Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify opportunities for effective leadership as a practitioner in the community sector
- Identify role, responsibilities and parameters for exercising influence in own area of practice
- Clarify own vision, values and key strengths in relation to advancing practice in the current environment for future benefits to the community sector
- Identify areas of practice in need of improvement and explore innovative approaches to achieve enhanced outcomes for individuals, groups and communities
- Identify key people and processes in own and other organisations to support advances in the community sector
- Identify barriers and strategies to influence change in an organisation or between organsiations
- Identify leadership approach to suit the current context and build on own strengths
- Assess factors that may impact on leadership style and role and address in developing aspects of own and organisation practice
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and other stakeholders
- Develop and maintain consultation structures to support coordinated planning and decision-making in relation to enhancing practice to achieve identified outcomes with individuals, groups and communities
- Develop and maintain strategic alliances with key people to maximise personal and organisation effectiveness
- Routinely model and promote effective practice in the community sector
- Implement appropriate continuous improvement processes to ensure ongoing practice effectiveness
- Provide guidance, coaching and mentoring as appropriate to enhance practice in the sector
- Promote and maintain quality performance in community sector work
- Research and analyse factors that influence effectiveness of performance
- Develop and implement strategies to promote effectiveness of community sector practice
- Research and establish strategies to develop and maintain quality performance
- Develop, negotiate, promote performance standards and requirements and use to guide organisation and personal practice
- Negotiate implementation of changes to practices, policies and procedures and promote to gain support
- Provide individual or group supervision for other staff