Enhancing Social Work Management: Theory and Best Practice from the UK and USA

Jane Aldgate is Professor of Social Care in the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University, UK, and has researched and published extensively on social work and child welfare, both nationally and internationally. Barris Malcolm is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. He teaches in main areas of social work management, social policy and policy analysis and substance abuse. Academic interests include benefit-cost analysis, substance abuse, cross-cultural research involving minorities, and international social issues. Barbara Pine is Professor of Social Work at the University of West Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She teaches in three main areas: social work management, child welfare and professional ethics, and consults with public and private welfare agencies. Wendy Rose is Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University, UK, and works on national and international child welfare research and development projects. She was previously a senior civil servant advising the government on children's policy. Janet Seden is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Welfare at The Open University. She has worked as probation officer, children and families field social worker, social worker /manager in a family centre.