All professionals are required to continuously engage in professional development with a feature of this being not only being able to identify and meet learning needs, but to apply the learning to practice.  

Resilience, Advocacy and Wellbeing are terms that have come into focus during the past years, and their importance has been accelerated through the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Professional practice has moved from team-based peer support to working from home for many, juggling competing personal and professional tasks in times of global crisis. This has impacted on individuals in terms of mental and physical health and staffing pressures have arisen for organisations as a result.  

The concept of Self-Care or caring for self has come to the forefront of practitioners across health and social care, alongside with personal and organisational performance.  

This unit is designed to enhance knowledge and skills to support Leadership practice around Resilience, Advocacy and Wellbeing.

• The unit will refer to the contemporary theory, research, policy, guidance and legislation which supports their practice. 
• Students will critically examine professional, organisational, social and cultural contexts of practice.
• They will critically reflect on the management of staff who are exposed to stress, trauma and vicarious trauma. 
• Students will receive structured opportunities for critical reflection within a well-resourced and research-informed learning community.  
• Teaching for this unit will take place online, physically or in a hybrid mode, depending on the requirements of the purchasing employer.
  
  

Learning and teaching methods

Blended learning and teaching methods (online and face to face if appropriate); seminars, case studies, guided discussion and debates, student presentations, tutorial support, online resources provided through Brightspace.

Students will also be expected to undertake additional research and reading to support formal learning.  

This course requires 100% attendance.  All the teaching will be delivered online.

Learning outcomes

Having successfully completed this unit the student is expected to:  

1. apply relevant theory, research and policy to the topics of resilience, advocacy and wellbeing in the practice context
2. develop awareness of self in organisational, social and cultural contexts as part of a process of evaluating resilience, advocacy and wellbeing in leadership practice
3. apply critical reflection to inform and provide a rationale for leadership practice
4. develop skills and knowledge to support staff resilience, advocacy and wellbeing in the wider organisational context

Assessment

The coursework comprises a 3000 word reflective essay outlining the learning gained, how it has impacted practice and how the new found knowledge would be disseminated.