We know that staff retention is a key challenge in Children’s Residential Care, so after all the energy you've put into recruiting the right staff who share your values it's important to continue to focus on your workplace values once staff join your organisation. It’s important because it:

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• let’s staff know exactly what is expected of them, leading to them feeling more confident and secure

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• ensures staff know that you value and recognise the important contribution they make every day to the lives of the children and young people they support by demonstrating your workplace values

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How to embed values and behaviours in induction, supervision and management processes

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1. Include your values and expected behaviours in your workplace code of conduct and in all relevant policies and procedures.

 

2. Share your values and behaviours and your code of conduct with staff in their induction to set clear expectations and ensure they understand how to demonstrate the values in their work.

 

3. Make your supervision sessions with staff values-based, focussing not just on what staff do, but how they demonstrate the values and behaviours that make a difference in their work.

 

4. Set staff objectives linked to the values in their appraisals so they know they're important and are clear on how they can develop and improve how they do their role.