Effective team leadership

This qualification will provide you with the knowledge and understanding required to successfully lead a team. You will develop knowledge around the principles of team leading and the general workings of a business as well as how important it is for a team leader to be able to successfully communicate with a range of stakeholders.

The ability to lead and motivate a team are extremely important skills. A good leader inspires and motivates people, making them work harder and be more efficient. This short course aims to provide the knowledge needed to understand how to lead and motivate a team. Learn methods of effective communication, how to motivate a team or individual and team development.

Gain the key skills needed to effectively manage team members through planning and allocating day to day activities in the workplace. Our online CPD Planning and Allocating Work course can open a variety of employment opportunities for individuals and provides employers with the opportunity to develop staffs’ management skills. It will build knowledge of the fundamentals of project planning and allocating work, as well as developing the core skill sets needed for team management, performance management, project management, and more.

Learn about the different types of teams that exist in organisations, the skills needed to lead and operate within a team and the importance of developing a learning culture to increase the team’s resilience. You’ll have opportunities to consider your own practice as a team leader or team member and develop your teamwork skills and tools to enable better performance.

This course encourages you to recognise difference and challenge amongst individuals in the team who are pulling in different directions. It will help you identify where such challenges can be embraced for the benefit of your team and your organisation.

Skills for Care hosts local and national events and networks to support the adult social care sector with their workforce development needs.

Search for events in your local area by region and by topic. If you’re looking for network event in your area and can’t find it on the listing below, please contact your locality manager.

Here you can find resources which introduce fundamentals of health and care. Our first learning opportunity is RESTORE2 Training as provided by Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB.

Each of the nine units has a knowledge element where you will learn about management models and theories, which you will then apply to your workplace

It’s important to continually respond to and learn from what is going well, and what isn’t going so well. This enables you to make improvements to your service and offer that benefit everyone – especially those accessing care and support.

The Manager Induction Standards (MIS) set out what a manager needs to know and understand to perform well in their role.

Leaders and managers are important to the success of any organisation. That’s why the effective induction of managers needs to be a key focus, so they start off on the right step and in the right direction.

Skills for Care has reviewed the Manager Induction Standards (2023) so you can use them to support this process. 

Stepping up to management or want to develop your skills? This course might be for you!

It covers topics such as role of the supervisor, delegation, building teams, negotiating, how to deal with stress, time management, identifying training needs, communication and understanding your team.

Provide essential guidance, direction & instruction

This qualification is designed to provide learners with the knowledge and understanding required to successfully lead a team.

Understanding Workplace Culture is a practical continuing professional development (CPD) module aimed at registered managers and other managers currently working in adult social care services.

This course encourages you to consider your experience of working in teams and the different roles you play in them. It will increase your confidence in marketing this key skill to employers as well improving your ability to perform well in teams you are currently part of.