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ELC Thing 21 – What does good leadership look like in Scotland’s social services?
This Open Badge will close to new applications on Sunday 24 August 2025. Please submit your evidence before then if you wish to achieve this badge.
This badge is awarded to people who have:
- worked through Thing 21: What does good leadership looks like in Scotland’s social services?
- provided evidence of their learning through reflective writing.
This is part of the 23 Things ELC Leadership programme.
To earn this badge you must:
- work through Thing 21 of 23 Things ELC Leadership
- write at least 400 words, reflecting on these activities, including:
- The enablers and risks or barriers affecting good leadership in your service.
- What can be done to strengthen the enablers and mitigate the risks or barriers
- Actions relating to this that could be taken to help you evidence the quality indicators set out in the ‘How good is your leadership?’ section of the Care Inspectorate’s framework
- Examples of how these actions would make a difference to people experiencing your service.
We will decline Open Badge applications without a completed reflective activity.
Submit your application
I confirm that I have read, understood and completed all the activities listed in the badge criteria and that each question from the criteria is answered in the evidence I have provided. My evidence has been written or recorded by me and I have not copied it from anywhere or anyone else. I understand that it will take 28 days for you to assess my application and that feedback cannot be provided if my application is unsuccessful.