This section of our competency framework is a model for practice which sets out a blueprint for excellence in performance for Persons in Charge, frontline supervisors or those preparing to take on supervisory role within the disability sector. The framework exists to identify the competencies, personal attributes and skills required to complete their role to the highest standard. This tool can be used to provide effective and focused CPD directed at these roles and can also be utilised to support practice development through induction, performance monitoring, feedback, supervision, ongoing CPD development, preparation for taking on more responsibility and or preparing for promotion. The competency framework is set against HIQA regulations, standards and themes.
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Stress Management
€29.99This course will teach you some different ways to look at stress, ways to take care of yourself to reduce the stress that you feel, and coping techniques. You will also learn some time management and organizational tips to help you work smarter. -
Employee Recognition: Appreciating Your Workforce
€29.99Here you are going to learn just what an employee recognition program is all about. Youre going to consider who falls under the definition of an employee and then decide why you should provide recognition for them. You will also look at the types of recognition programs, how to lay the foundation for one, and then how to actually build, implement, and follow up on a program in your office. -
Hiring for Success: Behavioral Interviewing Techniques
€29.99This course will take you through the hiring process from start to finish, including cost analysis, position profiles, finding candidates, screening resumes, testing candidates, interviewing (including different types of questions), evaluating responses, and reference checks. You will also learn about some of the problems commonly encountered in the hiring process and how to overcome them. -
Creating Winning Proposals
€29.99In this course, you will learn how to locate potential funders and how to match funders interests with organizational needs. Along the way you will also learn the basic elements of proposal writing for not-for-profit organizations and learn to understand the process for successful proposal writing and how to build effective relationships with funders. -
Appreciative Inquiry
€29.99In this course you will learn about the appreciative inquiry process. To begin, youll explore its fundamental principles and the 4-D model. Youll also get a hands-on look at the appreciative inquiry interview guide and start considering how this powerful tool could make a difference in your organization. -
Generation Gap: Closing the Gap in the Workplace
€29.99During this course, you will consider whether defining the actual limits of each generation is most important, or whether the merits of people within the context of employment is the bigger issue. You will learn about the various types of generations and how human resource practices can bridge the gap. -
Customer Service Training: Managing Customer Service
€29.99In this course, you will learn about the six critical elements of customer service. You will also learn about Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchards Situational Leadership II model, servant leadership, and the five practices in James Kouzes and Barry Posner's The Leadership Challenge. -
Employee Dispute Resolution: Mediation through Peer Review
€29.99In this course, you will learn about the peer review process, which includes a statement being filed, gathering evidence, creating the peer review panel, conducting the peer review hearing, and making a decision. -
Employee Accountability
€29.99You will begin this course by exploring what accountability is all about and some recent events that have caused people to look at accountability more closely. Then, youll learn ways to build accountability and ownership in your organization and make yourself more accountable. Supporting skills, like goal setting, feedback, and delegation, are also covered. -
Orientation Handbook: Getting Employees Off to a Good Start
€29.99In this course, you will learn why orientation is so important. You will learn about the four components of employee commitment as well as the commitment curve. You will also learn how to develop successful orientation and training programs. -
Communication Strategies
€29.99This course will teach you all about the various aspects of communication. Youll learn about asking questions, probing for information, active listening, and body language. Supporting skills are also covered, such as self-esteem, building relationships with others, and assertiveness. -
Building Better Teams
€29.99In this course, you will learn what forms teams can take. Youll also evaluate your team player type, learn ways to build an effective team, and identify things that you can do to become a good team player. -
Workplace Violence: How to Manage Anger and Violence in the Workplace
€29.99In this course, you will learn a nine-stage plan to help organizations prevent violence. You will also learn how to respond to violent incidents, manage anger, and implement design and hiring practices that will keep employees safe. -
Performance Management: Managing Employee Performance
€29.99In this course, you will learn about the Shared Management Model, which helps the manager transfer motivation and responsibility for results to the employee. This course will cover all three phases of the model: preparing the employee for the job, motivating them to do it, and evaluating their performance. -
Change Management: Change and How to Deal With It
€29.99Some people enjoy the opportunities and excitement that change brings. Others, however, have a harder time adapting. To complicate matters, our feelings often depend on the situation. This course will teach you how to manage change in a positive way. -
Conducting Effective Performance Reviews
€29.99This in-depth course will cover the entire performance management process, various types of performance reviews, goal setting, feedback strategies, coaching tips, techniques for handling performance problems, and ways to maintain performance. -
Public Relations Boot Camp
€29.99In this course, you will learn how to determine the type of information required in a particular situation, ways to approach PR strategically, how to create compelling releases, and techniques for managing media relations. -
Customer Service Training: Critical Elements of Customer Service
€29.99This course is all about the critical elements of customer service: a customer service focus that is defined within, and given life by, your organization. In order to be successful, this focus must be reinforced every day, measured, and improved upon. -
Business Succession Planning: Developing and Maintaining a Succession Plan
€29.99This course will teach you how to develop and maintain a succession plan with the SUCCESS model, which includes developing a system, identifying resources, creating risk assessments, developing action plans, implementing those plans, and evaluating the results. -
Creating a Top-Notch Talent Management Program
€29.99In this course, you will learn about the various aspects of talent management, including performance management, succession planning, talent management programs, employee development strategies, and employee engagement plans. -
Collaboration
€29.99After completion of this course, you should understand the definition of collaboration, what it takes to work collaboratively with your colleagues and the advantages of collaboration. Obstacles to collaboration will be explored, and how to develop strategies to improve a collaborative work environment. As well, you will know the six steps to make collaboration work, and the difference between collaboration, cooperation and teamwork. -
Workplace Health and Safety: The Supervisor’s Role and Responsibilities
€29.99At the end of this course you are going to be able to understand the employers and supervisors responsibilities for workplace health and safety and you will also learn about, and understand, the three rights of workers. You will learn about Health and Safety Committees, employee orientation checklists, health and safety training for employees, and the importance of communicating health and safety information.