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#4 Planning and resource management
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:
- understand and operate competently within the financial and business context of social services
- manage financial and other resources in accordance with best value principles, giving due attention to quality and sustainability as well as cost
- ensure that appropriate systems, structures and procedures are in place so that resources within your service area are managed effectively
- develop and support systems for devolved decision making within teams and services
- intervene and take decisive action when resources are not being used efficiently or effectively
- plan operations and manage resources to meet current and future demands and changing expectations, both from within the organisation and at a wider policy level
- develop, implement and review business plans, team and service plans to reflect organisational strategies and plans
- understand and work with principles of good practice in social service contracting and procurement, whether in the role of purchaser or provider.
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