Leadership in social work – what does it mean for you?
Description
Our new ‘Care to chat’ podcast episode focusses again on leadership – which is a crucial part of how we get health and social care right. This time we are looking at it from within the profession of social work. Leadership from within social work is even more important given the diverse area of support social workers provide for individuals, families and communities.
In this episode the social work leaders in Northern Ireland, Maura Dargan, Executive Director of Social Work and Divisional Director of the Children’s and Young Peoples Division, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Michelle Janes, Director, Barnardos NI and Vivian McConvey, former Chief Executive, Patient Client Council, sit down with host Dr Wendy Austin MBE and talk about the breath of social work leadership across services, what leadership means in social work and that its time to look at leadership from a different and more integrated point of view.
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