Management Induction Standards

Manager Induction Standards for adult social care -- published summer '08

The social care management induction standards have been developed by Skills for Care to meet an identified gap in the overall range of products that support the national strategy for leadership and management development. They are part of the extended suite of products that support the leadership and management strategy.

The Skills for Care leadership and management products provide essential tools for employers and individuals to use in providing high quality leadership and management. Providing Effective Supervision has received much positive comment since it was launched in July 2007 as part of the latest phase of products and we are now very pleased to launch the Adult Social Care Manager
Induction Standards and Supporting Guidance.

The value base

The standards are based upon management practice which has person-centred planning at its heart, with people who use services firmly in control and identifying what is personally important for the achievement of preferred outcomes.

Managers must develop services which are person-centred, seamless and proactive. They should support independence, not dependence, and allow everyone to enjoy a good quality of life, including the ability to contribute fully to their communities. This 'personalised' value base means that the Manager Induction Standards will help social care to meet the seven expected outcomes for people who use adult care services expressed in Putting People First - a shared
vision and commitment to the transformation of adult social care (DH 2007), concerning independence, health, freedom from inappropriate social burdens, social and economic participation, quality of life and dignity and respect.

The standards also support the seven Common Core Principles to Support Self Care that promote informed choices, effective communication and confidence, access to information, skills development, use of technology, support networks for care planning and evaluation, and supported risk management, for people caring for themselves. These core principles, published by Skills for Care and Skills for Health in 2008, are a working out of the social model of care.

Who the standards are for

The standards are for all 'new' managers of adult social care -- that's those new to management and those new in post who have previously managed other care services. They are also intended for aspiring or potential managers, to help support their development, although evidence of having met some of the standards will require actual management experience.

The standards are intended to be used in a very wide range of settings-to include people who manage their own services and micro employers as well as small, medium and large organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors. The standards have been mapped to the core units of the National
Occupational Standards for Leadership and Management for Care Services (LMC, first published 2008), referenced in the right hand column of the web edition of the standards.

New managers should normally have demonstrated all the outcomes within six months of taking up a management role.

Different editions of these standards

The free web edition of the Manager Induction Standards can be downloaded below. In addition to this edition, Skills for Care has published two books of the standards, which add extensive guidance on how to use the standards for effective induction of new managers. These two books are:

• The New Manager's Guide, a workbook with 'sign-off' space, intended for new managers themselves, and aspiring or potential new managers, which includes a blank certificate of successful completion

• The New Manager's Manager, for those who manage new managers, or are mentors to them, with added information about assessing a new manager's induction progress.
  

These books are available as print editions only at £17 each incl.P&P, and can be ordered from the Skills for Care bookshop by clicking on the thumbnails above.

Downloads

Manager Induction Standards - Web edition (pdf, 10pp, 124kb)

quick guide for new managers employing their own staff using direct payments of individual budgets