David McNabb Head of Department – Social Practice Unitec, Auckland Aotearoa/New Zealand

1. Exemplary Leadership: social work leadership in mental health services and education in Aotearoa/New Zealand David McNabb Head of Department – Social Practice Unitec, Auckland Aotearoa/New Zealand dmcnabb@unitec.ac.nz

2. NEW ZEALAND ON WORLD MAP

3. Conclusion • Social work leaders in mental health and education settings share similar challenges of being a minority group and working under generic management. • Both sets of social work leaders demonstrate leadership qualities to survive and even thrive.

4. Historical context • Public sector managerialism in the 1980’s diminished professional and clinical quality. • Professional Leader roles in state mental health services developed in the 1990’s – no line management responsibilities. • Social work leader roles in education but from 2000’s a minority of them are managers of their programmes.

5. Governance • Clinical Governance – health managers and SW professional leaders collaborate – Professional Supervisor roles essential • Academic Governance – academic managers and SW education leaders collaborate – professional leadership mandated by SW Regulator

6. Leadership Alliances • SW DHB (health) Council and Allied Health groups • Council for SW Educators • SW Sector Group – profession, regulator, education, employers: health & child welfare

7. Workforce • Growing the SW leadership workforce – governance, training, resourcing, ageing, equity, retention.

8. Leadership • Research - The Leadership Challenge – Kouzes & Posner, 2007 – SW leadership • Credibility – key leadership attribute – link to SW values

9. Exemplary Leadership- Kouzes & Posner • Challenge the process – using alliances, being strategic • Inspire a shared vision – whole SW sector • Enable others to act – grow SW academy • Model the way – teaching, research, profession • Encourage the heart – collegiality, supervision