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The 6 Leadership capabilities
This Open Badge is awarded to social services workers in Scotland who have worked through the corresponding Things in the SSSC 23 Things for Leadership programme and have been awarded the Open Badges for each.
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Leadership Thing 10 – Collaborating and influencing
As a social service worker your leadership will often be apparent in how you work in partnership with people who use your service, as well as colleagues from your own organisation and other agencies or sectors. -
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Leadership Thing 11 – The six leadership capabilities
As a social service worker, the way that you exercise leadership will involve a range of skills, attitudes, values and behaviours and draw on the breadth of knowledge and experience gained from practice and from life. Thing 11 is an opportunity for you to appreciate how your own leadership shows. -
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Leadership Thing 5 – How do I show vision as a leader?
Vision for social service workers means thinking about such questions as: How could things be better for the people who use our service? What can I do to make this happen? What part can I play in achieving my organisation’s vision? How do I ensure that those I work with share this vision, and are committed to achieving it? How do I encourage improvements in performance? -
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Leadership Thing 6 – What does self-leadership mean for me?
Self-leadership is about recognising your own leadership skills and abilities, and taking responsibility for using and developing these. The way you exercise self-leadership influences how you demonstrate all other leadership capabilities in your practice. -
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Leadership Thing 7 – Motivating and inspiring others.
Through your day-to-day practice you can motivate and inspire other people in many ways. -
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Leadership Thing 8 – Empowering leadership
Through your day-to-day practice you may find you have opportunities to empower others. -
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Leadership Thing 9 – Creativity and innovation
In your day-to-day practice you may find you are in a good position to see how things could be done differently and better. Being creative and innovative doesn’t have to mean coming up with grand schemes that will transform the service. Small changes can have a big impact on the lives of the people who you support.
This Open Badge is awarded to social services workers in Scotland who have worked through the following Things in the SSSC 23 Things for Leadership programme and have been awarded the Open Badges for each.
- Thing 5: Showing vision as a leader.
- Thing 6: What does self-leadership mean?
- Thing 7: Motivating and inspiring others.
- Thing 8: Empowering leadership.
- Thing 9: Creativity and innovation.
- Thing 10: Collaborating and influencing.
- Thing 11: The 6 leadership capabilities.
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Scottish Social Services Council
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