Leading Teams in Health and Social Care

This document discusses the role of leadership in leading teams in health and social care. It examines the value of using theoretical models to build a successful team, explains the stages of team development and the leadership style at each stage, and provides recommendations for open communication between team members to support team development.

Leading teams in health and
social care

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Examine the role of leadership in leading teams....................................................................1
Analyse the value of using theoretical models relevant to when building a successful team.4
Explain the stages of team development and the leadership style at each stage to achieve a
successful project outcome.....................................................................................................7
Provide recommendations for open communication between team members to support team
development...........................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Leading Teams in Health and Social Care is described with the support of leadership
under which varied behaviour of all individual is considerate that is used to direct and for sharing
a common goal to reach towards standardised objectives. In this different initiatives is taken by
which patient care and its treatment level get improvised and advanced along with this better
outcome is achieved in terms of health and social care. The health provision is based on team
services in which individual, team or a communities get collaborate (Best and Williams, 2019).
In this leadership play an essential role within the health care as it continuously provide higher
quality, safety and compassionate about care which is always be in priority for service provider.
In this continuous development of knowledge, information, abilities and skills of a healthcare
individual by which they provide better care to patient by which overall experience is enhanced.
The report below is based on the case study of Hannah that really enjoy to manage a team as
by motivating different team members as per based on its roles. In order to make detailed
analysis and deep insight as well as understanding about leadership. As Hannah is initially
started working at a nursery nurse, and as after witnessing care and compassion she provide
stoke to its family member thus decided to work as a social care. In support of this project role of
leadership in terms of leading team, analysis of framework and theoretical model in order to
build successful team, stages of team development and leadership style that is used to achieve
successful outcome is considerate. In addition few recommendations also induced by which open
communication in between team and its development is supported.
MAIN BODY
Examine the role of leadership in leading teams.
Hannah is an individual who wants to start work as a domiciliary care worker within an
small family owned business and to become a head of care services it required that managerial
roles are progressed so that productive outcome is achieved in effective and efficient manner. As
she never get studied about leadership and management but always be excited to know more
about these aspect by which effective designing and planning is provided within new facility. In
this 30 other individual get in dementia as a specialist dementia suite and in addition to this there
is about 49 extra apartments that provide care to patients (Bunn and et. al., 2018). Furthermore
Hannah also get works closely with architects in which different trades people get recruited as in
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terms of wider range of need that is provided to the staff as include administered, career,
maintenance, reception, catering and domestic. In addition Hannah also get involved different
roles as of managing a team that is registered by managers as they are supported by its own
services, better support as a chief executive officer by which working get directed directly as by
sharing and hosting of various services.
Moreover, Hannah also get worked with CQC and other local authorities that ensure to provide
all its services are compliant by which meeting up of regulatory standards is processed with
perfection (Cable and Graham, 2018). It also assists to make better dealing within the complaints
and compliments that is completely processed in relation to the care and with operational
services. In this development of training strategies and training resources is addressed
progressively in relation to an organisation. To make effectual and clear understanding about
leadership is always be necessary as it execute transparent vision and mission that offer
appropriate guidance to each member of team by which fulfilling of roles and regulations is
always get ensure that its effectiveness remain higher by which all the respondent workers get
motivated and encourage so that strong and positive impact on performance and productivity is
addressed in successful and systematic manner. A team leader always get oversees by which
overall operation and functions get provide adequate instruction and guidance as by involving
manager or supervisor, strategist, communicator, organiser and goal setter by which strong level
of determinant is induced. Leader is plays various responsibilities and it are as briefly explained
below as:
Couch team members: It induces effectiveness within which couching as well as
achievement of gaols and target is induced necessarily by which skills and abilities also get
enhanced. The couching basically get involves as of development of team members under which
performance, demonstration and offering of feedback under which expected and desired ethics of
work is enhanced (Christensen, Wilson and Edelman, 2018). In this all the member of a team get
adequate development as in this appropriate instruction is provided by which skills and abilities
both get enlarged and developed in systematic manner. For example, Hannah sales its working
standards under which each team members get worked in clear mode by which leadership
characteristic get advanced. It promotes collective efforts by which alternative efforts and ways
get induced through which balanced level of improvisation is induced in terms of selling and
offering health care.
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Development of team strength and improve weaknesses: It is a responsibilities and roles
that is played by a team leader by which each individual strength is enhanced and weakness get
overcome by providing adequate training and development. It is also being used to motivate and
delegate suitable task through which priority based understanding is developed by which all its
essential areas that is required to develop is enhanced. For instance, Hannah make sure that its
team members make adequate planning so that all the loopholes get overcomes by which long
term awareness and credibility is enhanced in support of budgeting. For this Hannah also pay
suitable request by which overall skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and its abilities get
advanced and it excel long term success and development with better smoothness and flexibility.
