Analyzing HR Strategies in Health and Social Care Environments

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of managing human resources in the health and social care (H&SC) sector. It begins by examining the factors crucial for planning the recruitment of individuals, emphasizing the importance of identifying strengths and suitability for the role. The report discusses how legislative and policy frameworks influence recruitment, selection, and employment practices within the home country, highlighting the role of principal acts, regulations, and codes of practice. Different approaches to ensure the selection of the best individuals are evaluated, including open and closed selection methods, as well as formal and informal processes. Furthermore, the report explores theories of individual interaction in groups, particularly Tuckman's stages of group development (forming, storming, norming, and performing), in relation to team dynamics in H&SC. Strategies for developing effective teamwork are assessed, focusing on communication, conflict resolution, and shared goals. The document also addresses the monitoring of individual performance, the identification of training and development needs, and strategies for promoting continuous professional development. Finally, it delves into leadership theories applicable to the H&SC workplace, analyzes the management of working relationships, and evaluates the influence of management approaches on personal development.

MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................1
TASK 1: LO1..............................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Explain the factors to be considered when planning the recruitment of individuals to work in
health and social care..............................................................................................................................2
1.2 Explain how relevant legislative and policy frameworks of the home country influence the
selection, recruitment and employment of individuals............................................................................4
1.3 Evaluate different approaches that may be used to ensure the selection of the best individuals for
work in health and social care.................................................................................................................6
Task 2: LO2.................................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Explain theories of how individuals interact in groups in relation to the types of teams that work in
health and social care..............................................................................................................................8
2.2 Evaluate approaches that may be used to develop effective team working in health and social care
..............................................................................................................................................................10
LO3...........................................................................................................................................................12
3.1 Explain ways in which the performance of individuals working in health and social care can be
monitored..............................................................................................................................................12
3.2 Assess how individual training and development needs can be identified.......................................14
3.3 Analyse different strategies for promoting the continuing development of individuals in the health
and social care workplace......................................................................................................................16
TASK 4: LO4............................................................................................................................................18
4.1 Explain theories of leadership that apply to the health and social care workplace...........................18
4.2Analyse how working relationships may be managed......................................................................19
4.3Evaluate how own development has been influenced by management approaches encountered in
own experience......................................................................................................................................20
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................21
References.................................................................................................................................................22
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LIST OF TABLE
Table 1: Memorandum....................................................................................................................3
Table 2: Selction method.................................................................................................................6
Table 3: Continuing proffestional development plan....................................................................16
Table 4: Theories of Leadership....................................................................................................18
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Legislature Policies..........................................................................................................4
Figure 2: Building Team and theories.............................................................................................8
Figure 3: Type of group.................................................................................................................10
Figure 4: Performance management system..................................................................................12
Figure 5: Method of training..........................................................................................................14
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Introduction
The project is based on managing of the human resource in H&SC under the project the different
aspects of the organisation has been explained. The research provided planning of the
recruitment process, framework of the policies, different approach, and interrelation among the
individual and team work etc. The performance of the individual is monitored, training and
development has been provided, the theories of the leadership, management of the relationship
and management approaches has been explained in the below research project. The individual
proper assignment and recruitment process is used in the project for the better organisational
activities.
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TASK 1: LO1
1.1 Explain the factors to be considered when planning the recruitment of individuals to work in
health and social care
The process of recruitment of individual is to identify the strength of the people along with the
suitability of work. The recruitment process is considered by the human resource to find the
appropriate individual for the health and social care. The hiring of the individual depends on the
vacancy in the HSC or no of post and position it also requires the experience or fresher. The
aspect of the organisation is to hire the better resource for the HSC so that the proper functioning
of the work can be done by the individual.
The proper planning is one of the most important factors as it will be easy to analysis the
individual for the HSC organisation. The human resource must provide the policies, rules or
regulations, structure of the recruitment all these factors need to understand by the human
resource. For the better recruitment of the individual the qualification must to check the
qualification and experience of the interviewer so that human resource can hire the appropriate
individual for the position. The main focus of the recruitment must be on the communication
because the individual has to communicate between the patients as it has to understand the
problem of the patient (Cascio, 2018).
The human resource has to hire the individual for the domiciliary care under which in case if the
patient do not want to do the treatment in the hospital the facilities can be provided at home so
that it will be easy for the patients. It is the responsibility of the human resource to hire the
appropriate individual for the domiciliary care.
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Table 1: Memorandum
MEMORANDUM
Date: 16/6/2017
From: HR Manager
To,
Owner (XYZ)
Subject: requesting for the recruitment process that has to arrange for the HSC organisation.
It is hereby informed that as based on the research for the recruitment of the medical staff for the HSC
organisation the information has been collected. The different practices of the staff are identified for the
recruitment of the staff under the medical field. The main factors that have been identified for the
recruitment of the individual as knowledge, qualification, demand for the job etc.
