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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Determining and Managing Skills Requirements

HSC605 · Resource Management in Health and Social Care — Week 2 of 16

CourseHSC605
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Determining and Managing Skills Requirements

  1. Service-user acuity and dependency profiling
  2. Professional competency frameworks
  3. Training needs analysis and skills audits
  4. Continuing professional development and upskilling strategies
  5. Employee Training: Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
  6. Competency Models - Training & Development Lecture 3 Part 6 (Full Version)
  7. Competence Based Training

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Explain the determinants of skills required by health and social care organisations.
  • 1.3 Describe how to address any skills gaps which might exist in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the determinants of skills required by health and social care organisations.

Study materials

Videos

  • Employee Training: Training Needs Analysis (TNA) · YouTube · Galton College · 34 min · for registered students
  • Competency Models - Training & Development Lecture 3 Part 6 (Full Version) · YouTube · Professor Q · 5 min · for registered students
  • Competence Based Training · YouTube · Galton College · 29 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Human Resource Management, ch. 8: Training and Development · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 244–288 · for registered students
  • Principles of Management, ch. 11.6: Talent development and succession planning · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 315–326 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Human Resource Planning
  • Week 2: Determining and Managing Skills Requirements
  • Week 3: Recruitment Planning and Regulatory Compliance
  • Week 4: Selection Methods and Decision-Making
  • Week 5: Workforce Retention and Addressing Talent Deficits
  • Week 6: Financial Information and Managerial Decision-Making
  • Week 7: Financial Ratio Analysis in Health and Social Care
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Short-Term and Long-Term Capital Requirements
  • Week 10: Sources of Finance in the Care Sector
  • Week 11: Strategic Evaluation of Financial Sourcing
  • Week 12: Applying Resource Management in Health and Social Care in p…
  • 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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