To be a manager in social work area

• Author: Diana Cristina Bódi
• Position: Transilvania University of Brasov
• Pages: 117-122

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 9 (58) No. 2 - 2016

TO BE A MANAGER IN

SOCIAL WORK AREA

Diana Cristina BÓDI1

Abstract: This presentation shows the difficulties and challenges involved

in social management, how to adapt the general functions of management in

social work’s field and some specific activities in social services, such as

volunteering and professional development of social workers. It presents a

global analysis of several interviews with managers of social services from

Brasov County.

Key words: management in social work, managerial skills, managerial

roles, develop of human resource, volunteering.

1. Introduction

Lack of social work during the communist period meant that after 1990, social services

are organized a little chaotic, particularly due to the lack of professionals and legislation.

This led to the practice of social work by persons with another specialization than the

social worker.

Also, the management of social work organizations was made mainly of people with

different professional training of social work and management. Therefore, it began to

appear structured ways of training of specialists based on a methodology such as

specializations courses of Social Work, Master in Management of Social Services, which

provides vocational training qualifications in this field.

During the time, things have changed on social work, because the social sector is very

dynamic and supposes changes of more perspectives: social, human, legal and financial.

At present, it is interesting to see what means the management in this social field, social

care and how and what is difference between business management and social work

management. It is also interesting to see the difference between management of non-

governmental organizations, which live from projects and sponsors and the management

of state institutions, which have exclusive financing from the state budget.

2. Some theoretical considerations

The main managerial activities in which managers made:

– Communication with the formal submission, receiving and handling of information

documents;

– Traditional management where are important the planning, decision making and

control;

1 Transilvania University of Braşov, diana.bodi@unitbv.ro