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The Leadership Qualities Framework (LQF) focuses on the values and behaviours that provide the foundations for effective leadership in social care.

Good leadership is very important to high quality care provision, however some people struggle to understand what it means, either for themselves or their organisations.

The Leadership Qualities Framework explains what good leadership looks like and describes the attitudes and behaviours needed for high quality leadership at all levels across the social care workforce.. It can be used by everyone in the social care workforce, no matter what the size of their organisation or the nature of their role.

 

Applying the framework

The framework can be used by individuals to review and reflect on their performance as a leader. It can also be put in place to support recruitment and selection to leadership and management roles and inform the design of staff development and leadership learning programmes as well as reviewing individual, team and organisational development and performance.

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Used by individuals to review and reflect on their performance as a leader. It can also support recruitment and selection to leadership and management roles and inform the design of staff development and leadership learning programmes.

 

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This guidance uses different job descriptions to explain how to dimensions of the framework work in practice and includes questions you can use to reflect on your role as a leader as well as supporting resources.