Leading People in Health and Social Care

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate critical understanding of leadership theory.
• Systematically apply leadership theory to identify potential solutions to common challenges when leading people within health and social care. environments.
• Critically analyse the evidence identifying the key elements required to create safe and supportive working environments.
• Reflect upon yourself as a developing leader and identify an evidence-based plan to support personal development.

Indicative module content includes:

• Who is a leader? The module starts with an exploration of self, experiences of leadership and examination of the importance of reflection and self-development within leadership.
• Exploration of theories of leadership and leadership behaviours.
• Leading with care and valuing people.
• Building psychologically safe environments, consideration of courage, compassion, vulnerability, and emotional readiness.
• How to generate environments that support professional behaviours, challenge unprofessional behaviours, and hold people to account.
• Developing capability.

The learning and teaching methods include:

• Seminars 
• E-learning 
• Online tutorials 
• Case studies/scenarios 
• Group work 
• Panel discussion
• Independent study. 

Summative assessment for this module consists of a 2,500 word, critical exploration of a challenge related to ‘Leading People’ within Health or Social Care settings. You will be encouraged to:

• Choose from a broad list of common health and social care issues that relates to leading people.
• Critically explore the evidence-base supporting this challenge, systematically applying theory to their specific practice area. 
• Develop a personal action plan, considering how as a developing leader they can apply this knowledge to create positive outcomes or safe working environments.