key areas for managing a staff team of care assistants?

Answer 1

Team build,delegate and give responsibility to.praise and encourage .Be firm and mean what you say,set standards and if they arent met why not?

Answer 2

I think one of THE most important areas for any staff manager is to set-up a good professional working relationship with your team. What do I mean by this? it means the manager must set appropriate boundaries around working with his/her staff, always remain professional. Its important to get to know your staff members on an individual level, know who has specific skills or who has certain strengths in your team. Know who and why you wouldnt ask a certain team member to do a particular task.

Managing staff is ALWAYS about how you relate to your staff, a good manager isnt just interested in targets, auditing, budgeting,etc. A good manager ideally should "like their staff" and actually give some time and consideration to the staff members well being and career progress, help them in areas the staff have difficulties in. A good manager will grow to understand the dynamics of their team and how they handle different situations.

In other words managers need to put back the human touch into working relationships, consider staff well being and feelings NOT just treat them as a so called human resource (dreadful word!!). A good manager will show or demonstrate such concerns in the way they communicate with their staff. i.e. emotional awareness or that horrible cliche (I dont like the word myself) emotional intelligence.

(OU, CMS Leeds, UK).

Answer 3

This was a statement not a question, theoretically, you should be giving us the answers.
Still, the key area's should be the same as in most management roles.
make sure the team are suitable for the job in question.
history of relevant experience OR qualification.
Motivation.
Ability to work as part of a team or individually.
keep communication channels open
be approachable and none judgemental
punctuality,
flexibility,
honesty.
Now to the care industry specifically:
Get their Criminal record checks in order,
make sure their is a whistle blowing policy in practise,
make sure they know the H&S guidelines for working with a specific group of people, e.g. manual handling for the lifting of disabled people who have fallen.
Check and double check all references.
make sure they are organised and know where they are supposed to be and when.

Sure there are loads more things that could be advised upon but just trust your own judgement and get a couple of good management books from your local library.
Hope it all works out well...

Answer 4

Id Love to Know this aswell as i have just been promoted to A manager and ill have a team of 14 care agents any tips would be great


and good luck for the answers x

Answer 5

1 time keeping 2 how competent 3 how happy the patients are with staff

Answer 6

What kind of environment are you managing?? I may be able to help - - - I am ex-DON in long term care for 30 years.