My Home Life: Leadership Support programme in London and Wales

The My Home Life Leadership Support Programme has been successfully delivered to over 900 managers/leaders in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales, bringing significant impact within the homes/care settings.

The programme works with a wide range of leaders within health and social care.

Our programme consists of a 4-day workshop followed by monthly action learning sets and a completion day. Through this, our trained professional facilitators aim to support you on a journey of personal and professional development, to lead cultural development within your care settings that supports a culture that is relational, personalised, dignified and compassionate.

Who is it for?

For care home workers at any level. Our programme is for those wanting to develop as individuals and as professionals leading change.

Timetable

Delivery of the MHL Leadership Support programme for up to 16 care home managers over 12 months

Each group consisting of:

• 4 day workshop delivered by 2 experienced facilitators
• 7 Short days of Action Learning sets delivered by 1 experienced facilitator
• 1 completion day (closure of group)

Benefits

Bespoke programmes can also be developed for organisations such as the council, care provider and trusts catering to your needs. Please get in touch via the contacts details below for more information.

Outcomes reported by managers already on the programme:

• Increased resilience, less at risk of burn-out
• Advancement of skills and strategies to drive forward transformational change
• Improvements in staff wellbeing and resident/ family quality of life
• Improved relationships with external agencies
• A calmer more relational environment to live and work
• Evidence of participation in quality scheme recognised highly by the government and CQC.

During the first two months of the leadership support programme, each group of 16 care home managers come together on 4 occasions (2 x 2 day workshop sessions) to learn about the evidence base for best practice and the importance of relationships to ensuring quality. They examine their leadership style and consider their pivotal role as agents of change. These workshop days will help the Group reflect deeply on the skills and best practice required to transform the culture in their Care Homes.

Following the workshop days, the group of managers are split into morning and afternoon sub-groups for monthly action learning will support participants to take forward changes in their homes through a process of action learning (7 day sessions in total). Managers will meet as a whole group for lunch discussions.

Action learning involves learning through action. It is a continuous process of learning and reflection, supported by colleagues, with an intention of getting things done. It recognises that individuals learn best when they learn with and from each other, by working on real problems and reflecting on their own experiences with the intention of achieving improvement and transformation in the workplace.

The Leadership Support Programme concludes with Validation and celebration. The day is important because it not only recognises the contribution made by the managers thus far but also encourages them to promote and sustain the Programme.

Highly experienced Action Learning facilitators are trained and supported by the My Home Life Team at City University, to lead the sessions

No assessment. You will receive a certificate of learning from City, University of London’s My Home Life England Programme.

This course is provided by the School of Health & Psychological Sciences.

All participants are required to be currently working in a care home setting.

English requirements

For those students whose first language is not English the following qualification is also required:

• IELTS: 7.0