We Are A Leadership Impact Driven Organization

Focused On Advancing Social Work Management And Education.

Network for Social Work Management is an organization centered around providing a place where members could educate, train, mentor, and coach students, managers, and leaders within the field of social work management. Our network continues to be the foundation for developing knowledge & information associated with administration and leadership issues involved with managing and leading social service agencies.

Our Competencies

Self assessment is the key to more targeted professional development. The Human Service Management Competencies is a guidebook for professionals which details competencies, along with performance indicators, which are necessary for the successful management of both public and private nonprofit organizations.

The guidebook provides the framework to four domains: Executive Leadership, Resource Management, Strategic Management and Community Collaboration. Each framework is described in detail and a checklist is provided for self-assessment. The guidebook is a professional development tool that allows you to gauge your current skill-set by providing you with key indicators on where you can improve.

This guidebook also offers a supervisor’s assessment portion that professionals can use to garner feedback from their managers. The checklist can also be used by organizations to identify criteria for selecting and developing managers.

Download the guidebook today or for more questions contact info@socialworkmanager.org

We Accomplish Our Goals By:

Our Mission is to strengthen, and mobilize diverse social impact leaders through education, leadership development, networking, and community-building.

Our Vision: We envision a just and inclusive society co-created by diverse leaders using a racial equity framework to advance social good

We equip executives, directors, and managers with the tools to become effective, “people-centered” leaders, through our exceptional Programs, Annual Management Conference, and Human Services Management Competencies. We offer a variety of opportunities to help define and advance the unique skill-set of executive leaders and managers.

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OUR LEADERSHIP

The Network for Social Work Management is governed by a Board of Directors from a diverse spectrum of public and private organizations, academic institutions, and independent practice. Every effort is made to seek board members who represent the range and diversity of our field throughout the United States and beyond.

Their mission is to strengthen social work leadership in health and human services.

Please send inquiries to info@socialworkmanager.org.

University Certificates

Universities Can Now Offer The Human Services Management Certificate To Appropriate Graduates!

Are you ready to help your graduates succeed and grow in their professional careers? Join us and our University Certificate Partners by offering the certificate to your students!

To get started, download a copy of the University Check List below.

  • Compare your program’s coursework to our Human Service Management Competencies.
  • If your program (coursework, field education, other educational opportunities) meets learning objectives for 75% of the competency performance indicators, your program is eligible to offer this certificate to your graduating management students.
  • Certificate fees are assessed by the number of macro practice students enrolled in your program and are priced per student.

Align your school to The Network for Social Work Management’s core mission of offering top-notch leadership development to social work and human service professionals today!

CERTIFICATE PARTNERS TESTIMONIALS

During the past three years in our participation with the NSWM Human Services Management Graduate Certificate program, we have witnessed increased enthusiasm and interest among our MSW students in enrolling in management-related courses and learning how to be effective managers and leaders. Using the NSWM management competencies as a guide for focusing our coursework on various and critical aspects of supervisory and management effectiveness has resulted in a structure that allows for students to learn and test out their emerging management skills within the safety of the classroom and field internships.  Students report they want the certification on their resumes to help them stand out on the job market and to demonstrate in job interviews and in work settings an understanding of the competencies and skills needed to become the managers and leaders the human service field deserves.

Karen Hopkins, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
Co-Chair, Human Services Leadership and Management Certificate
Coordinator, MSW-MBA Dual Degree
Editor-in-Chief, Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, & Governance
University of Maryland – School of Social Work

Our COSA students are pleased with our Human Service Management Certificate partnership with The Network of Social Work Management.  As many of our MSW students in macro practice come from and return to other states, having their Human Service Management Certification from a leading school of social work and, also, from an outstanding national network of social work management provides them a competitive edge.  Having this connection to the NSWM also provides our alumni with a network to connect with professional social work managers across the country and even beyond.  At the University of Pittsburgh, we see this as a powerful partnership for professional certification for our alumni as future human service managers and leaders.

Tracy M. Soska, Associate Professor and COSA (Community, Organization, and Social Action) Chair – University of  Pittsburgh School of Social Work

Certificates have been given to 24 SDSU students upon graduation and to 20 of our alumni. As certificate recipients continue to demonstrate their advanced management skills and capacities in their work, we expect that the value of the certificate will become more widely recognized by the organizations that hire our graduates. We appreciate having this certificate available to officially recognize the management skills of our graduates.

Tom PackardProfessor Emeritus at San Diego State University