• Aspiring Leaders programme

      This programme is for those who already have experience managing and leading teams who want to become a senior care manager or director. It gives them the skills and confidence to become highly effective leaders.

    • Find out more

      The next Aspiring Leaders programme is expected to commence in Spring 2012.


      Register your interest
      • Overview
      • How you benefit
      • Dates and fees

      • Overview

        Key points  

        • Develop your leadership potential as a social care professional
        • Extend your capabilities to lead in a complex and changing environment
        • Increase your impact on, and value to, both your employer and service users

        Our aim is for this programme to become the recognised route to excellent high-level leadership in the social care sector. It’s designed to be thought provoking and is tailored to your needs.

        Download the brochure for more details (PDF)  

        Who the programme is for

         

        Employees who:

        • Aspire to be a senior care manager or director
        • Already have experience of managing or leading at a relatively senior level
        • Would like to run a care service or play a larger part in the delivery of high-quality care

         

        Employers who want to:

        • Develop the best senior leaders for their organisation
        • Ensure their leaders can cope with the changes in care delivery 
         

      • How you benefit

        Learners attend three residential modules over three to four days at Ashridge one of the UK’s top business schools. These modules look at the:

        1. User community
        2. Organisation
        3. Wider social and political context

        The modules are spaced over five months, giving you time to apply what you have learnt before moving on. There is preparatory work before each module and some project work afterwards.

        Dates and fees 

        What those on the course gain

        You shape your own structured learning journey. With your commitment, we will encourage you to:

        • Develop your own authentic leadership style, explore its effectiveness in a complex, changing environment
        • Develop the ability to evaluate leadership and change strategies
        • Improve your ability to develop high-performance relationships, teams and partnerships
        • Meet the challenges of leadership, reform and transformation within social care
        • Track the impact of the programme during and after the modules

        Individual employers benefit because:

        • Productivity and effectiveness is increased
        • Staff satisfaction and retention increase
        • You show a commitment to effective leadership and staff development

      • Dates and fees

        Applications for this course are now open. 

        When the programme runs

         

        Aspiring Leaders - programme 4 

        Module 1 

        31 October 2011 - 3 November 2011

        Module 2 

        27 February 2012 - 29 February 2012

        Module 3 

        23 - 26 April 2012

        Do you qualify?

        To take part, you must able to answer yes to the following:

        • Do you work in a social care setting?
        • Do you carry out a management role that impacts on service users with responsibility for others’ work and resources?
        • Do you want to make a bigger contribution to your organisation and shape the social care sector?
        • Are you committed to investing time and energy in a challenging programme?
        • Will your organisation actively support you in taking part in the programme?

        How much it costs

        Your fee includes all tuition, accommodation, refreshments, meals and programme materials.

        The full price is £4,950. Skills Academy members are entitled to a 20% discount.

        Find out more about Skills Academy membership

        Where it takes place

        Ashridge Business school is in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

    • Aspiring Leaders

    • What was key, was a real concentration on the values of the sector, what we’re in business for, and what the business case is. 

      Mark Fitton, Locality Service Manager | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council