Identification of gaols and evaluation of team progress: It is a measure factor that is
based on success and its identification by which higher amount of modification is addressed in
productive manner (de Graaf and et. al., 2020). It is necessary that each and every goal gets
evaluated by which determinant measurement is inducing that prevent all individual from
miscommunication. It is required that strong level of interaction is processed through which long
term connectivity and transparency is induced that is required while working or by providing
clear path so that all care service provide make sure that balanced level of treatment is offered to
patient. For example, Hannah make sure that its management must create higher level of
advancement under which on boarding and on time training is offered to each individual by
which balance level of clarity is addressed within new trainee. In this every activity and ability of
its completion is performed under established deadlines so that working expectations is
improvised.
Resolving conflicts: As in a health and social care aspect different individual who is
having different working traits, personality and motivation get worked all together. In this team
leader make sure that collective responsibility is addressed in which possible outcome is arise as
by setting up of various assigning task and activities (Field and Brown, 2019). In this clear level
of conflicts get resolved as before escalation in which working insight is managed and controlled
by a leader. It also assist to meet conferring by which better level of opportunities is offered in
which effective solution is offered. For instance, Hannah begin to feel supreme delegation in
which task and care is offered with easier by which meeting up of standardised objectives is
attained so that valuable ending is resulted and goals also get completed in timely frame.
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In order to motivate the team Hannah make sure that all individual is having better level
of clarity about technicalities and functions. In this she make sure that verbal and non verbal
communication skills is developed by which effective, clear and directive information is induced.
The organisational skills is developed by which multiple team working is monitored so that
working skills and its capabilities is enhanced by which ability to delegate also get induced so
that higher trust and belief is introduced (Harris and White, 2018). In addition sustained level of
integrity is examined by which likely information is appreciated and respected with sufficiency.
Analyse the value of using theoretical models relevant to when building a successful team.
The leadership theories is basically a discipline that maintain clear focus towards making
of successful leaders in which direct concentration is attained as per specification in which trait
and behaviour of leader is estimated with transparency. In this case per association of case study
different leadership theories are models are used that is as briefly explained below as”
Great man theory of leadership: It is a style of leadership in which that defines that it is a
quality which is presented inborn within an individuals. It assert a leader that they have special
quality in its behaviour and it is as charming, commanding personality, persuasiveness, higher
level of intuition, intelligence, judgement, courage, action and task orientation and
aggressiveness that tough a formal biases of learning. It defines qualities that are carried out
within genes as some are in-born as it is inherited with family. It induces natural qualities that is
used to attain greatness that is divine and it is contented towards inherent which is endowed to
skills and trait of leadership (Hurley and Linsley, 2018). These are the leader those are not
trained or get acquired these skills from their lives as it is naturally presented as in terms of
autonomy, personality, physiological by which common moral and commitment is induced with
perfection. It introduce instinctive urge by which greatness is achieved so that higher success is
attained in relation to support, solace and inspiration. It is also be dependent on some facts that is
as explained below as:
 Leaders are god gifted in terms of mankind and analysed as a divinity and it is directly
get attributes towards actions.
 It is not possible for everyone as it only get aspire who has attain greatness.
 It is an inborn style that is necessary and also be sufficient by which they get easily
influence others and become an individual who is followed by others.
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 The quality of a leader is completely independent on different variables that processed
with the demand of socioeconomic as no one can influence emergence and effectiveness
of a leader.
It is somehow be similar to divine of right that is subjected to hereditary basis and it is
legitimise by god itself. On the basis of case study Hannah believes that the action and quality of
a leader is used to inspire others as without inducing training and tutelage that is inexplicable in
term of genetic theory (Jones and et. al., 2020). In this theory there is no scientific as well as
empirical validity is speculated and it is a biggest weakness of this theory. Thus it is not rejected
in relation to modern theory and it is due to different factors that are as briefly defined below as:
 A leadership quality gets developed as per the gaining and advancing of qualities as there
is nothing that is inborn. It is completely an imaginable quality that leader has inherent
quality and skills as it is freak so that its availability is also be negligible and unreliable.
 Leaders are those who influence others working and it is only get sharpen as per gaining
of knowledge, exposure and training.
 The leadership qualities are not only sufficient to achieve standardised goals and target as
it only get changes as per developed situations and it is considered as emergence and
efficiency.
Situational leadership theories: It is a theory or a style that is selected and induced by right
individual or at right place. In this leader get provide adequate guidance on the basis of need and
requirement of condition (Kim and Beehr, 2020). In this House’s Path goal theory is considerate
that provide better level of comprehend in which adequate motivation is followed and based on
various assumptions that is as explained below as:
 In an individual put more efforts than certain goals are achieved and it is define under
expectancy.
