Lisa Koc – Service ManagerLisa Koc – Service Manager

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Vision for Adult Social Care Capable communities and Active Citizens, 2010

The Health and Social Care Bill, 2011

Think Local, Act Personal, 2010 Reinforces partnership working to integrate service delivery across

health and social care

Social Care Policy DriversSocial Care Policy Drivers

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Central to the personalisation agenda

Prevention Protection Personalisation

Productivity Partnership Plurality

People Refers to the workforce which needs to deliver care and support

in a skilled, innovative and compassionate way

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The Seven ‘P’sThe Seven ‘P’s

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In order to do this and deliver wider vision a framework is set out in the Skills for Care document – Capable, Confident and Skilled: A Workforce Development Strategy for people working, supporting and caring in adult

social care, (2011)

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• Skills of the workforce, the ones they have now and the skills needed for the future • Plan of how we get there• Numbers, supply and demand for the future• Right people in the right place at the right time, with the right skills, at an affordable cost

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What is Workforce Development?What is Workforce Development?

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The nature of the workforce

• One which actively enables prevention

• Enables people to regain independence

• Promotes independence

• Promotes personalisation

• Supports people to navigate through the system

• Promotes good health and well being

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Developing the WorkforceDeveloping the Workforce

• Public sector continues to face unprecedented challenges in addressing economic situation

• By 2012 LA provision likely to be very different• Increased partnerships with the private, voluntary and

independent sector• Traditional job roles will blur, professionally qualified staff

focus on area of expertise with care/support staff/PAs filling any gaps of function or role

• Volunteers, unpaid carers will provide a range of support from hands on care to preventative and universal services

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Effective Leadership and ManagementEffective Leadership and Management

• Transforms people and organisations• Those who understand the purpose of the

organisation from the individual’s point of view – most able to encourage effectiveness of teams

• Leaders who know what matters to individuals and are able to customise the system and promote appropriate working practices including identifying where processes can be improved and waste eliminated

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Harnessing expertise within the workforceHarnessing expertise within the workforce

• Experienced workers offer a rich source of knowledge and expertise

• Essential to provide good support to practicing professionals to develop colleagues by providing appropriate courses, coaching and mentoring

• Successful change relies on engaging and consulting the workforce

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Recruiting new staffRecruiting new staff

• Target individuals with new skills, knowledge, interests, competences to reflect the new and emerging roles

• Opportunity to undertake positive action/ rebalance the workforce, age, gender

• Comprehensive induction essential – principles of care,

personalisation, reablement, equality, diversity, cultural competence, safe working practices and positive risk enablement/safeguarding

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How can we support you?How can we support you?

• Ensure adequacy of supply in line with demand • Programme of learning and development • Provide advice and guidance on achieving

representative workforces which in turn will be able to deliver even more appropriate and sensitive services. This includes engaging with traditionally hard to reach groups

• To ensure any strategies developed link clearly to health workforce issues and initiatives

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What are the deliverables?What are the deliverables?

• Overarching: Production of a 3 year strategic workforce plan and action plan that identifies critical workforce issues in relation to the transformation and personalsation of adult social care and the remodelling of the whole social care workforce to support service redesign, with a focus on early intervention, prevention and reablement; and integrated working.

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Who are we?Who are we?

Lisa Koc, Service Managerand

Learning and Development ConsultantsDave Parkin, Elaine Betts, Andie Oliver,

Ida Bentley, Janet Lilley, Sharon Middleton,Steph Charles and Trevor Thompson

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Workforce Development TeamWorkforce Development TeamAdult Social Care & InclusionAdult Social Care & Inclusion

Walsall Council

1st Floor, Room 17a

Council House, Lichfield Street

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Telephone: 01922 655541

E-mail: workforcedevelopment@walsall.gov.uk