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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 5 – How do I show vision as a leader?
Scottish Social Services Council
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? -
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. -
Leadership Thing 3 – My leadership style
Scottish Social Services Council
The purpose of reflecting on leadership is to gain a better understanding of yourself (your values, knowledge and skills), so you can learn from your experiences, and adapt and respond to new leadership challenges. -
Leadership Thing 2 – Leadership/Management
Scottish Social Services Council
Management and leadership qualities often overlap but there are distinct differences in the skills that each one requires. It is important to understand the difference between the two. -
Leadership Thing 1 – Everyday leadership
Scottish Social Services Council
Scotland’s social services need effective leadership at all levels of the workforce, as well as citizen leadership from people who access support and their carers. The vision for leadership at all levels in social services means that everyone has a leadership role to play. -
Fundamentals of Facilitation
Scottish Social Services Council
This Open Badge is awarded to people who work through the first 20 pages of the SSSC Facilitation Resource Pack and explain how they will use facilitation to improve outcomes for people using their service. -
Foundations for practice: Communication and relationships
Scottish Social Services Council
This badge is available to people who complete all three badges in the Communication and relationships ebook. -
Foundations for practice: Principles of care
Scottish Social Services Council
This badge is available to people who complete all five badges in the Principles of care ebook.