 If a goal is achieved that certain rewards is offered that comes under instrumentality.
 As per consideration of reward higher value is considered and it defines within valance.
The Hannah is able to provide better allowance by which adequate level of assurance is
offered and expected that make difference between each leader and for this guidance and help is
assisted on the basis of situation. It also used to play effectual role in which achievability of
success and development is increases and along with this various styles are considerate that is as
explained below as:
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Directive: It this leader provides authoritative direction as by making clear communication so
that range of knowledge and its experiences get enhanced.
Achievement oriented: It is a style of leader through which working expectation is getting
increases as by taking certain challenges by which adequate level of confidence and
encouragement is offered on the basis of its ability and rate of achievement.
Participative: It is a style of leadership that is usually got considerate on the basis of idea
generation and rate of listening under which rate of credibility is advances.
Supportive: It is a style that is used by Hannah to offer participative concern by which rate of
willingness and need both get advanced with clarity (Kuldova and Quinn, 2018).
In this working ability and capability of Hannah is induced with effectiveness so that
dependency and rate of complexity is reduced in effectual basis. Thus on the basis of these
leadership theory Path gaols leadership theory is used as per concern of case study. As it assists
to make better training and guidance as per suitability of condition so that rate of effectiveness is
managed and controlled systematically. It is best suited as within this Hannah is able to guide
and instruct other so that ability to provide social and health care is promoted in constrained
mode.
Motivation is a process that is used to guide, initiate and maintain behaviour of task and
goal oriented. For this as per concern of this case individual approaches of motivation is used
that is as illustrated below as:
Reward and incentives: It is an approach through which Hannah offered various rewards
to the team members as on the basis of their working performance and productivity (Launer,
2018). It is also be based on actions and task that is performed by an individual so that they get
motivated as rewards might be in terms of monetary or non-monetary as like recognition.
Achievement: It is an aspect under which Hannah provide better level of appreciation in
form of achievement such as award, public recognition, triumph and milestone by which rate of
competency among workers also get enhanced.
Growth: It is a form under which individual get certain path to fulfil its dreams by which
better level of clarity and powerful impact is induced with perfection.
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Explain the stages of team development and the leadership style at each stage to achieve a
successful project outcome.
Team development is basically forming, storming, norming and performing through
which sustained level of changes is altered by which inevitable growth is measured with
perfection.
Tuckman Theory: It is a theory that consists of various stages by which balanced level
of leadership is attained and it is started with directing, moving, coaching, participating and
finishing of various aspects in concern of delegation and it is as briefly illustrate below as:
Forming: It is an initial stage of team development in which Hannah make sure that
better and clear orientation is induced that overly pleasant and pleasure with higher excitement.
In this all the team members’ skills, background, experience and interest is estimated by which
projection of goals is processed under timeline (Maguire and et. al., 2018). It assists each
individual to process its roles and responsibilities by which productiveness is increases on
repetitive mode.
Storming: In this sustained relationship is developed as by enhancing better awareness in
which each characteristic is increases. It is required that all the team members get connect with
each other so that information is flowed with flawless and perfection. It might that some
personalities get clash but that disagreements is resolved by measuring overall standards and
higher outcome is attained.
Norming: It is a stage in which Hannah get notice the strength of each individual and
appraise them so that cohesiveness is increases. In this knowledge and information is admired in
which each other opinion is considered by which rate of conflictions is reduced and probability
of attaining clarity and transparency among working is increases.
Performing: It is a last stage of team development in which all the members of team get
confident, familiar and motivated so that their work is operated and completed with higher
suitability (Martin and Manley, 2018). It enhances the driving aspect by which strive to
overcome from redundancy and complexity is reduced is enhanced.
Adjourning: In this stage of team development various mourning is processed so that
sustained growth in terms of knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, and capabilities is advances
and improvises. Thus ability of Hannah is enhances by which they get offer better social and
health care to its patients or the individual who has better need and requirement of it.
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Communication is a process that is essential for all the individual as within this ability to
transfer and received information and data is increases. It is more importance as it brings the
entire team member closer and together so that each function and operation is completed by
taking managerial actions. Hannah make appropriate usage of communication through which
information gap is reduced and flow of information and its level of understanding is increases
successfully. In this working environment is promoted within which empathy, action and
confidence is increases that promote professionalism is sustained mode (Moule, 2020). There are
different types of communication that is processed by Hannah as like verbal, written, oral, non-
verbal, face to face and visual communication.
