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#3 Leading, managing and developing people
To earn this Open Badge, you should use the resources on our Step into Leadership website to help you meet the criteria below. You may also wish to reflect on other leadership learning you have undertaken that contributes to you meeting the criteria e.g. a formal leadership programme you have undertaken or leadership learning that has been delivered by your organisation.
Provide evidence that you are able to:
- demonstrate an inclusive, enabling and participatory leadership approach with individuals and teams working within your organisation
- take lead responsibility for reviewing, overseeing and participating in the safe selection and recruitment of workers
- initiate, develop and implement systems, procedures and practices to support staff engagement, development and retention
- initiate, develop and implement systems, procedures and practices that ensure health and safety at work
- role-model and promote a culture which values staff health and wellbeing and supports work-life balance
- provide reflective supervision which includes both challenge and support and is responsive to workers’ diverse learning needs and professional experience
- actively support and encourage learning and development for individual staff and teams including the provision of coaching and mentoring support
- identify and address any concerns with the quality of staff performance at individual, team or service level
- be prepared to challenge and address any breach of professional values, ethics and/or codes of practice including seeking support or specialist advice when required
- monitor, oversee and support workforce development in order to continuously improve the quality of support for people who use services, families and carers
- promote and contribute to a learning culture across the organisation.
Submit your application
The SSSC Open Badge system relies on trust. We trust that the evidence you provide will be of your own work and based on your own skills and knowledge. By submitting an application you agree to the following statement: "In studying and completing the activities for this badge, I confirm that all the work provided as evidence will be my own." The SSSC will revoke a badge if the evidence provided is discovered to have been the work of someone else.Your evidence, name, and email address will be sent to the organisation who issue this badge