Whether you are a rock, pop or panpipe person, may mean more for your choice of care home than just a few years back. Today we are seeing lots of different interest based residential care homes pop up.
These are answering the prayers for people who would like to live with others sharing the same interests. All sorts of care homes are emerging, from music lovers to outdoorsy or the upcoming first LGBT care homes.
We sat down with Sophie Coulthard, author of The Care Leader's Handbook and host of our favourite podcast The Road to Outstanding. The topic of conversation was leadership, and how everyone can step into leadership - also in a social care setting.
Changing the way things are being done is not something that can just be done by the flick of a switch. Our way of doing things is deeply entrenched in our habits. These set routines also carry over to our work. And if managers or directors want to change the routines, they usually just send out an e-mail describing the new change. So, does the change take effect just because of that e-mail?
When you decide to take the plunge and become more digital there are things to be wary of. We have outlined 6 steps – from the contract signing to the evaluation meeting!
