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

Financial leadership

MILE
This edition of the MILE newsletter focuses on financial literacy and leadership–essential skill…

The Money Guidance Competency Framework

Money and Pensions Service
The Money Guiders Competency Framework is designed for anyone who gives any type of money guidan…

Financial wellbeing in health and social care

Money and Pensions Service
This resource page supports health and care organisations to embed financial wellbeing as part o…

Making the most of funding for training in 2025–26: the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS)

Skills for Care
The session, recorded May 2025, supports adult social care providers to understand what funding …

Budgets and Financial Reports

The Mandatory Training Group
This CPD-accredited e‑learning course from Mandatory Training Group gives you a solid foundation…

Fundamentals of accounting

The Open University
This free course will introduce you to the essential concepts and skills of bookkeeping and acco…

Understanding financial statements

The Open University
This 10-hour CPD course helps you understand and interpret the three core financial statements u…

Managing a budget

The Open University
This 20-hour CPD course is a practical introduction to using financial concepts in day-to-day ma…

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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