There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

This module aims to introduce you to key concepts relating to the management and delivery of services as well as allowing you to develop a personal development plan for your transition into professional life. The module addresses the core themes of leadership and entrepreneurship, looking for you to consider innovative solutions to challenges faced within communities and consider how appropriate services might be implemented. In doing this, the module aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills to lead change in the future.

Topics will include:
• Leadership and management – theory and practice
• Conflict management and resolution
• Organisational aims, strategy, and values
• Audit and quality assurance
• Entrepreneurship
• Social enterprise
• Implementing and managing change within services and communities
• Service-user and stakeholder involvement in service design and implementation
• Project management and resource management
• Global perspectives
• Sustainability of services
• Justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion
• Healthcare technologies.
• Occupational performance, participation, and occupational science to support communities

LO1: Investigate the potential for, and evaluate the implications of, innovative practice and entrepreneurship in health and social care settings.

LO2: Critically discuss the complexities involved in leadership, resource management, evidence base, policy implementation and the management of change and/or creation in relation to a development of a service and/or business.

LO3: Critically appraise service-user engagement in the development and evaluation of health and social care services.

LO4: Critically discuss the changing health and social care context nationally and globally and the implications for current and future health sustainably and social care service delivery.

LO5: Evaluate methods for monitoring quality assurance in relation to a service and/business and equality, diversity, and inclusion in relation to staff and service users.

LO6: Evaluate own knowledge and skill level in order to formulate a personal development plan.