Freedom to Speak Up Guardian

To ensure that all staff and volunteers have the capability, knowledge, and skills they need to speak up themselves and to support others to speak up. To develop training to ensure staff, volunteers and managers at all levels are equipped to enable speaking up, listening up and following up. To ensure that groups that may face barriers to speaking up are identified and have the knowledge and support they need. Information from cases raised by people speaking up, and barriers to speak up, is reviewed alongside other intelligence on patient safety, service quality, and used to inform organisational learning and quality improvement That speaking up policies and processes are inclusive, effective, constantly improved and available to all staff and volunteers Local measures of the impact of freedom to speak up and the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian role is agreed and used to monitor progress To support and promote a respectful, compassionate and inclusive workplace culture by living and upholding
Ashgate values and behaviours in daily activities ensuring that all staff and volunteers feel valued and heard. Work closely with the People Services team and the HR Business Partners where required to ensure any aspects relating to people management are appropriately addressed in line with the organisations HR policies and procedures. Develop an Ashgate Hospice network of freedom to speak up advocates across all teams Submit quarterly data relating to cases raised within the hospice to the NGO.