The planning for the recruitment is based on the individual so the HSC organisation will plan for the
training assessment and provide the class for the knowledge and practice for the communication skill to
communicate with the patient. The other factor that has to be consider on the recruitment part are the
individual family information, characteristics or the part experience information all these need to
identified by the HR manager.
We request you to please accept this memo for the further action and start up procedure.
Thank you,
Sincerely
ABC
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1.2 Explain how relevant legislative and policy frameworks of the home country influence the
selection, recruitment and employment of individuals
For the recruitment of the individual in the organisation the legislative policies is under defined
for the framework of the selection, recruitment and employment. The implementation of the
policies in the organisation may help the HSC organisation to work in the systematic way by
following the policies of the organisation (Brett et.al 2014).
The legislative policies that have to follow by the human resource are like representing the act,
regulation, codes of practices and providing the guidance. The framework is used to manage the
system in the organised and well manner so that the individual does not face any issue in the
organisation. The legal policies involve the rule and regulation for the particular organisation
along with the critical documentation format. The research has been identified that different
organisation has the different policies that help in the arrangement of the proper functioning of
the work of individual and other departmental processing. The framework of the legislative
policies are explained below that was implemented by the organisation.
Figure 1: Legislature Policies
(Source: Self created)
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Legislature Principal Act: For the management of the organisation the principal act has been
established in the industries for the implementation of the rules and regulation. The act is
cleared for the employees of the organisation under this act the conflicts, problems, issue that are
occur in the organisation against the employees can be resolve. The employee regulated the law
so that the conflicts can be reducing among the employees of the organisation.
Regulation made under Acts: The establishment of the regulation in the organisation help the
manager as well as the employees to follow the rules and regulation that has been mentioned in
the legislature policies. The regulations that are made for the legal policies is useful for the
employees those are working in the organisation.
Code of Practices: The implementation of the rules and practices in the organisation will help
the employees to act on the rule or regulation that are assigned by the organisation to the
employees.
International Standards: The policies that are assigned to the organisation was included of the
international standard for the employees as the policies are strongly manage by the human
resources to avoid the conflict of the legislature.
Industrial Standards: The policies that are frame for the organisation are based on the industrial
facts and figure so that it can be implementing according to that. The policies that are manage or
organised by the legislature are of different types.
Technical Guidance: The human resource must provide the support in case of any of the issue
occur by the employees in the organisation. The policies mentioned that the technical guidance
must be requiring to the individual so that they does not face any issue in the HSC organisation.
Policies and practices: It is sometime difficult for the individuals to understand about the
policies and rules and regulation of the organisation so the human resource must assign the rules
and policies of the organisation so that individual can understand easily (Brewster et.al 2016).
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1.3 Evaluate different approaches that may be used to ensure the selection of the best individuals
for work in health and social care
For the selection of the better individual the organisation can give the advertisement in the
newspaper or by taking the follow up with the recruitment consultant to find the appropriate
individual for the job. The HSC organisation can make the selection process by providing the
submission form of the HSC for recruitment and can inform the individual to mail the CV to the
organisation mail Id. The human resource can check the mail and can easily find out the
appropriate individuals. The methods that can be followed by the organisation for the selection
of the individual are given below:
Table 2: Selction method
Open selection method The organisation can give the
advertisement in the newspaper. The terms and condition can mention in
the advertisement. The qualification or Job description. The interview formal or informal can
be conducted by the organisation (Barth
et.al 2017).
Closed selection method
 The selection of the candidate can be
conducted on the bases of the
nomination.
 The selections of the candidate were
informed at headquarters.
 The terms and conditions are applied
during the conduction of the interview.
 The selection of the candidate is based
on the review of the performance.
Formal Selection Method
 The internal advertisements of the
vacancies are formulated.
 The organisation provides the JD or JS
for the selection of the appropriate
candidate.
 The formation of the interview is based
on the testing of the candidate by
asking the relevant question regarding
Informal Selection Method
 Under this selection process the criteria
of the interview was not specific.
 The selection can be based on the
references of the employees.
 The candidates are assigned by getting
the network with the other staff.
 The no fix criteria of selection are
assigned only the form of uncertain
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the job.
 The selection is done after the
discussion of the internal team.
selection is done.
The term and condition of the selection of the individual are different and varies with the
organisation performance and the human resource. The selection of the individual is not fix to
appoint but the HR need to identify the requirement of the organisation according to the post and
position for which the individual are hiring (LaMontagne et.al 2014).
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Task 2: LO2
2.1 Explain theories of how individuals interact in groups in relation to the types of teams that
work in health and social care
The theories that are given by the most famous person in (1965) Tuckman under this interaction
are divided into the four phase that are forming, storming, norming and performing. The below
figure will to understand more about the theory:
Figure 2: Building Team and theories
(Source: Self created)
Forming: The forming in the theory refers to the formation of building the strong
communication among the team. Under this the opportunities and various challenges are faces by
the individual to learn more and the overall guidance is managed by the manager of the
organisation. The forming helps in the building of the strong relationship between the worker by
sharing the information from person to person to build the team work or make the strong tem
building (Posavac, 2015).
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