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Employer's guide to leadership and management products and resources developed by the Skills for Care leadership and management strategy project
- Authors:
- ZUTSHI Harry, McDONNELL Fran
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Skills for Care’s leadership and management strategy covers the state of affairs in management across the sector and makes recommendations for action. The project has also developed a comprehensive set of ‘products’ to enable managers across the sector to implement the recommendations. These products are commended to all managers and leaders in social care - both adults’ and children’s services
Mapping of leadership and management standards for social care
- Authors:
- McDONNELL Fran, ZUTSHI Harry
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
This map has been developed to underpin the Skills for Care Leadership and Management strategy and an integrated approach to learning and development. It can be used as the basis for developing person management specifications and to decide which learning opportunities or qualifications are appropriate for leaders and managers It will also underpin the Skills for Care Signposting System...
The 'whole systems' model for leadership and management
- Authors:
- McDONNELL Fran, ZUTSHI Harry
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The whole systems model has been devised to support the social care sector with implementing Topss England’s leadership and management strategy. This model has been arrived at after extensive consultation with leaders, managers, practitioners, service users, individuals and other stakeholders in the sector. The consultation and overall development project for leadership and management has been
Manage effective supervision
- Authors:
- McDONNELL Fran, ZUTSHI Harry
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Supervision is the means by which social care organisations ensure that organisational outcomes are consistent and high quality services are achieved. Supervision aims and methods should contribute to meeting requirements and performance standards and the expectations of users and carers in a changing environment. The quality of the relationship between workers and service users is the essential ingredient of effective services. People who use social care services say that they are only as good as the person delivering. They value social care practitioners who have a combination of the right human qualities as well as the necessary knowledge and skills.
A guide to the evaluation of leadership and management development
- Authors:
- ZUTSHI Harry, McDONNELL Fran
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
The guide identifies why it is important for social care employers to evaluate leadership and management development and provides some tools to help develop evaluation processes to suit one's service. The guide can be used flexibly and each employer can adapt the tools. A range of organisations have been involved in field-testing and developing the guide and they have been very positive about
Continuing professional development for leaders and managers in social care
- Authors:
- McDONNELL Fran, ZUTSHI Harry
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is an important part of the leadership and management strategy for social care and is integrated into the whole systems approach to individual and organisational development. CPD is now recognised as a crucial part of staff development and a CPD strategy as an essential tool of good human resources management.
National signposting links
- Authors:
- McDONNELL Fran, ZUTSHI Harry
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Internet links for care organisations and policy centres.