Sense of appreciation
Promoting a culture in which your workforce feel appreciated is the second Key Foundational Principle for organisational resilience. This is when:
- People feel valued and that their individual talents and skills are noticed and appreciated
- Leaders appreciate the pressures of the work and encourage people to prioritise self-care and a healthy work-life balance
- Leaders are visible, approachable, genuinely interested in people and trust them to do a good job
- Leaders listen and engage with practitioners and provide constructive feedback.
Reflective questions:
- As a leader, are you aware of the tasks and responsibilities of the teams in your organisation? And are individual and team successes communicated and celebrated?
- Are practitioners supported to maintain a healthy work-life balance?
For further information you can view and download the SWORD workbook KFP 2 here: Sense of appreciation
Professional Standards
PQS:KSS - Emotionally intelligent practice supervision | Developing excellent practitioners | Support effective decision-making | Quality assurance and improvement | Developing excellent practitioners | Relationship-based practice supervision | Developing confident and capable social workers | Performance management and improvement
PCF - Professional leadership
RCOT - Health and safety | Support development | Communication