Workforce Development: The Big Picture and Regional Developments

1. Workforce Development:The Big Picture and Regional Developments David Leay Consultant Children, Young People and Families Workforce Development Council

2. Vision To build a world class children’s, young people and families workforce

3. Why focus on workforce? • Quality services depend on quality people • The workforce is key to delivering outcomes • Strategies should all link to the five outcomes • A strategy is a means to an end, not an end in itself

4. The Top Class Worker • Enjoyment • Making a Difference to Outcomes for Children • Knowing the Business • Listening to Children and Young People and Families

5. The Top Class Organisation • Leadership • Outcomes Driven, Needs Led in its Response • Diverse and in Communities • Prevention, Early Identification, Protection • Listening to Children, Young People and Families

6. CWDC Goal • To improve the lives of children, young people and families • Ensure people working with children have the best possible training, qualifications, support and advice • Help children’s organisations and services work together so the child is at the centre of services

8. Our Task • Raising profile and quality • Sector priorities in the context of integration • Early Years • Social Care • Integrated Working • Qualifications and Standards • Leadership and Management • Advise Government on ‘Total Rewards’ • Listen to Children, Young People & Families • Local workforce strategies, consultancy support, regional networks

9. Local Strategies:Key Considerations (1) • Must address needs of whole workforce across all sectors • Link to CYPP and Children’s Trust arrangements • Can’t be done by HR people alone • Engagement can be difficult!

10. Key Considerations (2) • Who are the champions? • How to involve children, young people, families and carers? • Resourcing the development work • Be clear who will lead

11. Key Considerations (3) • How can you use common core, common assessment framework and common induction to support implementation? • Are services to children with disabilities fully integrated? • How will leadership and management aspects be addressed? • Developing Commissioners

12. What’s happening elsewhere? • 150 areas are working on this! • Practice is ‘emerging’ • Progress is generally quite slow • Some plans written • Workforce development integrated to varying degrees in CYPPs • Service reform and workforce reform not fully integrated in many areas • Private, independent and voluntary sectors not fully involved in many areas

13. Some key points • Need to move beyond visioning • Need to create some capacity • This is a long term piece of work • BUT don’t delay! • Needs a structured project management approach • Leadership and management crucial • Build on strengths • Use your champions • Involving children and young people produces better results

14. Summary • A massive agenda • Lots of interest and goodwill • Plenty of potential pitfalls • Progress, but quite slow • Lots of enthusiasm • Scale is quite daunting • What opportunities for regional collaboration and sharing?

15. www.cwdcouncil.org.uk Monica Hingorani East Midlands Regional Development Manager monica.hingorani@cwdcouncil.org.uk T: 0113 390 7749 M: 07816 324 763