Role of social worker in administration

 The social worker as care manager .

Social workers may also have a role as care manager. They may be involved

in arranging care for clients/service users but be involved in very little direct contact

with the clients whose care they are organising. In the mixed economy of care,

social workers may arrange care for individuals which is carried out by non qualified

social workers or those working within the voluntary or private sectors.

Other roles

Social work administrators should advocate within and outside

their agencies for adequate resources to meet clients’ needs.

Social workers should advocate for resource allocation

procedures that are open and fair.  When not all clients’ needs can be

met, an allocation procedure should be developed that is

nondiscriminatory and based on appropriate and consistently applied

principles.

Social workers who are administrators should take reasonable

steps to ensure that adequate agency or organizational resources are

available to provide appropriate staff supervision.

Social work administrators should take reasonable steps to ensure

that the working environment for which they are responsible is

consistent with and encourages compliance with the NASW Code of

Ethics.  Social work administrators should take reasonable steps to

eliminate any conditions in their organizations that violate, interfere

with, or discourage compliance with the Code .