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Leadership Thing 23 – Using leadership development
Scottish Social Services Council
There are a range of standards for various groups in the workforce which relate to leadership and management. All of these standards can be, and are, used to underpin leadership development activity and qualifications. You can also use them to help you guide your leadership development which in turn supports your career development. -
Leadership Thing 22 – Why leadership is important
Scottish Social Services Council
The first leadership strategy for social services in Scotland’s was published in 2013, informed by the evaluation of the Changing Lives policy from 2006 and the Leading Together research commissioned in 2010. Significant changes and challenges in the sector following that led to development of a revised strategy called Enhancing leadership capability. -
Leadership Thing 21 – What does good leadership look like?
Scottish Social Services Council
What does good leadership in Scotland’s Social Services look and feel like for those who work in them and those served by them? The 'Enabling Leadership' research commissioned by the SSSC in 2016 focussed on this and provides an overview of relevant leadership theory, a discussion about good leadership, information on contribution analysis and the core methodology used, a theory of change and the leadership logic model. -
Leadership Thing 19 – Citizen leadership
Scottish Social Services Council
Scotland’s social services need effective leadership at all levels of the workforce and everyone has a leadership role to play. Citizen Leadership is about recognising the leadership skills of people using services, supporting their leadership development and involving them to make sure services meet their needs. -
Leadership Thing 14 – Resilience and my self-leadership
Scottish Social Services Council
Scotland’s social services need effective leadership at all levels of the workforce and everyone has a leadership role to play, whatever their role at work. Leadership begins with leading ourselves and the SSSC self-leadership capability includes being resilient. Resilience helps us to pursue our goals despite obstacles and setbacks. -
Leadership Thing 11 – The six leadership capabilities
Scottish Social Services Council
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. -
Leadership Thing 8 – Empowering leadership
Scottish Social Services Council
Through your day-to-day practice you may find you have opportunities to empower others. -
Leadership Thing 6 – What does self-leadership mean for me?
Scottish Social Services Council
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. -
Leadership Thing 4 – Others’ view of my leadership
Scottish Social Services Council
360 degree assessment is a process in which you rate your own leadership performance, and ask people who know you well in a work capacity to rate your performance too. These feedback tools are designed to help you reflect on your leadership capability and identify your strengths and areas for development.