Leading and managing in a values-based culture

This toolkit will enable you to build and improve your workplace culture so that it is a positive, compassionate, collaborative, and inclusive environment for people to work at, and where people drawing on care and support experience high quality care.

This introductory three-week course from The King’s Fund is for anyone working in or interested in health and social care in its broadest sense, regardless of experience or role. It’s designed to introduce you to some of the foundations of leadership, kindness, and compassion. You’ll explore why these qualities matter now more than ever, and how to develop your personal practice of kind and compassionate leadership.

This seminar offers a supportive, interactive environment where participants can learn, share ideas and ask questions. Highlights include hands-on exercises applying the Culture Iceberg model and positive culture toolkit, along with guided sessions to explore workplace norms and identify strategies for improvement. Engaging in group discussions will help attendees build confidence and develop a tailored action plan for fostering a positive workplace culture.

Registered managers have a fundamental role in promoting person-centred support in their services. Working in a person-centred way leads to positive outcomes for people who need care and support, and the registered manager creates the culture of a service where people are treated with dignity and offered support that is relevant to their individual needs.

Every workplace has its own culture. This is the character and personality of the workplace and it can affect the behaviour and attitudes of employees and those receiving care. This CPD module helps managers to explore the links between vision, values, and culture. It also provides practical tools and techniques that can be used in the day-to-day management of a care environment.This CPD module will help managers to explore the critical links between vision, values and culture, providing practical support to influence change and develop the culture of their service.

Our Understanding Workplace Culture course equips registered social care managers with vital skills to foster a resilient team and uphold best practices. Developed by Skills for Care, this workshop, available via Zoom or Face to Face depending on your preference, explores how workplace culture influences performance.

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.

Critical review tool to help social care leaders move towards a strengths-based, whole-place approach

This critical review tool is for leaders and practitioners working in local authorities and partner organisations and people who draw on support to assess their ambitions, strengths, and development areas in relation to developing strengths-based care and support across a local place.

This Value Based Interviewing Skills course is for all staff who have responsibility of recruiting and managing teams. The course supports staff to have a clear understanding of their role in the interview process and supports evidenced based approach to gaining responses.This interview skills course covers the practical skills required in carrying out values-based recruitment to ensure the process is productive and focused to the service needs and meets the values and ethos of the organisation. It covers the different stages of the recruitment process as well as how to conduct an interview effectively to ensure that delegates are able to choose the most appropriate person for the job.

When we are motivated by compassion and wisdom, the results of our actions benefit everyone, not just our individual selves or some immediate convenience.

For leadership to be compassionate, it must also be inclusive. Compassion blurs the boundaries between self and other, promoting belonging, trust, understanding, mutual support and, by definition, inclusion (West 2021). This creates an inclusive, psychologically safe environment in which diversity in all forms is valued and team members can contribute creatively and enthusiastically to team performance.