Recruitment, Induction and Leadership in Care

Part 1: Recruitment

Task Questions

• Answer the following questions giving examples from your practice to enhance your answers.
• Please read the guide at the bottom of the brief to support you.
• There is a list of books and useful websites at the end of the brief.
• Please also refer to the unit amplification on the standards sent to you when joining the course.
• This activity brief covers knowledge only.

Part 1: Recruitment:

1)Reflect on the impact of the current Legislation, regulations and agreed ways of working and professional codes on the recruitment process.

2)Describe a circumstance when you may need to take advice from a recruitment specialist.

3)Analyse how serious case reviews and inquiries have impacted legislation, regulation and your own policies and procedures.

Part 2: Induction:

1)Reflect on and describe the reasons why the induction process is important for:

-Team members

-Individuals

-The organisation

2)Describe information and support materials used in your induction process.

3)Describe the link between induction processes, qualifications such as the Care Certificate and the QCF 2 3 and 5. How does this link to progression or promotion routes?

4)Describe at length (using critical evaluation) how the induction process is used to help team members understand the organisation’s values and principles. How does the induction process support the compliance of and understanding of policy and procedure?

5)Describe at length how you use the induction process to ensure the safeguarding of individuals and others.

6)Identify different methods that can be used to support the induction process.

7)Describe at length the reasons why it is important that organisations review and improve the induction process continuously.

Part 3: Leadership:

1)Describe the features of effective team performance.

2)Describe at length the challenges faced by:

-A developing team

-An established team

3)Using your answer to question 2:

-How do you overcome these challenges?

4)Reflect on and describe at length how different management styles can impact on team performance. Use examples from your own practice.

5)Reflect on and describe at length how you develop and maintain the trust and accountability of team members.

6)Using examples from your practice, describe and compare the effectiveness of different ways of addressing conflict within a team.

7)Describe the team objectives. How do you use the skills, interests, knowledge and expertise of team members to meet these objectives?

8)Describe at length the management processes that you have in place when performance does not meet organisation requirements and agreed ways of working.