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ShiftWorks by The King's Fund

Affordable, high-quality, CPD-accredited leadership development

Date

Anytime, self-guided
Location
Online
Price
£35pp for individuals, with a sliding price scale for organisations
Duration
12 months
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ShiftWorks is our new online learning movement for a just, kind and inclusive health and care workforce, offering members an engaging, digestible and accessible way to develop leadership skills. Join us, and 4,000 members from over 900 organisations, that have already signed up.

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You can join ShiftWorks as an individual or an organisation. We want to democratise pathways to leadership by removing price as a barrier to development, so there are no hidden fees, upselling or add-ons once on the platform.

  • Individuals

    Become a member of ShiftWorks for just £35 per person, per year, or benefit from a multi-year discount.

    Become a member

  • Organisations

    Interested in signing up your team or organisation? We have memberships with sliding price scales for larger groups too. Fill out the form and we'll be in touch.

    Fill out the form

  • Book a free demo with the team

    If you’re thinking about ShiftWorks for your organisation, you can book a free demo of the platform with our team.

    Arrange a demo

Much more than courses and concepts, ShiftWorks brings the full diversity of the health and care workforce together, regardless of sector, experience, role, or status. It’s beautifully designed peer driven social learning for busy schedules, and it’s organised around the simple idea that if we understand each other better, and learn from one another, we’ll create a new generation of distributed and collective health and care leadership.

What will you get from ShiftWorks?

  • A growing portfolio of CPD-accredited short courses by The King's Fund on a range of contemporary health and care management, leadership and organisational topics.

  • Snappy, bitesize learning content that reframes old ideas and stimulates new thinking.

  • A growing bank of personal, leadership, team and organisational development activities to download, take offline, and run with colleagues.

  • Regular live workshops facilitated by The King’s Fund on a wide range of topics.

  • Regular opportunities to connect, network and share experiences of life working in health and care with peers from across the NHS, social care and voluntary and community sector. All learning together, and about each other.

  • A reliable and secure learning management system, managed by The King’s Fund, with daily learner support provided.

  • 6-monthly learner data for organisations upon request to track individuals' progress and group engagement.

  • A flexible annual subscription that can expand or contract around your needs.

ShiftWorks in action

  • Headshot of ShiftWorks member Saiyada

    Saiyada, Organisational and People Development Partner

    'It offers real value, and the content resonates across clinical, retail and enabling roles. ShiftWorks has been a bit of a game-changer for us!'

  • Headshot of Gary from ShiftWorks

    Gary, Health Inequalities Programme Manager

    'I’ve been using ShiftWorks for some time now, and can honestly say it’s one of the best (if not the best) online learning platforms for health and care staff. The amount of content, not to mention the networking and support opportunities. Highly recommend.'

  • Headshot of Tori, ShiftWorks member

    Tori, Head of Communications and Engagement

    'I really value the flexibility of the platform where I can dip in and out of courses when it suits me. My whole team is using it, and it’s sparked some fantastic discussions about what we’re learning and using - from course content to the practical guides.'

  • Headhot of Mike, ShiftWorks member

    Mike, Consultant Trauma Resuscitation Anaesthetist

    'ShiftWorks was recommended by a Ministry of Defence colleague. I particularly enjoyed the Leadership With Compassion course which has helped me understand the way I am able to empathise with colleagues, yet remain an element of distance from their issue and mentor without emotional burnout.'

Our CPD-accredited courses

ShiftWorks is home to a growing and diverse portfolio of self-guided CPD-accredited short courses that engage with real world issues. You can expect beautiful design, actionable ideas, practical resources and thought-provoking activities – all underscored by the lived experience of health and care staff.

You can also find out more about what's included in ShiftWorks by downloading our prospectus.

  • A pink graphic showing a jazz band, featuring a saxophonist, bass player, drummer and piano plauer

    Step up: people management essentials

    Health and care is full of ‘accidental managers’ - individuals doing their best without any training in or preparation for management. This course is both a proper induction to people management and a celebration of good managers. It’s full of practical advice from experienced managers working across health and care, and is for anyone in, or aspiring to be in, their first management job. 

  • Person standing on top of a rock, with a large hand reaching out

    Warm up: managing and leading with kindness and compassion

    Kindness and compassion ought to be a given in health and care work, but in a system under immense pressure they can’t be taken for granted. This introductory course positions kindness and compassion as radical acts of resistance in the face of systemic unkindness, and covers the essential knowledge, skills and practices of kind and compassionate management and leadership. 

  • A graphic of a woman wearing a patterned top and her brain is visible in her head

    Lead well: for health and wellbeing in the workplace

    The question of workplace health and wellbeing is often approached as though the answer to excessive workloads, toxic cultures and a distressed system is better self-care. This course takes a much more holistic view of the issue and explores a range of management and leadership practices to help you create a healthier workplace for both you and your colleagues. 

More ShiftWorks courses

Get a feel for ShiftWorks

ShiftWorks is much more than courses, it’s packed full of other bitesize learning content, activities, live workshops and vibrant peer conversation about the reality of working in health and care. Get a taste of what to expect by watching the video below.

Pricing

  • Individuals

    Become a member of ShiftWorks for just £35 per person, per year, or benefit from a multi-year discount.

    Become a member

  • Organisations

    Interested in signing up your team or organisation? We have memberships with sliding price scales for larger groups too. Fill out the form and we'll be in touch with more information.

    Fill out the form

  • Book a free demo with the team

    If you’re thinking about ShiftWorks for your organisation, you can arrange a free demo of the platform with our team.

    Arrange a demo

Meet the ShiftWorks team

More content from ShiftWorks

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    • Simon Newitt et al
    • Leadership and workforce

    Shift happens: reimagining health and care today for health and care tomorrow 

    Mending the health and care system will require a different attitude to leadership – one less about hierarchy and status, and more about collectives and behaviour, say Simon Newitt and ...

    • 4 Dec 2024
    • 4-min read
  • Blog
    • Dharaa Patel
    • Leadership and workforce

    Slaying the leadership zombies inside us

    Why do zombie ideas continue to haunt modern-day workplaces? Dharaa Patel explores how outdated yet persistent beliefs are holding back organisations, and why it’s important to let go of...

    • 29 Jan 2025
    • 3-min read