Human Resource Management in Social Services

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Induction Coulshed & Mullender (2006, pp158-159) argue that the orienting of new members of staff is sometimes ignored in management literature. This lack of attention to staff induction has been evident in my setting. I have worked for my employers for about 10 years and have never received formal induction training. However over recent years there has been a gradual process to improve this. Initially some personnel sections developed a brief induction package to explain issues like absence reporting, use of flexi leave and working hours. Whether you received this would depend on which geographic area you worked in. More recently this has been formalised with a general induction package developed by our training section and provided annually. This still focuses on conditions of service and is not routinely offered to new workers, but has to be applied for at appropriate times during its rolling programme. Induction to the actual post is dependent upon your line manager and there is no formal standard or monitoring of this. Before being a manager I was a practice teacher. I used to give new students Learning Styles Questionnaires. I found that most students tended to fall somewhere between being pragmatists and activists. I have tried to keep using these and find it a useful tool for creating discussion with new workers. I recognise that this is still not adequate to help new employees develop their roles and I hope to expand on it. Not enough action is being taken by my team to improve the quality of new members and although I do contribute, there should be a more holistic, systematic approach. EVIDENCE. Consequently, I did not always arrange for students to visit different resources and do the standard induction tour. In... ... middle of paper ... ...ottingham.ac.uk/987/1/07MBAlixhc15.pdf ) Torrington, D.P, Hall, L.A, Taylor, S. Human Resource Management (6th ed.). UK: FT Prentice Hall, 2005 Whipp, R., I. Kirkpatrick, and M. Kitchener 2004: The management of Children’s Residential Care: a Managed Service? London: Palgrave. Wright, T.A. & Hobfoll, S.E. (2004) Commitment, Psychological Well-Being, and Job Performance: An Examination of Conservation of Resources Theory and Job Burnout, Journal of Business and Management, Winter Vol.9 Issue 4. http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn0911039s/tn0911039s_4.htm http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/06/10/114681/lga-finds-social-workers-morale-damaged-by-baby-p-case.htm http://www.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=1742737 http://connect.glasgow.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/5B16513C-A614-48CE-B046-117BF9979894/0/SUPERVISIONPROCEDUREMay2009.doc

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