The Professional Social Worker by Neil Thompson

Author:Neil Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

chapter 9

Managing self

Introduction

This is the first of four chapters that explore the significance of aspects of management in the repertoire of skills needed by social workers if we are to be successful in our efforts to promote well-being and social justice through problem solving and empowerment. In particular, we focus on what I shall be referring to as self-management – that is, those ways in which it is important that we are tuned in to how we are influencing situations and how those situations are influencing us. This is an essential part of self-awareness, as we shall see below. A basic argument underpinning the chapter is that we will struggle to manage the complex, difficult and demanding situations we encounter if we are not doing a good job of managing ourselves.

We begin by looking at the importance of self-management and explore some key issues around why such factors are so critical in effective social work practice. This leads on to a discussion of the various ways in which we can rise to the challenge of self-management. This is intended to be a practical guide to the issues involved, but based on sound theoretical understanding.

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