Welcome to the final MILE Pathway newsletter of 2025. This edition brings together a selection of key resources for health and social care managers and teams across Sussex, helping you catch up as we head into the new year.
As the year draws to a close, this edition invites you to pause and reflect on the leadership skills that matter most. It brings together learning explored across this year’s editions and groups them into twelve key themes.
Each topic below includes a small selection of learning and resources to support continuing professional development at a pace that suits you. You may wish to choose one area to explore over the Christmas period, or identify a focus for your own development in the year ahead.
Welcome to another edition of What’s New in Adult Social Care, where we share the latest updates, learning opportunities, and resources for health and social care managers and teams across Sussex.
If you missed last week’s newsletter on Communication skills you can click here to read in now.
As digital tools, automation and AI become more established in health and social care, communication remains one of the most enduring human skills we depend on. This week’s newsletter brings together learning opportunities and reflective resources to help strengthen confident, compassionate and effective communication across your teams.
Our What’s New in Adult Social Care newsletter highlights key resources for health and social care managers and teams across Sussex. This week’s edition includes:
This week’s newsletter focuses on sustainability in health and social care, prompted by the increasing expectations outlined in the CQC’s Quality Statement: Environmental Sustainability. It brings together guidance, training opportunities, and practical tools for anyone wanting to understand this area more clearly and explore what it means for the sector.
This week’s edition of What’s New in Adult Social Care brings together key updates, opportunities, and resources for teams and managers across Sussex, including:
Change is constant in health and social care, from new policies and funding models to shifts in workforce structure and expectations. Effective leaders help their teams navigate these transitions with confidence, clarity, and compassion. They communicate a shared vision, model resilience, and create the conditions for continuous learning and improvement.
This week’s resources focus on leading through change. Explore the learning opportunities and tools below to strengthen your leadership approach and support others throughout the process of change.
Welcome to the latest What’s New in Adult Social Care, a round-up of training, events, and resources for care teams and managers across Sussex.
A special thank you to Benny Jose for contributing a thoughtful piece, “Sharpening Clinical Skills: A Call to Future Health and Social Care Leaders.”
Engaged, motivated care workers are the foundation of high-quality care. Yet findings from recent wellbeing research show that many still feel unheard or disconnected from decision-making in their workplaces.
This week’s MILE Pathway newsletter explores how employers can build positive cultures, strengthen supervision, and champion staff voice — helping to create environments where care workers feel valued, supported, and motivated to stay.
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