An Analysis of Leadership Within the Social Work Profession

In this paper, I will introduce the results of research that examined how current social work education council and leader of national social worker association think leadership in social work. A random sample survey of 75 dean heads, 75 managing directors, 75 managing directors and principals participated in a telephone survey using eight free response questionnaires. The findings define leadership in the occupation of social work and explain social work leadership as being different from other occupations. Participants identified the basic skills of social work leaders and clarified the mission of social work leaders in the 21st century.

The analysis of Rank and Hutchison (2000) in the social work profession identified five common elements of leadership, namely action support, values ​​and ethics, empowerment, vision and communication. Also, the challenges faced by social work leaders are that they may differ from the challenges faced by other fields, contradictions with professional values, our overall and systematic orientation, primary to others Focusing on the concept of promotion of inclusion, strong desire of sexual intercourse can cause a challenge. Menefee (1997) reported similar findings including a non-profit executive director who developed a complex and seemingly contradictory success strategy corresponding to economic, political, social and technical trends It is.

In this paper, I will introduce the results of research that examined how current social work education council and leader of national social worker association think leadership in social work. A random sample survey of 75 dean heads, 75 managing directors, 75 managing directors and principals participated in a telephone survey using eight free response questionnaires. The findings define leadership in the occupation of social work and explain social work leadership as being different from other occupations. Participants identified the basic skills of social work leaders and clarified the mission of social work leaders in the 21st century.