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Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Workforce Motivation and Workplace Factors

HSC701 · Health and Social Care Leadership — Week 6 of 16

CourseHSC701
Week6 of 16
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This week’s topics

Workforce Motivation and Workplace Factors

  1. Compassion fatigue and professional burnout
  2. Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers
  3. Psychological contracts
  4. Recognition, reward, and retention strategies
  5. #30 Meanings and Effects of Remuneration
  6. Recognising the signs of burnout and stress at work
  7. Career progression and staff retention

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Explore factors influencing motivation and performance in the health and social care sector.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explore factors influencing motivation and performance in the health and social care sector.

Study materials

Videos

  • #30 Meanings and Effects of Remuneration · YouTube · Armin Trost · 26 min · for registered students
  • Recognising the signs of burnout and stress at work · YouTube · acasorguk · 7 min · for registered students
  • Career progression and staff retention · YouTube · NHS England Workforce, Training and Education · 4 min · for registered students
  • Summit 2023: Solving the workforce burnout crisis · YouTube · Nuffield Trust · 65 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Intrinsic Rewards and Employee's Performance with the Mediating Role of Motivation · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Transformational Leadership and Employee Retention · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theories of Leadership in Health and Social Care
  • Week 2: Trust, Governance, and Accountability
  • Week 3: Systemic Challenges in Care Leadership
  • Week 4: Leadership Styles and Strategic Outcomes
  • Week 5: Motivational Theories in Healthcare Organisations
  • Week 6: Workforce Motivation and Workplace Factors
  • Week 7: Performance Management in Health and Social Care
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Reflective Practice, Personal Values, and Organisational Cu…
  • Week 10: Effective Team Dynamics and Leadership Models
  • Week 11: Overcoming Team Challenges and Management Impact
  • Week 12: Applying Health and Social Care Leadership in practice: cas…
  • 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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