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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Learning’ Category
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 »
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 [...]
NVQ evidence: pliagerism and correct citing of sources.
Posted in Learning, Management, Pliagerism, Training, Uncategorized on January 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Professional reflection: Plagiarism in the NVQ process.
Philip McMullen. Jan 2008.
Introduction.
Whether evidence is presented in handwritten, printed or electronic formats, the assessor /verifiers ought to have an understanding of how to establish that the evidence presented is original, and where and to what extent it relies on citing other people’s work. This skill-set requires having an [...]
An Introduction to dementia: a list useful for staff training.
Posted in Care, Dementia, Learning, Mental health, NVQ care, Psychology, Training, Uncategorized on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I always like short introductions – pruning information back to it’s bare essentials takes skill. Sure there is more to say on dementia but this is a good starting place for a staff training session.
Health Tip: Warning Signs of Dementia
It’s more than just memory loss
(HealthDay News) — Dementia is more than just ordinary forgetfulness [...]
Safeguarding vulnerable adults – new knowledge set.
Posted in Abuse, Care, Learning, Management, Training, Uncategorized on June 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
‘Skills for care’ do a great job of making the learning requirements for key care issues available to all. Go to the site for full details.
Knowledge sets for adult social care (Sills for care)- are designed to improve consistency in the underpinning knowledge learnt by the adult social care workforce in England.It is intended that [...]
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 [...]
Businessballs – good stuff for care managers.
Posted in Leadership, Learning, Management, Training, Uncategorized on June 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
If you are involved in management or leadership, then this is a great web resource. I’d guess many of you know about it already – but if not give it go and discover a wealth af managment wisdom and training materials. If you are involved in learning – say NVQ 3, 4 or 5, it [...]
Quote / Unquote…….Szasz again!
Posted in Leadership, Learning, Psychology, Quotes, Training on June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.”
I’ve often wondered why when we know so much about the importance of ‘human capital ‘and the creative possibilities of the ‘learning organization’ but is [...]
