Management for an Integrative Health and Social Care Workforce

Management for an Integrative Health and Social Care Workforce is a short, university credit bearing course which will help you to gain the skills to lead quality and service improvements, understand the value of effective strategic management and

This module acknowledges the needs of those in current or developmental managerial roles in health and social care arenas or organisations (including the voluntary or independent sector) who wish to develop new management skills to enhance future Integrative Health and Social Care.

Most students who undertake this programme of study are already employed in practice and/or in management roles within the fields of health, social care, public, voluntary or community sector organisations.

The accumulation of knowledge and skills for managerial roles of the 21^st century is a National and International challenge. Through this module students will gain the skills to lead quality and service improvements, understand the value of effective strategic management and develop skills in professional judgement and problem solving.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students will be able to:

1. Critically examine management issues in health and social care practice
2. Critically evaluate and demonstrate personal management skills
3. Critically evaluate his/her own influence on changes/improvements through professional networks

Course content

• People Management: Power Politics and Conflict
• Process Management
• Project Management: Commissioning, Procurement and Contracting for Care Services
• Technology Management
• Information Management Organisational structure
• Financial Management: Financial skills for decision making: Introducing finance; budget monitoring
• Change Management
• Management theory
• Innovative Problem Solving, Professional Judgement
• Networking
• Audit and Evaluation
• Awareness of Law Ethics and Policy
• Quality and Service Improvement
• Complaints management and root cause analysis
• Strategic Business and Service Planning
• Social Networking for influence
• Return on investment
• Training needs analysis

• Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama
• Students with an overall score of 60% would usually be eligible for the International Foundation Year
• UKVI IELTS 4.5 with a minimum of 4.0 in all components (CEFR B1) is also required

• If you are studying and completing any internationally recognised qualification such as A-levels; International Baccalaureate (IB) or the American Curricula from the International Schools within Jordan, then you can begin from the first year of a Bachelors degree. Please see individual course pages for specific entry requirements
• If you have completed a recognised international foundation programme with good grades
• Advanced entry to year 2 or 3 may be possible. You will need to supply detailed information including courses taken, grades achieved, syllabus and a grading guide