Inclusive leadership in health and care – online course

The NHS London Workforce Equality and Inclusion team has launched the fifth course in their Core Managers Training Programme series, which provides free inclusive leadership training for all health and social care supervisors and managers in London, and beyond.

The online training programme has been developed on the back of recommendation 8 of the London Workforce Race Strategy. The Core Managers programme consists of online, self-directed training for all line managers and supervisors who want to develop insight, skills and confidence to build cultures of compassion, inclusion and belonging for their diverse workforces. The programme has been designed to offer flexibility as a suite of online short courses.

• Inclusive leadership – the first six-week course in the series, which focuses on inclusive and compassionate leadership, will help managers and supervisors to develop the skills needed to improve diversity and equality in the health and care sector. It’s recommended when registering that completion of the Inclusive Leadership course is done first within the suite.
• Creating a Psychological Contract – the second five-week course in the series enables participants to harness their inclusive leadership skills to create and maintain good psychological contracts, which are unwritten agreements that define the relationship, commitments and expectations between leadership and staff.
• Noticing and Challenging Microaggressions – the third four-week course in the series focuses on what microaggressions look like, and what participants can do to challenge them in any healthcare facility.
• Effective Allyship – the fourth four-week course in the series enables participants to understand what being an ally is and how allyship can lead to positive culture change in any healthcare facility.
• Increasing Disability Positivity – the newly launched fifth four-week course in the series enables participants to create a disability positive culture to empower all team members to work effectively and succeed in their role.

The online training will help you to develop the leadership skills needed to improve diversity and equality in health and care. From gaining an understanding of core equality and diversity policies to putting theory into practice, you’ll learn the impact that discrimination, privilege, intersectionality and allyship have in the workplace. You will also get to reflect on how your work experiences have shaped your own attitudes, identify staff and groups who need support, and design policies that allow you to lead inclusively.

The online programme is flexible, so you can learn at your own pace.  We strongly encourage all managers and supervisors who work in health and social care to take up this great opportunity, which is part of the driving force to make equality a reality for health and social care staff in London and beyond.

Register for the free programme on the NHS London Leadership Academy website today.

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