3.3 Evaluate strategies for managing staffing patterns and adjusting them to meet changing circumstances

Qualification: Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management for Adult Care (RQF)
Unit: Unit 12: Resource Management in Adult Care
Learning outcome: 3 Understand human resource issues
Assessment criteria: 3.3 Evaluate strategies for managing staffing patterns and adjusting them to meet changing circumstances

• In the previous section, we explored some of the techniques that may be used for planning staffing needs
• We also spoke of the importance of ensuring that are contingency plans in place for managing staffing patterns and adjusting them to meet changing circumstances
• Strategies for managing and adjusting staffing patterns can include:
  • Staff with flexible working hours – this should be explained and agreed upon during the recruitment process and written into employment contracts
  • The use of agency staff (e.g. during team meetings or to reduce the workload of a stretched team
  • Succession management planning
  • Having sufficient backups of staff with specialised skill sets