgements under pressure. It demonstrates how self-leadership is not only about surviving but thriving in a continually changing environment and introduces key theories, skills and debates to help professionals deliver high quality professional practice every day.

Provides managers and leaders within Health and Social Care organisations with essential planning and budgeting skills.

This book will help health and social care managers develop their coaching skills in order to support their teams.

An introduction to performance management for social workers

An essential guide on effective supervision for managers and their staff.

A practical guide to promoting learning and development within health and social care teams

A practical introduction developed to underpin core aspects of commissioning services in health and social care with tools and strategies that really work, this is a step-by-step guide to the commissioning process and will help the reader better understand the skills required for good commissioning, the challenges they may face and how to approach them and what makes a good commissioning manager.