Becoming a director in social care

In today’s complex and ever-changing social care landscape, a director role demands resilience, innovation, and unwavering confidence. This programme is your tailored solution to navigate these challenges successfully while making a meaningful impact on the care of the people you support and your organisation.

It’s delivered by industry leaders with evidence-based leadership development expertise.

The content is contemporary, relevant and personalised to the unique needs of aspiring directors.

Read on if you:

• Are thinking about your next career move into a director role.
• Are a current director or owner who is thinking about success planning.
• Would like to offer a colleague a leadership pathway to a director role.

Register for: Becoming a director in social care

Why choose this programme?

Transform your leadership: Gain access to proven strategies, tools, and insights from accomplished directors of social care and nationally respected leaders. From system leadership to personal resilience, every module is crafted to help you thrive.

Grow your confidence and competence: Build the expertise you need to inspire teams, drive organisational change, and tackle real-world challenges with clarity and precision.

Develop essential networks: Collaborate with a small, dedicated cohort of like-minded leaders. Exchange ideas, ask questions, and form connections within a safe and supportive environment.

The programme

There are three immersive face-to-face residentials, combined with six dynamic online workshops, all delivered by experts in their field.

Face to face workshops

• Personal leadership journey.
• Working with the media.
• Brave and authentic leadership.
• Leading collaborative, strengths based change.
• Presentation of self.
• Organisational structures, innovation and new models.

Live online workshops

• Managing the narrative and media communications.
• Human rights based leadership.
• Coproduction and working with people with lived experience.
• Numbers to knowledge.
• Developing the workforce of the future.
• Health and social care integration.

A more detailed description of each workshop, the presenters and what you’ll get out of each one will be available soon.

What you will achieve

• Leading with confidence, resilience, and ambition.
• Inspiring high-performing teams and fostering inclusive, dynamic work environments.
• Developing advanced decision making skills to address complex issues.
• Building a strong foundation of political intelligence and strategic thinking.
• Driving meaningful organisational change and improving outcomes for the people you support and those who work in your organisation.