SK 605
Leadership in Social Work
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, decisionmaking
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.
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, decisionmaking
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.
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, decisionmaking
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.
