Module: HSC5000-20 Managing Human Resources in Health and Social

Level: 5

Credit Value: 20

Module Tutor: Farzam Bonabi

Module Tutor Contact Details: f.bonabi@bathspa.ac.uk

1. Brief description and aims of module:

This module is about people in health and social care organisations. You will be introduced to human resource management, workforce development and managing and leading teams with a view to your future roles as leaders and manager in health and social care. Human resource management theories will be studied and applied.

You will have the opportunity to evaluate human resource practices and equality and diversity; including an analysis on the impact of employment legislation and social-cultural demographics on HR planning, recruitment and achieving organisational strategic objectives. The module builds on your knowledge of teams from the level 4 module, ‘Collaborative working in health and social care provision’. Critical thinking skills are developed through deeper understanding of the need to be responsive to change in collaboration with others. Demonstrated throughout this module is the purpose and relevance of workforce development and how, investment in people in health and social care is a key factor in failure or success of high quality care and support in services. Also covered are practical skills in supporting others through an introduction to supervision, appraisal, coaching and mentoring. Study of this module provides you with a focus on health and social care roles and training needs that link with and support you with your own career development pathway.

2. Outline syllabus

The syllabus for this module enables you to learn about the management of human resources through examining and evaluating HR practices. You will study theory of human resource management e.g. organisational behaviour, attribution theories, resource based theory, human relations theory. You will explore the subject of recruitment e.g. selection processes and job adverts, job descriptions and person specifications; leading on to looking at application career packs which you will evaluate.

During the module you will compare workforce strategies from organisations which you will source online to develop your knowledge and understanding of human resource planning needs and to build your understanding of leading and managing to support individual and team development in organisations. For example you will review skills audits, work force strategies and training plans and how to align these with organisational objectives. You will study employment law as part of this syllabus and understand the relevance of employment related policies and procedures in the workplace.

Content also covered is workforce data and trends in health and social care and you will consider social cultural and environmental perspectives that develop your ability to analyse and apply such data. The role of leadership in equalities and diversity will be a focus of the module as you learn about how data are used to respond to workforce development and community/user group needs. This will help you apply context to the current information about the health and social care environment, skills gaps and emerging roles and initiatives nationally, regionally and locally to increase your capacity as future leaders to address issues in future provision needs.

During the module you will also consider the different professional roles and the key training and skills needed for each role, including an exploration of your own career development and pathways. This work will support your emerging interests and aspirations for your future career.

You will be introduced to people and performance management, learning about support, supervision, appraisal and development of individuals and teams in a leadership and management role and how to practically apply models of coaching and mentoring in practice with your peers.

3. Teaching and learning activities

There will be a series of seminars leading to group work and you will be working with resources, materials and data that you are required to source online and bring to seminars for analysis and discussion. During seminars you will be shown how to review, analyse and evaluate findings from the data. Reflective journaling will be continuously developed and through working in small groups you will contribute your reflections with your peers to enable shared learning and understanding of people management and leadership.

You will be expected to critically discuss your ideas using the materials, resources and data with your peers towards your assessments for this module for both the written assignment and exam and to feed back into the classroom from your groups.

Learning will also include practical skills in interviews, coaching and mentoring which you will review with your peers, contributing to increased development of your interpersonal and team working skills.

Assessment Item 1:

• Assessment Type: Coursework

• Description: Individual human resource management report (3,000 words)

• % Weighting: 60%

Assessment Item 2:

• Assessment Type: Seen Examination

• Description: Seen Examination. Choose 2 of 6 questions

• % Weighting: 40%