Management Development Opportunities
Management Induction
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The Professional Development Unit
Management Qualifications
A range of national accredited qualifications is available for new and experienced managers. A small number of places sponsored by the Childrens Social Services Training Group are available each year. This is subject to a selection process and selection criteria include business needs and an individual development need identified through the personal development process.
Additional information can be obtained from The Professional Development Unit
Level 3 Diplomas – First Line Management
This is for practicing managers or supervisors with a tightly defined area of responsibility, some limited opportunity for taking decisions and managing budgets, for the allocation of work to team members, colleagues or contractors. This qualification would also be appropriate for staff who aspire to move into a supervisory role.
Further information about content and commitment of the above courses is available on the website.
Level 5 Diploma – Management and Leadership
This is for practicing managers with responsibility for allocating work to others, achieving specific results by using resources effectively, carrying out policy in your defined areas of authority, controlling limited financial budgets and contributing to broader activities such as change programmes and recruitment. You should have spent at least three years working in a management position or similar experience at this level and have achieved a management or equivalent qualification at level 3.
Further information about content and commitment of the above courses is available on the website.
Level 7 Diploma – Strategic Management and Leadership
Further information about content and commitment of the above courses is available on the website.
Executive Diploma in Strategic Management
Further information about content and commitment of this course is available on the website.
Additional information about all of the above qualifications can be obtained from The Professional Development Unit
Management Short Courses
As a Division within the Children, Families and Education (CFE) Directorate, all managers are expected to be proficient in key areas of competence:
- Investigation Training
- Evaluation
- Positive Action
- Recruitment and Selection
- Line Manager Induction
- Employee Relations (Managing Performance, Managing Poor Performance and Managing Absence)
- Appraiser Training
- Making Behaviours work for Managers
- Positive Management of Mental Health
- Impact Assessment Training
- Managing Health and Safety Training
Further information on all of the above can be accessed through CFE Staff Training and development.
Other Management Short Courses are commissioned by the Professional Development Unit (CSS) are published on the Course Calendar.
Managers seeking advice relating to Management Development should direct their queries to The Professional Development Unit