Step by step guides to success

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.

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CRM (NEW)	Managing equal opportunity (NEW)
Emerging trends (NEW)	New Employee Induction (NEW)
Business continuity planning	Protecting intellectual property (NEW)
People surveys	Developing a business plan
Facilitation skills	Managing performance
Benchmarking	Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Risk assessment	Team building
Managing meetings	Influencing motivation
Negotiation skills	Value chain analysis
Project management	Triple bottom line
Presentation skills

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Leadership and Management in Care Award

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 HYPERLINK AT THE BASE IF YOU WANT TO EXPLORE FURTHER.  

This NVQ is aimed at candidates who are leaders and managers of care services (adults and children and young people). It is suitable for candidates who:

• Develop, lead and manage a diverse provision and workforce in the context of continual change
• Lead, manage and develop good practice and continuous improvement in service provision that promotes the well being of people and enables them to reach their full potential
• Lead and manage provision which is healthy, safe, manages risks and safeguards and protects people from all forms of abuse
• Promote collaborative, joint working and decision making that achieves successful outcomes for people
• Manage the strategy, policy, finances and operations of the provision.

HyperlinkforOCRintroductionto Leasdership&ManagementinCareAward

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Practice Guides: free from SCIE!

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 line management would do well to read it. There are also exercises for group learning if you happen to be in education. But they are all important if you work in the respective sectors.

Hope you find them useful……. link:  http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/practiceguides/index.asp

 

Title	Year
Practice guide 11: The participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care	2007
Practice guide 10: Community-based day activities and supports for people with learning disabilities	2007
Practice guide 09: Dignity in care	2006
Practice guide 08: Improving outcomes for service users in adult placement – Commissioning and care management	2006
Practice guide 07: Making referrals to the POVA list	2006
Practice guide 06: Involving children and young people in developing social care	2006
Practice guide 05: Implementing the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004	2005
Practice guide 04: Adult placements and person-centred approaches for people with learning disabilities	2005
Practice guide 03: Fostering	2004
Practice guide 02: Assessing the mental health needs of older people	2006
Practice guide 01: Managing practice	2003
Number of publications/resources: 11

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