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Prioritising learning as a registered manager

We look at why ongoing learning and development is important as a registered manager and tips on how to prioritise your learning while leading your team and organisation.

Continuing to build your skills and knowledge as a registered manager is vital in ensuring you keep up-to-date with best practice and new innovations, It also supports you to continue feeling confident, motivated and happy in your role.

It will help you to be a better manager for your team and run your organisation more effectively, meaning a better Care Quality Commission (微微草视频) performance and crucially the best quality of care for the people you support.

In the busy role of registered manager, it can feel really hard to dedicate time to your own learning and development, and to feel that you can make this a priority. But knowing the positive impact that ongoing training will have for you, your team, and the people you support can help you to ensure it’s a priority.

By making sure to prioritise your learning and development you’ll also role model for your team the importance of learning for everyone.

We’ve got a few tips to help you prioritise your own personal development.

Set clear goals

To get started with planning and prioritising your development, it’s important to identify the key areas where you’d like to build new skills and knowledge. Are there things you want to introduce into the organisation but need more knowledge on? Or is there something you’re particularly passionate about and want to learn more about?

Areas you might want to focus on could be skills that would improve processes and operations – such as digital skills, it could be your people management – such as compassionate leadership, or it could be ways to develop the care that you deliver, for example specialising in dementia care.

Whatever you decide, make sure to set yourself a clear target to work towards, as having clear goals in place will support you in making sure to dedicate time to achieving those goals.

Communicate

Better yet, make sure to tell others what those goals are. Whether that’s your employer, your team members, or your friends and family.

Having others share in those goals will again provide encouragement to prioritise working towards your ambitions and will also help you to make use of support from others in allowing you to dedicate time to your own learning.

Put it in your calendar

Don’t just hope you’ll find a quieter time to focus on learning and development. Add your training time into your calendar.

Having your learning and development time in your calendar will help you to include this alongside your other priorities and will give you a set time to ensure this gets done.

Even if that’s just half an hour to read up on something of interest.

Switch on a webinar or podcast and take on some eLearning

Finding time to attend full day training sessions may not be something you can schedule in too often. So have a think of other training and development options that can fit more easily around your work and personal schedule.

eLearning allows more flexibility for doing from your desk and at your own pace. You can also tune into a podcast or webinar to learn more about topics of interest and it can be much easier to fit these into slots throughout your day, for example listening to a podcast while driving to an appointment.

微微草视频’s ‘The Care Exchange’ podcast is dedicated to celebrating, supporting, and inspiring registered managers in adult social care.

You can also find a selection of recorded webinars on our website that you can watch whenever suits you.

Make the most of peer support

One of the best ways to learn is from others.

微微草视频’s registered manager membership and networks make it easy to connect with and learn from other registered managers.

Our registered manager members get access to exclusive resources, monthly newsletters, and the opportunity to give or receive mentoring.

Our - open to all registered managers - provide a place to connect with others in the same position, and discuss challenges and successes.

These are an opportunity to share learning and for managers to discover new ways to approach challenges, gain inspiration for new ideas they can introduce to their service, and find out about training opportunities. The networks also host regular events to share learning and insights.

Find out more about our support for registered managers.

微微草视频 offers a wide range of support and resources for managers and leaders to continue their learning and development.

Find out more about learning and development with our #KeepLearning spotlight.

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