The role of value-based leadership in multi-agency safeguarding responses to child sexual exploitation

Gareth Addidle, Sarah Shorrock and Joyce Liddle

Chapter 12 in Research Handbook on Leadership in Social Work and Social Care, 2025, pp 151-163 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter examines the development of value-based leadership (VBL) within multi-agency safeguarding and how complex problems are identified and managed as a collective. Theories of VBL have been chosen to help identify how common components associated with this form of leadership can inform leadership practices in a multi-agency partnership environment. To bridge the gap between VBL and multi-agency safeguarding, a case study relating to a multi-agency response to child sexual exploitation (CSE) is presented, with links to evolving leadership structures, practices, and processes. The case study exemplifies the benefits of flattening traditional hierarchical leadership structures, alongside the importance of allowing the voices of all involved to be heard and listened to. The need to balance collective decision-making with accountability across and within organisations is also focused upon. Subsequently, the chapter considers the role of VBL in complex safeguarding situations and offers novel empirical contributions to best practice in social work.

Keywords: Value-based leadership; Multi-agency partnerships; Child sexual exploitation; Collaborative culture; Collective decision-making and safeguarding (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035314485
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