Time Managment is all the buzz right now and no doubt you have been on a course or seminar (if you haven’t you probably soon will be). They are often helpful but they are a bit prescriptive. Here is a link to a blog that approaches time management in a much more dynamic way, I’ve [...]
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Time Management – a flexible approach
Posted in Leadership, Leadership & management in Care Award, Management, Uncategorized, tagged Time managment on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Step by step guides to success
Posted in Equal opportunities, Leadership, Leadership & management in Care Award, Leadership and Managment Award NVQ, Management, Managing meetings, Motivation, Performance management, Uncategorized, tagged Care, Care managment, LMC A1 on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These excellence checklists provide invaluable advice for leaders and managers tackling a range of everyday issues.
I have looked at most of them, especially those that are more likely to appeal to the Health and Social Care Sector – they are well worth exploring and most are worth downloading.
Don’t hesistate – click here: InvestorsinExcellence
CRM (NEW)
Managing equal opportunity [...]
Leadership and Management in Care Award
Posted in Care, Leadership, Leadership & management in Care Award, Leadership and Managment Award NVQ, Learning, Management, tagged Care, LMC A1 on January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THE RMA AWARD IS NOW REPLACED BY THE NEW LEADERSHIP AND MANGEMENT IN CARE AWARD.
THIS BLOG WILL FOCUS ON THIS AWARD AND WILL MAP NEW POSTS TO THE UNITS! THE BLOG WILL REMAIN A USEFUL RESOURCE FOR ANYONE IN THE CARE SECTOR, ESPECIALLY MANAGERS.
THE FOLLOWING IS SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS NEW AWARD WITH A [...]
Practice Guides: free from SCIE!
Posted in Care, Leadership, Leadership and Managment Award NVQ, Learning, Management, Training on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Free resources, especially when they come form an authoritative source are always to be welcomed. The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has a wealth of important free stuff as well as good links to all kinds of useful sites. For me, the Practice Guide 1: Managing Practice is a must and anyone in first [...]
Great Management Quotes of Our Time: Peter Drucker.
Posted in Care, Dignity challenge, ILM, Leadership, Management, Quality, Quotes, Wisdom on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what [...]
The Dignity Challenge!
Posted in Care, Leadership, Management, NVQ care, Training, Uncategorized on July 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of the most important tools for adult care is the dignity challenge. You might have read about it in a trade magazine. Here is a link to the resources you need (just click on ‘Dignity Challenge’ headline) you will go straight to the Social Care Institute for Excellence. If you are involved in care [...]
Equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory principles.
Posted in Abuse, Anti-discrimination, Care, Dignity challenge, Equal opportunities, Leadership, Management, Training on July 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What is equality?
Equity of Care: Providing care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographical location and socio-economic status.
Equality means providing services and employing people in equal ways. This concerns equality of opportunity, equality of access and equality of participation. Sometimes additional services and positive action are [...]
Problem Solving, Experience Works!
Posted in Leadership, Learning, Management, Quotes, Training, Wisdom on June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Loved this…. here’s the link.
Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a [...]
Tethered to cribs – 20 dying boys….
Posted in Abuse, Care, Leadership, Management, Psychology, Training on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is not my intention to spark yet another debate on Iraq. Rather it is to show how the human spirit can be so cruel without external control and authority and the trappings of civilization. The potential cruelty of the human heart should not be underestimated.
American troops have found more than 20 emaciated boys close [...]
What goes around….Old news fit for today.
Posted in Abuse, Care, Leadership, Management, NVQ care, Training on June 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the light of recent child / youth abuse news from Kerelaw residential home in Scotland, this news from 9 years ago seems somewhat apt. Are residential units up to speed with their training obligations? Is suprevision being taken seriously? Do senior managers walk the boards?
Another useful piece of evidence for NVQ portfolio’s.
What do you see as [...]
