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Assignment:
Description:
Explain your vision for leading effectively as a social worker. In your explanation, apply a theoretical perspective from social work and a leadership style (as examples, leadership styles might include transformational, transactional, Laissez-Faire, or other leadership styles). Use an evidence-based approach to explain your chosen leadership style and evaluate the skill set (strengths and weaknesses) associated with the leadership style that guides your approach.
Topic:
Transformational Leadership Style
Breakdown Questions to Discuss:
1. Apply leadership skills and demonstrate how to lead as a social worker.
2. Apply a theoretical perspective to leadership in social work (strengths based, ecological perspective, multicultural, solution-focused, etc.).
3. Identify a preferred leadership style for social work practitioners (transformational, transactional, laissez faire, etc).
4. Identify scholarly evidence to support a leadership style in social work.
5. Evaluate the skill set associated with a social work leadership style, including strengths and weaknesses.
*Please CITE outside sources and provide their references!
Reference:
Thompson, N., & Stepney, P. (2017). Social work theory and methods: The essentials. Routledge.
National Association of Social Workers.