Welcome to the first step of the Lothian Care Academy Leadership Pathway.
Here you’ll find out about what the leadership pathway is and how to navigate it, including a brief introduction to what leadership is.
We’ve also included a self-reflection starter below, for you to have a think about where your skills already are, and what learning you might want to prioritise first.
Throughout the pathway you will find a variety of activities, these will be identified by icons:
Activities identified by this image may include watching a video, completing a work based activity or undertaking an online module
Look out for this icon, as we will provide questions to help prompt you in your learning, perhaps by asking you to consider key points or points of view.
Reflective practice is an important skill in a care career, there will be several points throughout the pathway when you will be encouraged to reflect on your learning and practice.
When you see this image you will be prompted to take some time to reflect
To help you capture your learning, we’ve created a reflective book which is downloadable to help you record your thinking and reflections as you make your way through the pathway.
Things to look out for as you explore the Leadership Pathway Resource:
Within the 3 stages: building, developing and expanding, you will see that they have been broken into three different factors of leadership, by breaking it down it will enable you to consider where your own strengths lie and any areas you want to develop further;
Leading yourself
Leading others
Leading within an organisation.
Remember: that as you progress through the pathway you will be collating evidence that can be used for other awards, learning objectives or supervision
YOUR SUGGESTED FIRST ACTIVITIES:
To help you to start thinking about leadership watch this 5 minute clip by Simon Sinek:
At a starting point of any learning you should consider undertaking some self-reflection:
- think about what leadership skills you have already ?
- what area of development you might want to prioritise first?
Use the downloadable Self Reflection Template to help capture your thoughts
1. After reflecting and identifying your own skills, are you able to identify which of your skills may be considered leadership skills and which could be considered management skills?
2. Is there a difference?
The following resources from Scottish Social Services Council’s Open Badges* may help you answer these questions:
There are a wide variety of leadership materials provided by SSSC Step in to Leadership pages, you may want to take time to explore them further.
Well done you have accessed the first introductory step on the leadership pathway Remember there are another 3 steps for you to explore, but the natural next step is the BUILDING block:
