What do we know about leadership in social work and social care and where next for the field?

Helen Dickinson, Caroline Jackson, Catherine Mangan and Robin Miller

Chapter 27 in Research Handbook on Leadership in Social Work and Social Care, 2025, pp 348-362 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This final chapter of the Handbook brings together the key themes and insights across the chapters that comprise it. In doing this, we return to the initial questions that we posed in the Introduction to examine what can be learned. Specifically we explore: what (if anything) is distinct about leadership in social care and social work and the challenges that are faced; what are the perceived strengths of social care and social work leadership and how can these benefit a wider system; does the social care and social work leadership in this Handbook reflect the sector's underpinning values of equality, rights, and inclusion; and, what in research, practice, and education would enable social work and social care leadership to prepare for future opportunities and challenges for the sector.

Keywords: Leadership; Social work and social care; Values; Systems; Practice; Education; Research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035314485
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