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Improving organisational culture – the practice gains
- Authors:
- STANLEY Tony, LINCOLN Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 28(3), 2016, pp.199-212.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Understanding how excellent practice is enabled is an important question for organisational and professional leaders to ask and work towards answering. But, what are the conditions needed for a great organisational culture? And, how can it be found? How can it be promoted and built on What works well? Social service organisations are complex — making the exercise of understanding organisational culture a complex task. It needs a research approach. The authors discuss their experiences and shared learning from undertaking social work health checks. They worked together on a shared research methodology because their service systems are similar in design. This offered them a unique way to explore the organisational culture of two local authorities. It is argued that a number of ‘conditions for success’ are needed so that great social work is at the heart of the organisation’s mission, delivery and learning. These conditions for success are supported by their health check findings. (Edited publisher abstract)
A practice framework for assessments at Tower Hamlets children's social care: building on the Munro review
- Authors:
- STANLEY Tony, MCGEE Paul, LINCOLN Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 24(4), 2012, pp.239-250.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Munro review of child protection explains in depth the contemporary challenges in delivering statutory child protection services. It notes that complexity, uncertainty and emotional challenges inherent in social work are contemporary issues not resolved through new national guidance or more bureaucratic procedures. Rather, practice needs reforming at the local level. Tragedies in practice have tended to usher in more and more bureaucratic responses alongside an unabated blame culture for practitioners. There is no doubt that practice reforms are needed to address this; however these are neither straightforward nor easily achieved. Busy and overloaded offices of child welfare, managers and workers wedded to pre-existing frameworks, and an ever anxious political system and public can unwittingly act against the development and reforming of social work practice. While challenges exist that need overcoming, this paper describes one such initiative, the new practice framework for assessments, developed and implemented in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, as part of the Munro review. (Publisher abstract)
A practice framework for assessments at Tower Hamlets children's social care: building on the Munro review
- Authors:
- STANLEY Tony, MCGEE Paul, LINCOLN Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 24(2), 2012, pp.239-250.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The Munro review of child protection explains the contemporary challenges in delivering statutory child protection services. It notes that complexity, uncertainty and emotional challenges inherent in social work are contemporary issues not resolved through new national guidance or more bureaucratic procedures, but rather at the local level. Tragedies in practice have tended to usher in more and more bureaucratic responses alongside an unabated blame culture for practitioners. There is no doubt that practice reforms are needed to address this; however these are neither straightforward nor easily achieved. Busy and overloaded offices of child welfare, managers and workers wedded to pre-existing frameworks, and an ever anxious political system and public can unwittingly act against the development and reforming of social work practice. This article describes one initiative, the new practice framework for assessments, developed and implemented in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, as part of the Munro review.