Leadership and Management

Background

According to Fisher (2009), Social Work managers and leaders are more effective when they have a theory base from which to develop their leadership skills and as social work is an evidence-based practice, this would seem to make sense. Moreover, many of the relationship-based theories that social workers draw on when working with clients and service users are often transferable and applicable when supporting team colleagues.

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We have a post-graduate leadership pathway to support the development of social work leaders, which includes:

• Postgraduate Certificate in Leading and Developing Services
• Postgraduate Diploma in Leading and Developing Services
• Masters in Leading and Developing Services

Each course is made up of a number of optional and mandatory units – each of 20 credits, and each one is a stepping stone to the next. The courses are designed to support social workers and those in allied health and social care professionals to develop and enhance either leadership skills within a five-year period. These means that on any unit you will have the opportunity to study alongside professionals from across the health and social care arena.

Full details of the award and application routes can be found here: Wozzad Online Course Application for Bournemouth University.

Online Course Application

PG Cert/ PG Dip/MA Leading and Developing Services

This programme of units provides managers and experienced health and social care professionals with the opportunity to develop and extend their knowledge of management theory and enhance their management practice.

This pathway of units provides experienced health and social care professionals with the opportunity to develop and extend their knowledge of leadership and management theory and enhance their practice. This course is primarily designed to meet the management and leadership development needs of supervisors, team leaders, first line managers, middle and senior managers/leaders. However, experienced professionals who aspire to a management career/leadership role may also access the course as long as they have supervisory responsibilities that allow them to complete the practice assessments. As this programme offers a good grounding in all aspects of leadership and management, it is suitable for managers currently in first line and middle manager positions who may be seeking promotion to a senior position.

The structure of this award is such that you do not apply for the whole award at once but instead apply for each individual unit according to your need. You choose the CPD Leadership and Management units from the list below that meet your specific requirements/needs and build up to one of the Leading & Developing Services awards unit by unit, paying for each individual unit as you undertake it.