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I grew up with Manchesterism. I know what it looks like in practice. It’s not a fad or a trend. It’s been a journey of courage, innovation, partnership and leadership spanning thirty years. It’s about people and place and its shaped how I do what I do……..
It’s my second business birthday!! Where did that time go?! I take time out to reflect on my journey, how my work relationships have changed since I became freelance and the challenges of enabling different in big public sector organisations. I couldn’t let my anniversary go without a nod to my Great Auntie Janie, my childhood role model who taught me I didn’t have to conform
If you’re a social worker or occupational therapist working part time, I’d love to hear your experiences. What are the practical things that make it work? What makes it hard? How do we do more of it? I’m working with the LGA and ADASS to learn more so we can work alongside councils to enable more flexible working to be available more often. Click the pic for more…….
In 2021, the Community Care job seekers survey found that flexible working is the most important benefit that social workers look for in a job and yet only 19% of social work jobs advertised in Community Care were offered with part time or flexible hours. Look closer and you’ll hear stories from social workers telling you that full time is always preferred by employers and that securing a social work job with a non-traditional working pattern is hard to come by. So how do we make flexible working work for social work - safely and in a way that balances the needs of service users with the needs of social workers. I’m looking for your help….Clic the pic to read more
With the sad and concerning news today that the social care workforce has reduced by 50,000 over the last year I’m revisiting my mini blog series focusing on what’s causing social care workforce challenges and how we address them. With the cost of living crisis, energy prices rocketing and mortgage rates rising we can’t afford to not talk about pay. Tackling social care workforce pressures is multi-faceted. There are lots of things we can do differently to help improve the current situation but if we don’t get pay right we won’t have the impact we are looking for. Decent pay is a fundamental foundation of a sustainable adult social care workforce. Click the pic to read more……
As the first week of “back to work” draws to a close I wanted to reflect on my “freelance summer”. It’s my first proper summer as a freelancer because last year I was still very much in start up mode. This year, with a little more than a year's experience of working freelance under my belt, I’ve been able to experience the absolute privilege of a freelance summer and it’s made me think about workplace cultures and the importance of creating time to think. Click the pic to read more
I’m exploring the crucial role of leaders in creating environments where people learn every day and always. It’s a talent that the most pioneering international organisations have mastered. We can’t learn to our full potential if our heads are full and we have no down time or space for reflection. Here’s my advice for maximising your learning potential this summer…….click the pic for more
My Lessons in Learning blog series aims to help leaders to understand how to create learning cultures that enable people to recognise and maximise the impact of the learning that we all do every day and always. I’ve been doing an experiment where for a month I’ve been capturing what I’ve learned on a regular basis to see how this helps me to help leaders create learning environments. Here are my big 3 take aways. Click on the pic to find out more……..
