SK605
Leadership in Social Work Organizations
0.5 Credit

There is a specificity to leadership in social work and this course is designed to critically examine through feminist, anti-racist, decolonizing and class lenses, the concept of leadership within multiple social work settings. Social work as a profession is uniquely positioned to embrace the complex dynamics of leadership given the ways we are shaped to think about power, human relationships, race relations, conflict, advocacy, consensus building, decision-making and community-building. This course is designed to encourage micro and macro social work practitioners to understand various aspects of leadership within settings such as child welfare, public institutions, community organizations, health and social services.

Given the collective nature of social work practice and the values which inform our profession, the typology of leadership such as transformational leadership, charismatic leadership, strategic leadership, e-leadership, moral and ethical leadership, inclusive leadership, servant leadership, gender and leadership as well as adaptative, situational and collaborative leadership will be at the centre of this course building on the skills we have already developed as social work practitioners. Case studies bridging theory and practice will be the pedagogical platform upon which we will all learn together.