An Introduction to Leading with Kindness and Compassion in Health and Social Care
Develop your understanding of how to lead with compassion and kindness within the health and social care sectors.
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An Introduction to Leading with Kindness and Compassion in Health and Social Care
This introductory three-week course from The King’s Fund is for anyone working in or interested in health and social care in its broadest sense, regardless of experience or role.
It’s designed to introduce you to some of the foundations of leadership, kindness, and compassion. You’ll explore why these qualities matter now more than ever, and how to develop your personal practice of kind and compassionate leadership.
Understand why kindness and compassion matter
With so many overlapping pressures facing the health and social care system, and the inequities that many groups continue to experience, kindness and compassion can be hard to practice and sustain.
Research shows a compelling link between compassion in leadership and staff wellbeing, team performance, and better outcomes for patients and service users. The need for kindness and compassion in health and care leadership is increasingly being reflected in national policy work across the UK.
Recognise what kind and compassionate leadership looks like
As well as deepening your understanding and knowledge of leadership in health and care, this course will help you develop your own practice of kind and compassionate leadership.
You’ll hear from leaders and experts from across the health and care system and explore some practical ways that you can develop a compassionate mindset and cultivate kindness and compassion in your relationships with others.
Learn from experts in health and social care from The King’s Fund
Established in 1897, The King’s Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England.
They have a recognised history of leadership and organisational development in the UK’s health and social care sectors, and you’ll be learning from specialists in these fields throughout.
What topics will you cover?
- How key concepts relating to kind and compassionate leadership are defined
- The evidence for improved patient and service user outcomes
- The evidence for staff wellbeing, performance and innovation
- The evidence for kind and compassionate leadership in the context of social inequities and social justice
- Understanding what gets in the way of kind and compassionate leadership
- How to lead yourself with kindness and compassion
- How to model kindness and compassion to others
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Engage with the evidence around why kindness and compassion is important for improving outcomes, staff wellbeing and performance and inclusive organisational cultures
- Reflect on your own leadership behaviours and the behaviours you see around you in the workplace
- Practice simple and every day techniques to model self-compassion and kindness towards others
- Discuss the wider systemic issues that prevent kindness and compassion from being present in health and care
- Explore the different ways in which we define the concepts of leadership, kindness and compassion
- Begin to develop a personal practice of kind and compassionate leadership
Who is the course for?
This course is primarily suited to:
- People working in health and social care, regardless of sector, role or seniority.
- Leaders in the NHS, local government, independent and voluntary, community and social enterprise sector.
- Learners who are thinking about working within the health and social care system
- Patients, service users and carers who use the health and social care system
Who will you learn with?
I work at The King's Fund as a Senior Consultant in Leadership & Organisational Development. I am also co-founder and Director at The Centre for Patient Leadership
I am a Senior Consultant in the leadership and organisation development team at The King's Fund.
Who developed the course?
The King's Fund
The King’s Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and care in England. Its vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all.
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Choose the best way to learn for you!
Subscribe & save
$19.99
For your first month. Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$54/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
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Sample the course materials
- Access expires 24 Dec 2024
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