Here is some information about an exciting opportunity to join a partners programme with Helen Sanderson, learning about what we can do as people practitioners to help grow psychological safety in our own teams and across our organisations.

Many of you will know Helen Sanderson as a leading figure in the field of person-centred approaches – her work has helped to shape many of our organisations already.

Helen is writing her latest book, which is about psychological safety in social care, the NHS and education. The emphasis is on what really works in practice; things that leaders can do every day to grow a sense of psychological safety at work.

Helen is offering the opportunity for HR and Learning & Development professionals from across adult social care the opportunity to be involved in a Partners Programme with her this year. The programme will offer the opportunity to:

· Learn about the Five Foundations of Psychological Safety;

· Learn about the practical tools that Helen firmly believes help to embed the foundations;

· Have the opportunity to test the tools out and share feedback with Helen that will help shape her final book

· Consider how HR and L&D professionals can advocate to evolve some of our organisational practices and approaches to help encourage and embed greater psychological safety.

In Dimensions, we are delighted to be joining this programme and Helen has asked us to share the opportunity to our peers across the sector, to give other HR and L&D professionals the opportunity to also be involved.

The opportunity

What: Psychological Safety Partners Programme for HR/L&D professionals

When:

Launch webinar March 4, 1-2pm.

Programme runs May – October.

Monthly commitment of 1.5 – 2 hours

What does the programme involve: In March, there will be a 1-hour launch webinar

Then, each month from May – October, HR and L&D professionals will:

· Complete a 10-minute online module before the live session (at a time to suit you)

· Attend a 1-hour online session together with HR and L&D professionals from the other partners taking part (including colleagues from Dimensions, and NHS and Local Authority organisations)

· Post a commitment in the HR Community (online community connected to the programme), and share learning/ insight/ reflections to the community

· Look for opportunities to apply practice in their HR and L&D roles

The monthly group sessions will explore:

· how each Foundation applies in HR/L&D practice

· examples from supervision, onboarding, culture and other HR/L&D work

· opportunities to embed psychological safety into systems

· emerging themes and learning

Benefits of taking part

Those participating in the programme will get:

· Practical tools we can apply ourselves immediately (and support our leaders to apply) – big impact, no cost, low effort

· Ideas and insight for how we might evolve some of our organisational systems and practices to support greater psychological safety

· Increased confidence in our HR/L&D role and leadership

· Access to peer learning and insight across sectors

· The opportunity to help shape a leading figure’s work on psychological safety in practice – be there at the start of a national conversation on the topic!

Who can get involved?

Helen Sanderson would like to invite senior HR and L&D practitioners working in adult social care the opportunity to participate in the programme alongside colleagues from Dimensions and from the NHS and Local Authority organisations who are already signed up to participate.

Helen has said that she can offer 5 places to colleagues working in other adult social care organisations.

If you want to find out more, or to express an interest in joining the programme, please contact either:

· Sam Smith, Chief People Officer at Dimensions (samantha.smith1@simensions-uk.org), or

· Simon Gosney, Head of Learning & Development at Dimensions (simon.gosney@dimensions-uk.org)

Please do get in contact by the end of February, so we can connect you with Helen Sanderson in time for the launch webinar in early March.