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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Governance, Accountability, and Professional Duties

HSC603 · Principles of Leadership and Management — Week 9 of 16

CourseHSC603
Week9 of 16
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This week’s topics

Governance, Accountability, and Professional Duties

  1. Professional codes of conduct
  2. Legal liability and statutory duties
  3. Delegation versus accountability
  4. Duty of candour and whistleblowing protocols
  5. Overview of the legal duty
  6. Whistleblowing in Employment Law (UK): Risks, Rights & Employer Responsibilities

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Examine roles and responsibilities, accountabilities and duties in a health and social care setting.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: examine roles and responsibilities, accountabilities and duties in a health and social care setting.

Study materials

Videos

  • Overview of the legal duty · YouTube · Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · 12 min · for registered students
  • Whistleblowing in Employment Law (UK): Risks, Rights & Employer Responsibilities · YouTube · Thomson Snell & Passmore · 10 min · for registered students
  • Governance made simple: Funding, roles, routines and oversight that works | Live Webinar · YouTube · CareTutor · 73 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Care and support statutory guidance (Care Act 2014, DHSC) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Business Ethics, 7.5: Criticism of the Company and Whistleblowing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 199–205 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 7.4–7.5: Authority, delegation and centralisation · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 231–233 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theoretical Foundations of Leadership and Management
  • Week 2: Sector Challenges and Contemporary Leadership
  • Week 3: Determinants of Workforce Performance
  • Week 4: Job Satisfaction and Employee Engagement
  • Week 5: Strategic Performance Management Systems
  • Week 6: Team Leadership Models and Dynamics
  • Week 7: Multidisciplinary Teamwork and Collaborative Delivery
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Governance, Accountability, and Professional Duties
  • Week 10: Policy Formulation and Strategic Implementation
  • Week 11: Key Role Evaluation in Policy Delivery
  • Week 12: Applying Principles of Leadership and Management in practic…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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