Explores the interplay between the recent broader changes affecting the welfare state (fiscal crisis, cost containment, privatization, etc.) and the restructuring of social service work, and the implications for the line practitioner.

-A fantastic book. . . .A major contribution Stories of Transformative Leadership in the Human Services is an extraordinary book by two highly accomplished social work educators and consultants. Based on years of experience in the classroom and in the field, Steve Burghardt and Willie Tolliver blend their -best practices- into a pedagogically creative and lively text that students and human service professionals alike will find engaging and invaluable. Social service agencies and workers are under siege, especially now in our global economic crisis, but this book is guaranteed to...

-A fantastic book. . . .A major contribution Stories of Transformative Leadership in the Human Services is an extraordinary book by two highly accomplished social work educators and consultants. Based on years of experience in the classroom and in the field, Steve Burghardt and Willie Tolliver blend their -best practices- into a pedagogically creative and lively text that students and human service professionals alike will find engaging and invaluable. Social service agencies and workers are under siege, especially now in our global economic crisis, but this book is guaranteed to...