Course description
Leadership Skills for Allied Health Professionals
This programme has been designed specifically for allied health professionals working in therapy services at bands 6 and 7. The course will enable team leaders and senior therapists to gain an understanding or brush up on the essential skills involved in the leadership and management of both staff and work related tasks. It is aimed at those wanting to increase their knowledge of leadership and management whilst developing their self-awareness and considering areas for development. It has been developed with input from therapists to ensure it meets the specific needs of this group. The course will take around 18 hours to complete and is composed of a number of different modules, each focussing on a specific topic. On completion, you can submit your learning activities to the course provider and if completed to a satisfactory level, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Intended for all Allied Health professionals working in bands 6 and 7 or band 5s aspiring to a leadership role
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By the end of this course, you will
- Increase understanding of the role of a leader in Therapy Services
- Be aware of the core leadership and management skills
- Develop existing management and team leadership skills
- Develop strategies for giving feedback and dealing with difficult people in difficult situations
- Understand personal management principles and ways of improving effectiveness
- Appreciate the problem solving process and understand how to work through to solutions
- Understand change and how to implement change in the workplace
Training Course Content
Topics
- Introduction to Leadership and Management
- Understanding distinction between leadership and management
- Management styles
- Qualities of a manager
- Team Building
- Team dynamics
- Lifecycle of a team and appropriate management styles (Tuckman)
- Team roles (with reference to Belbin)
- Benefits and problems with team working
- Motivating staff
- Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
- Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- Motivating according to personality types
- Communication
- Communication dynamics
- Non-verbal communication
- Overcoming barriers to effective communication
- Giving Feedback
- Rules of giving feedback
- Qualities, attributes and skills
- Ways of giving constructive feedback
- Dealing with difficult people
- Identifying people we have difficulty in dealing with
- Considering strategies to adopt
- Managing Time
- Urgency / Importance grid to prioritise
- Tools and techniques
- Strategies to deal with time bandits
- Problem solving
- Identifying root cause and scope of problem
- Techniques for problem solving – brain storming and mind-mapping
- Evaluation of potential solutions using De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
- Decision making tools (5 point scoring)
- Implementing change
- Brief introduction to change management
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Force Field Analysis
- Gantt charts
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Course delivery details
This programme is available through self-directed learning or as an in-house training option for organisations.
Reviews
Average rating 5
Continuing Studies
Learners can progress to an ILM Level 3 or ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management
A very thorough course, with lots of practical tips. I would recommend any new team lead/ manager for this course.