A Leadership Model for Social Work: Drawing on Health Care to Inform Social Work Leadership

Abstract Leadership is a frequently used term, but these uses include various definitions and applications; are sometimes contradictory. This definitional vagueness can be particular challenge for professions, including social work. In comparison to other similar there lack of leadership knowledge generation in addition, the organisational context England has been challenging recent decades, likely hindering development application models. Health care broader empirical conceptual as topic examination. health literature, compassionate gaining momentum useful way developing good clinical leadership. There strong tradition work engaging with compassion an element values. We present models consider their usefulness current base. suggest that may prove practice academia.