Mile Pathway

Welcome to the MILE PATHWAY (Managers Investing in Leadership Excellence) a management and leadership CPD resource for health and social care managers in Sussex.

MILE prioritises the management and leadership CPD of Registered Managers and aspiring managers in Sussex, advocates for social care and supports its partnership within the ICS.

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The MILE Pathway: prioritising the Continuing Professional Development of Registered Managers in Sussex

The project champions the role of our Registered Managers and aspiring managers and highlights the importance of developing management and leadership skills both for individual professional development goals and to support the best health and care outcomes across the integrated care system.

‘Excellent leaders are needed at every level across social care. As well as ensuring high quality, safe and effective care services, they also help develop a motivated, confident and caring workforce that is both highly skilled and most importantly, valued by all those who draw on care and support’

Skills for Care​

What the MILE Pathway offers

The MILE Pathway offers over 650 of the most current, relevant and engaging management and leadership CPD opportunities available including those from our three local authorities, the NHS and Skills for Care. We produce a weekly newsletter with ‘What’s new in Social care’ and with regular themes in specialist areas. 

Presenting these online in an accessible & appealing way enables managers to select opportunities relevant to them and to create their own personalised development pathway. In this way they are leading by example and showing their teams the benefits of investing in their own learning and development. 

The resources are organised into a management pathway aimed at new and aspiring managers and a leadership pathway for established managers wishing to further develop and grow in their roles. The enhanced leadership pathway focuses on development in specialist areas creating a skilled community of practice in social care.

Offering a relevant and evolving resource library enables managers to gain knowledge and skills in areas that will enhance their own personal practice, enthuse and inspire them in their roles and improve the quality of support offered in services. The MILE Pathway is an investment in social care and its workforce. 

Explore Resources

  • Management Development Pathway

    A registered manager sits at the heart of every regulated social care setting, embedding the values and culture that drives their service. Sussex has over 1000 regulated adult social care services…
  • Leadership Development Pathway

    Registered managers are valuable leaders in health and care. But strong leadership doesn’t just happen. Managers develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to be a leader in health and care thro…
  • Enhanced Leadership Pathway

    The opportunities in the Enhanced Leadership Pathway will enable managers to develop further in specialist leadership areas of interest creating a skilled community of practice offering inspired l…

Latest resources

Working with partners self-assessment

Skills for Care
This tool was created to help get you thinking about how well you currently work with partners. …

Practical examples of partnerships with adult social care providers

Skills for Care
Beyond partnerships with healthcare, there is a wide range of other partners for adult socialcar…

Older people’s transition between different care settings

Social Care Talk
The aim of this resource is to inform and support older people’s moves into and between social c…

Manager induction standards 5: Working with partners

Skills for Care
This standard relates to the importance of building relationships and partnerships as part of yo…

Working in partnership

NHS England
An information page on partnership working in health and care.

What are integrated care systems?

NHS England
An information page on integrated care systems.

Neighbourhood health guidelines 2025/26

NHS England
This document sets out guidelines to help integrated care boards (ICBs), local authorities and h…

Top tips and key actions for successful collaborative partnership working across mental health services

Local Government Association
These top tips, and key actions, have been co-developed to support effective collaborative partn…

Strong and effective Leadership in Social Care is instrumental in the ensuring the best outcomes for the people we support:

‘High-quality care and skilled, confident leaders and managers go hand in hand. Over 90% of services rated good or outstanding for being well-led by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) were also rated good or outstanding overall.’ 

Skills for Care​

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