Leadership in Social Care Practice in United Kingdom

LEADERSHIP IN SOCIAL CARE PRACTICES, UK
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Leadership in Social Care Practice, UK
Introduction
"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." Jack Welch (Schmiedel 2017)
Leadership is the facilitator of well-operating organizations. In a social care practice, well-led professionals contribute positively to families and communities to improve support, life opportunities, and wellbeing. These practices safeguard the most vulnerable families, adults, and children (Vito 2020). Social care in the UK is a profession in crisis undervalued by other professions in the society. Social care with strong leadership is crucial in sustaining the occupation. The core elements of leadership in social care are similar to other disciplines, which means that social care leadership should not be considered different from other sectors. A leader who focuses on learning something new can achieve set goals through self-awareness and team development (Smith et al., 2018). Hence, social care leadership prioritizes team development, allowing employees to handle tasks independently.
Social leaders create an environment where everyone feels safe and tries to try new things. Leadership is known as a synonym for learning. The best leaders constantly learn and figure out to fill the gap and develop necessary skills to improve the work environment. The Healthcare sector benefits from leadership with active policies and practices (McGee 2019). The report starts with the concept of leadership and its role in change management. The social care leadership used in the paper is from the United Kingdom. The first section in the discussion facilitates change, explaining why change is needed in social care, which could be done using theories and concepts of the organizational change process. The second section explains leadership models where we compared and contrasted three models of leadership and their application at the individual, corporate, and global levels. The third section discusses the factors resisting the change and explains how good leaders can tackle the situation. In the end, a reflection based on my strengths and weaknesses further highlights my preferred leadership style and its role in negotiating new techniques.
Leadership and Social Care
Change is the transition process from one state to another through internal and external factors. Organizational change is a continuous process to handle specific challenges and avail opportunities at work (Sharp et al., 2018). Like other sectors, social care settings need constant changes to serve best to communities. The critical factors that required change in the social care setting are political, economic, social, and technological. Political factors state reforming services in health and social care to meet citizens' expectations; these factors attempt to manage social issues like mortality and morbidity. In the UK, the current active legislations are Health Act 1999 and Health and Social Care Act 2012. These policies have brought reforms in health and social care services. The social Care Act 2012 ...