Domestic abuse awareness

This Open Badge is awarded to social service workers who use Scottish Government’s Domestic Abuse Awareness Raising Tool to become more…

MyLearning: Sharer

This badge is awarded to people who successfully share evidence of their learning using the MyLearning smartphone app.

MyLearning: Logger

This badge is awarded to people who successfully create a learning log using the MyLearning smartphone app and use that log as evidence…

Mouth Care Advice for Care at Home Services

This Open Badge is awarded to professionals who work or volunteer in Care at Home Services and look after client’s mouth care. It…

The Importance of Mouth Care – In the Care Home

This Open Badge is awarded to professionals who work or volunteer in the care home environment and look after resident’s mouth care.

RNIB Podcast Health and Social Care Skills Development Series

This badge is awarded to anyone who has listened to a RNIB Health and Social Care Skills Development team podcast, and has told us something…

RNIB Learning Disability and Sight Loss Top Tips Guides

This Open Badge is awarded to people who demonstrate awareness of RNIB’s top tips to support people living with a learning disability and…

Leadership Thing 23 – Using leadership development

There are a range of standards for various groups in the workforce which relate to leadership and management. All of these standards can be,…

Leadership Thing 22 – Why leadership is important

The first leadership strategy for social services in Scotland’s was published in 2013, informed by the evaluation of the Changing Lives…

Leadership Thing 21 – What does good leadership look like?

What does good leadership in Scotland’s Social Services look and feel like for those who work in them and those served by them? …

Leadership Thing 20 – The supportive workplace

To enable effective leadership at all levels, employers must create a supportive environment where social service workers can use and…

Leadership Thing 19 – Citizen leadership

Scotland’s social services need effective leadership at all levels of the workforce and everyone has a leadership role to play. Citizen…

Leadership Thing 18 – Appreciative inquiry

Appreciative inquiry is a way of looking at organisational change that focuses on doing more of what is already working. So instead of…

Leadership Thing 17 – What is action learning?

Action Learning brings together small groups of people to develop solutions to real issues from the workplace, can encourage creative…

Leadership Thing 16 – What is coaching?

Coaching is an empowering way of supporting people to reach their potential. Using coaching skills in social services can develop your own…

Leadership Thing 15 – What is supervision?

Supervision has a vital role to play in supporting and developing all social work and social services staff. …