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Preparing for Management

This course looks at the expectations on managers and is designed for people who are thinking of moving into their role. It looks at the natures of the roles with a particular emphasis on ways of supporting workers to develop within their roles and take charge of their own professional development.

Objectives

By the end of the course participants will be able to:
The management role

• Describe the expectations that the organisation and workers have of managers
• Identify the political issues that impact on the work of an organisation
• Use the relevant standards frameworks that govern activities
  

Leadership issues

• Examine the benefits of different types of leadership style
• Use their negotiation and communication skills to manage upwards within the organisation,
• Work with their own and the organisation’s change process

Supervision and appraisal

• Structure sessions with either a worker or a manager.
• Give and receive constructive feedback
• Make use of the supervision process to support their professional and personal development
• Use the supervision process to monitor the quality of work and address performance issues.
  

Professional Development

• Create a professional development plan that supports their work aspirations
• Reflect on their own work in a structured way to identify areas of strength and areas for improvement.
• Clarify ways of learning at work that have the most benefit for team members and themselves
• Use a portfolio to structure and record learning
  

Who will benefit from attending?

New managers of drug and alcohol services, or managers who would like a ‘refresher’ course..

Length 4 days – 9:30 – 4:30 (or equivalent)

DANOS Units or other National Occupational Standards:

HSC33 Reflect on and develop your practice
GEN36 Make use of supervision
AC3 Contribute to the development of the knowledge and practice of others
GEN33 Enable other individuals to reflect on their own values, priorities, interests and effectiveness

This course is designed and delivered in association with DrugScope

DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs and the national membership organisation for the drug field. Our aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related harms - to individuals, families and communities. We provide quality drug information, promote effective responses to drug taking, undertake research, advise on policy-making, encourage informed debate - particularly in the media - and speak for our member organisations working on the ground.

Please note
All our courses are commissioned for groups and organisations. If you have more than three people who would benefit from working together on this topic, use the link at the the bottom of the page to contact me, or click here to find out more about getting us to deliver a programme.

We regret that we do not have an open access programme