There are few barrier of effective communication and that is as explained below as:
Dissatisfaction of job: It is barrier in which individual loss its interest towards job in
which less likely interaction is processed by both receiving and giving ends. In this mindset is a
change by which it makes difficult for individual to get connecting with organisation.
Inability to listen others: It actually promotes active listening that is essential for
communication as in this level of engagement is affected by which individual perception also
gets varied.
Lack of trust and transparency: It is more difficult for an individual to get connect as
with this it is difficult to believe by individual in which process of working become difficult and
tough as well.
There are different skills that are required to build an effective and successful team and it is
as described below as:
 Communication skills: It is necessary skills that are required to deal with customers by
which ability to express ideas and thinking is enhanced (Pieters, Kedde and Bender,
2018).
 Relationship building: It is required that each individual has effectual relationship with
other by which productive surround is created and developed. In these valuable changes
is induced such as removal of conflict, negotiation, assertiveness by which facial
expression and body gesture is enhanced.
The difference between management and leadership team is as explained below as:
Basis Management team Leadership team
Attitude It is a practice in which impersonal and
passive relation is developed along with this
The leader induce active outlook of team by
which better response is induce through which
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goals and development is attained with
perfection.
working expectation is processed with
effectiveness.
Conception Manager get negotiate and balance between
various working aspect and make sure that
work is completed in timely frame (Roth and
Reichert, 2019).
Leader get influence other and ensure that rate
of opportunities is developed in systematic
manner.
Provide recommendations for open communication between team members to support team
development
Open and effective communication induces higher effectiveness within the team
individual’s by which clear learning and development is processed through which clear
understanding is processed and in this goals and requirement is enhanced with productiveness. In
is applied by Hannah within a team and an organisation as well and that is described below as:
Open meetings: It is an easier way to get communicate with team mates by which
working passion and its feeling is enhanced. In is processed within team through which each
individual is free to present its belief and understanding in front of others by which better
outcome is attained.
Emails: It is an official belief that is processed with support of communication by which
ability to pass clear message within team is increases with sufficiency.
Create a receptive atmosphere: In order to make clear communication it is required that
receptive surround is developed in which overall costing is managed that enhance intensiveness
in which working efficiency is increases (Sharp and et. al., 2018).
Open communication in between leader and team members is getting supported by team
development within health and social care and that is as explained below as:
 It is required that Hannah make sure that clear direction is offered by which
encouragement and clarity among goals and its objective is accomplished with perfection.
It assists to make higher level of clarity under which achievement of success and growth
is attained with better flexibility.
 To make open communication listening and understanding of everyone prospect is
essential by which message is processed so that valuable changes is addressed in
effective and efficient manner.
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 Hannah make sure that define role is assembled in which skills and abilities is enhanced
by which detail and task oriented capabilities is addressed (Thomas and Forrester-Jones,
2019). It enhances the possibilities so that strong change and improvisation is induced as
per matching of effective accountability and accessibility.
Emotional intelligence defines an ability to use, manage and understand the working
emotions in positive manner. It reduces the stress and emphasis level of interaction by which
probability to cope over challenges is increases. It has significant impact on team as everyone
shares clear goals so that ability to manage situation is attained with perfection.
As per concern of case study to resolve the conflicts Hannah make use of avoiding
accommodating strategy within which every task is managed and controlled with higher
attractiveness. In this both internal and external factors get affected as per concern of internal
employee relation is managed and for external basis customers, CQC, local authorities and its
relations get controlled by which long term sustainability is attained with better sufficiency.
The staff care is always being expected and it is performed with concern of consideration,
conciseness, clarity, correctness, coherence and confidence. It is not presented within case study
but it encouraged with prospect of working efficiency so that rate of attentiveness and
attractiveness is enhanced (Zierler and et. al., 2018). In this strong leader make sure that staff
follows all rules and regulations as per concern of various characteristic such as integrity,
communication, influence and empathy.
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from above report that leadership is a trait and quality that is differ
as individual to individual. It also being used to motivate, encourage and influence the working
style and behaviour of other so that rate of productiveness is managed and controlled with
perfection and better sufficiency. In relation to provide better health and social care various role
of leadership is play that is used to maintain higher lead within working standards of a team. It
promotes the higher level of confidence in which ability to attain higher goals is established with
perfection. In addition to this different theoretical model of leadership is used under which Path
goals theory is best suited as per concern of case study as in this ability to provide better clarity
and path by which task is accomplished with perfection is increases in better mode. Moreover,
team development and its stages are considerate by which capability to attain successful outcome
is achieved in timely frame. At last it is also be required that open level communication is
processed in between the team members and its development by which accomplishment of both
short and long term goals and target become easier and flexible.
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