Leading Teams in Health and Social Care

Leading Teams In Health And
Social Care

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Question 1 .......................................................................................................................................3
As a potential manager in the Health and Social Care sector, what leadership role/s and
theories should Emmie concentrate on in her portfolio? What should Emmie include as the
importance of leadership when leading teams within the Health and Social Care environment?
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Question 2 .......................................................................................................................................7
Analyse the values the theoretical models mentioned in question 1 could play when building
successful teams in the Health and Social Care sector. Assuming you were Emmie, how
would you discuss the stages of team development and strategies to motivate team members
to achieve the organisational objectives in your portfolio?....................................................7
Question 3 .....................................................................................................................................11
What would be your recommendations to Emmie for open communication between her as a
leader and her team members in supporting engagement and team development within Health
and Social Care?...................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION
Leading team refers to a group in which a team leader gives instruction, direction,
guidance and leadership to members to attain specific purpose. It includes an effective team
leaders and their role to manage work among group members for achieving better outcomes.
However, it is necessary to establish effective plan of action and appropriate strategies for
encourage people to perform with dedication (Dimas, Renato Lourenço and Rebelo, 2016). It
consist to allocate tasks according to specialisation of an individual which maintain peace among
them and facilitate to enhance relevant outputs. Moreover, it is necessary for a leader to listen
ideas of employees and share innovative thoughts with them to make correct decisions. In
context of this report, it is based on the case of Emmie, who has just graduated with degree of
BA Honours in health management. This assignment will focus on leadership roles and theories
are required to be concentrated by a potential manager. It will also includes values of theoretical
models while building successful teams in health & social care. The stages of team development
and communication between leaders & team members is given below.
TASK
Question 1
As a potential manager in the Health and Social Care sector, what leadership role/s and theories
should Emmie concentrate on in her portfolio? What should Emmie include as the
importance of leadership when leading teams within the Health and Social Care
environment?
Manager can be described as an individual who is responsible for supervising and
encouraging staff members along with directing progress of an organisation. It can be consider as
an important person who manage overall departmental tasks and allocate appropriate
responsibilities to gain desired outcomes (Kelly, 2018). There are various roles of leadership
which should be focussed by an individual in which some of them are given below.
Managing and supporting – The leaders are responsible for managing and supporting
the team members at all times to ensure that they perform their roles safely and soundly. They
should always be available for providing any help that a team member needs so that the overall
rapport and productivity of the organization is maintained. Leaders also ensure that the needs of
the residents are fulfilled when the co-ordinator is not present. Leaders also provide counselling