Leadership and Management Resource Pack

These files contain the contents of the leadership and management resource pack, in both Acrobat and Word formats (the latter without the colour covers). This is to facilitate wide circulation of the pack's products, and to help with making copies of the blank forms in some of those products.

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What leaders and managers in social care do
This is a short statement of a leadership and management development strategy for social care - it describes what is unique about this context
Product 1: doc 96k - pdf 268k Download doc version of Product 1 - Leaflet Download pdf version of Product 1 - Leaflet
The whole systems model for leadership and management
The model describes good practice in managing:
  • Relationships between individuals
  • Needs of organisations and people
  • Change
  • Education, training and development
  • Partnerships and interagency working
Product 2: doc 180k - pdf 496k Download doc version of Product 2 - Whole Systems Model Download pdf version of Product 2 - Whole Systems Model
Mapping of leadership and management standards for social care
This map has been developed to underpin the leadership and management strategy. It includes:
  • Generic leadership and management standards
  • Specialist standards, unique to social care
  • Partnership working standards from a range of sectors
Product 3: doc 160k - pdf 364k Download doc version of Product 3 - Mapping Standards for Social Care Download pdf version of Product 3 - Mapping Standards for Social Care
National signposting links
A helpful guide to relevant websites.

You can see this in action in the sector links section on this site

Product 4: doc 84k - pdf 340k Download doc version of Product  4 - Signposting Links Download pdf version of Product  4 - Signposting Links
Continuing professional development
Included is a framework and model for CPD, linked to a person management specification, with organisational and individual checklists
Product 5: doc 252k - pdf 400k Download doc version of Product 5 - Continuing professional development Download pdf version of Product 5 - Continuing professional development
A guide to organisational evaluation of the impact of leadership and management development
A guide to an evaluation framework for leadership and management development, with a diagnostic audit checklist and action plan template.
Product 7: doc 146k - pdf 416k Download doc version of Product 7 - Evaluation Download pdf version of Product 7 - Evaluation
Leadership and management
A strategy for the social care workforce
Final report of the project, covering all the main areas of the work.
Final Report: doc 896k - pdf 928k Download doc version of the Final Report Download pdf version of the Final Report