1st Edition

Transforming the Human Service Workplace Network for Social Work Management Forward Thinking Summit

Edited By Karen Hopkins, Bowen McBeath Copyright 2026
110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

This book guides human service organizations in their transformative efforts to create greater workforce inclusion and well-being through a range of forward-thinking practices: promoting employee mental health; providing personal and professional wellness coaching; engaging in multisolving strategies; identifying supports for individuals as they enhance organizational climate; building meaningful... Read more

Introduction: Network for Social Work Management Forward Thinking Summit Introduction

Karen Hopkins and Bowen McBeath

 

1. Promoting Employee Mental Health in the Workplace: Best Practices for COVID-19 and Beyond

David Bolt

 

2. Dream BIG! The Power of Inspiring Employees to Pursue Their Dreams

Angela L. Reese, Samantha Schaefer, Megan Fedler and Vanessa (Martinez) Kercher

 

3. Leveraging Multisolving to Impact Workforce Wellbeing Through Community Collaboration

Melissa Indera Singh, Kelly Smith and Cassandra Breeze Ceballos

 

4. A Critical Appraisal of Ways Organizations Can Support Social Workers in Light of COVID-19: A Scoping Review

Jillian Landers

 

5. The Unintended Influence and Impact: Funder-Mandated Performance Metrics, Service Delivery, and Social Justice

Melissa Iverson, Michael P. Dentato, Nathan H. Perkins and Maria V. Wathen

 

6. Promoting Staff Financial Well-Being in Human Service Organizations: The Role of Pay, Benefits, and Working Conditions

Mathieu Despard

 

7. Learning to Be a Leader Worth Following

Cameron T. Bishop, Nina Esaki, and Melanie E. Taub

 

8. Teaching Inclusive Social Work Leadership and Supervision Online and In-Person: A Learning Case

Alice Schmidt Hanbidge and Rosemary Vito

 

 

 

Biography

Karen Hopkins is Professor and Co-Director of the Human-Centered Leadership in Health and Human Services Certificate at the School of Social Work, University of Maryland. Her research with nonprofit and public agencies is related to supervision, management, and leadership practices and outcomes, performance management, workforce development, and organizational learning and capacity building. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Human Services Organizations: Management, Leadership, and Governance.

Bowen McBeath is Professor in the School of Social Work and Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University. He examines how human service organizations and community-based practitioners learn and grow while attending to issues of risk and resilience, equity, and performance pressures. He is the co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, and Governance journal.