Social Work Management and Its Relevance to the Social Work Profession

SOCIAL WORK MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE SOCIAL WORK PROFFESSION LAUREN DA SILVA Introduction. ...........................................................................................................4

The social work profession ........................................................................................5 {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} Definition of management.........................................................................................7 {text:list-item} What is social work management?............................................................................8 {text:list-item} {text:list-item} Case Study: Management in One Way Community Services....................................13 {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} {text:list-item} Conclusion.................................................................................................................19 Appendix 1................................................................................................................20 List of Sources...........................................................................................................21 INTRODUCTION: Management and the study and refinement of management sciences are by no means a recent field of study. Basically, as long as human beings have been organizing themselves in groups to fulfil a common purpose or goal, some form of management has been employed to keep things under control, running smoothly and more effectively. In fact, one of the earliest recordings of a management technique can be found in the Christian Bible in chapter 18 (verse 25) of the book of Exodus where after encountering numerous problems resulting from being the only direct report to millions of Israelite