Skills for Care's leadership and management strategy documents include a main report which covers the state of affairs in leadership and management across the UK sector and makes recommendations for action.

The project has also developed a comprehensive set of 'products' to enable managers across the sector to implement the recommendations.

These products are commended to all managers and leaders in social care - both adults' and children's services - including service users who are employers under direct payments schemes. Together the products make for a very thorough piece of work that will reward well time spent working through them and applying them to particular settings.

Executive summary
1 Why are we doing this?
2 Key features of the original strategy
• Overview
• Leadership and management continuum
• Whole systems model
• Improving flexibility and diversity
• Planning for transitions
• Good practice model
• Framework of competences
• Personal development plans
• Tailored awards or qualifications
• Implications of organisation type or size
3 What are the main drivers?
4 Where are we now?
5 Where do we want to be?
6 How will we get there?
7 How will we know when we get there?