The increasing pressures on the health and social care system – and constantly changing legislation and policy – mean that there’s now a focus on finding and encouraging evidence-based and innovative ways of delivering care and support.
This webinar looked at how leadership in strengths-based approaches requires a shift from the traditional paternalistic model focused on ‘fixing’ people, to getting alongside them and taking a holistic picture of their lives to identify how best outcomes can be achieved. The webinar focussed on leadership behaviours and practices and it accompanies a new SCIE report on this topic.
Webinar recording: Leadership in strengths based social care – October 2019
Among the issues discussed were:
- Encouraging creativity and innovation
- Encouraging a positive attitude to risk – and a no blame culture
- Encouraging professional autonomy and trust the workforce.
Speakers:
- Chair: Ewan King, Chief Operating Officer, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Charlotte Augst, Chief Executive, National Voices
- Andrew Reece, Head of integrated Learning Disability Service, London Borough of Camden.
The Care Act 2014 emphasises the importance of a person-centred, outcomes-focused approach that promotes individual wellbeing. This has resulted in strengths-based approaches, sometimes called asset-based approaches, rapidly being adopted across social care for adults, children and young people, and families.
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Downloads
- Leadership in strengths-based social care insights briefing
- Slides from the webinar: Leading in strengths based social care, Ewan King, Chief Operating Officer, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Slides from the webinar: What makes health and illness? An asset based approach, Dr Charlotte Augst, Chief Executive, National Voices
- Slides from the webinar: Strengths Based Practice in Camden: The start of a journey, Andrew Reece, Head of Camden Learning Disability Service
View report online: Leadership in strengths-based social care