Leadership and Management

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Foundation Degree Social Care

• Leadership and Management
• Presented by Sheila Vinson, Director BTS
  Godalming College
• Steve Carroll,
  Operations Manager, South London Nursing Homes
• John Strangwick, Director, Clarendon
  Care Services Ltd

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A partnership initiative between Godalming
College CoVE and Farnborough College
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What is a Foundation Degree?

• Work based vocational degree
• Employer involvement
• Accessibility
• Progression
• Flexibility
• Partnership

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What is a Foundation Degree?

• 2 year degree programme Year 1 level 4
• Year 2 level 5
• Awarded by University of Surrey
• Modular based programme to build credits
• 240 credits required to achieve Foundation
  Degree
• - Progress in career
• - Progress into Honours Degree (Year 3 level 6)

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Course Rationale

• Majority of learning, reflective practice and
  evaluation
• takes place in the work setting
• No exams assessment is assignment and portfolio
  
• based
• Recognises workforce development strategy of NVQ
  
• qualification at level 4

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Course Structure
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Leadership Management Module

• Developed by a working group of Surrey (Social
  Care) employers
• Rationale
• Work based with employers integral to outcomes
• Adult Childrens services, Residential
  Domiciliary Care
• Service user involvement
• Person centred
• New professional status.
• Aims
• The module seeks to give students knowledge and
  understanding of
• 1. Theory practical application of leadership
  in care
• 2. Theory practical application of management
  of people and resources.
• 3. user led service delivery in all aspects of
  care.

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Leadership and Management Module

• Leadership
• styles
• emotional intelligence
• managers of the future
• team building
• delegation
• Business Planning
• vision and entrepreneurialism
• innovation
• managing change
• roles and responsibilities

• Management
• recruitment and selection
• supervision
• appraisal
• staff development and CPD
• performance management
• conflict management
• Service Led Delivery
• organisational structures
• responsibility and accountability
• marketing communications
• customer service
• quality assurance

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Course Delivery

• Usual NVQ 4 delivery
• Integrated work based and taught elements
• Two thirds of the degree is completed in the
  workplace
• Support in the workplace by mentor/tutor

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Entry Requirements

• No formal stipulations
• NVQ Level 4 Health and Social Care or RMA
  accredited as prior learning achievement (80
  credits)
• Individualised approach based on interview
• Information, advice and guidance
• Fees
• Year 1 1,275 (inclusive of NVQ)
• Year 2 1,275
• Progression to Level 6
• Open university BA/BSc (Hons) Health Social
  Care
• Surrey University BSc (Hons) Health Social
  Care
• 240 credit entry requirements