TY - BOOK AU - Gallop,Les AU - Hafford-Letchfield,Trish TI - How to become a better manager in social work and social care: essential skills for managing care T2 - Essential skills for social work and social care managers SN - 9781849052061 (alk. paper) AV - HV40.54 .G35 2012 U1 - 361.0068 23 PY - 2012/// CY - London, Philadelphia PB - Jessica Kingsley Publishers KW - Social workers KW - Supervision of KW - Social work administration KW - Social service N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index; Becoming and being an effective manager: essential skills and more -- Managing yourself and managing others: never enough time in the day -- Everything's changed but what's different? Skills for managing change -- 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 for service user involvement -- What about the tricky bits? Skilful negotiation and conflict management -- Effective mentoring and coaching: skills in developing others ER -