Skills for Care Funding Briefing

1. Skills for Care Funding Briefing Ed AnnisMonday 30th June 2008

2. Funding Streams and Workforce Development support This presentation will cover the following: • TSIF – Training Strategy Implementation Fund • Train to Gain – Learning Skills Councils • European Social Fund Projects For information: • Common Induction Standards – support pack • Knowledge & skills sets (new Learning Disability knowledge sets available from SfC website) • NMDS (National Minimum Dataset) first stage results

3. Training Strategy Implementation Fund (TSIF) • Skills for Care London receives money from the Department of Health each year to distribute to social care organisations as a contribution to employer workforce development activity. • The money is routed through employer-led Partnerships rather than individual organisations. One employer acts as the Lead Partner. •  Successful partners have received contracts for 2008/09. • This year the total budget is £1.2m

4. TSIF Benefits • A contribution towards the cost of training and skills development for the local workforce. • For 2008/09 funding has been increased as follows:   A contribution of £80 per NVQ unit completed A contribution of £160 for each Assessor award, (A1) Up to £80 for each common induction award • Belonging to a TSIF partnership gains an employer access to funding for NVQ units in social care for staff members that are not eligible for other funding such as Train to Gain. • www.skillsforcare.org.uk/view.asp?id=649

5. TSIF Benefits • Each partnership differs in size of employers – but also act as networking groups with attendant benefits. • New partnerships can apply. This year there are two new ones. • SfC have asked the DoH for TSIF funds to be used for more training such as short courses that are not funded elsewhere, in particular those courses required under registration which have to be held regularly.

6. TSIF Partnerships in SW New partners can join partnerships at any time of the year, each allocated a different amount of units dependant on what asked for, performance in previous years etc. Croydon Social Care Learning Partnership Mike Nash, - London Borough of Croydon mike.nash@croydon.gov.uk Tel: 020 8686 4433 x47192 Kingston Partnership Jeanette James,- Royal Borough of Kingston jeanette.james@rbk.kingston.gov.uk Tel: 020 8547 6027 / 6026 South West London Care Partnership Erika Bowker - Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability ebowker@rhn.org.uk Tel: 020 8780 4500 x5010 Richmond Care Providers Patricia Cartwright - London Borough of Richmond p.cartwright@richmond.gov.uk Tel: 020 8891 7936

7. Train to Gain • Train to Gain supports the costs of training the workforce. • In Health and Social Care Train to Gain can fund the full costs of NVQ Level 2 and subsidise NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care. • Train to Gain is intended to provide advice to employers on training and funds a wide range of other courses related to the skills your employees need, for example Customer Care, Management, Business Admin and Team-working. • The LSC has just reported that 80,000 employers have now engaged, producing 450,000 course starters.

8. ESF (European Social Fund) The European Social Fund (ESF) focuses on improvements in education, training and employment. The principle behind it is to co-financing organisations working together – to help avoid duplication in provision

9. To date: • Pan London I - Partnerships developed across London - 60 projects submitted - 23 successful • Pan London II - Ongoing partnership development - Speed networking event - 23 projects submitted - 13 successful Total £7million for the Care Sector

10. ESF Round III • Supported by co-financing organisations. • London has the largest allocation in England of £323 million. • London’s principal theme is a focus on health. • Collaborative design and delivery expected with target groups and communities. • Sector Skills Council support encouraged.

11. ESF Priorities From April 2008 to December 2010: • Priority 1 Extending employment opportunities (£215.9 million) • 1.1Improving the employability and skills of the unemployed and economically inactive. • 1.2Employment and skills activities targeted at young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET.

12. ESF Priorities • Priority 2 Creating a skilled and adaptable workforce (£104.5million) • 2.1 Increasing the number of employees with improved basic skills levels, including ESOL needs. • 2.2 Increasing the number of employees with level 2 skills. • 2.3 Increasing the number of employees with levels 3 & 4 skills.

13. Partnerships • A partnership approach to a project reduces risk of delivery failure which is a key assessment factor in the evaluation of a tender application for funding. • Skills for Care held a briefing session shortly after the tenders were announced. Both existing and prospective new ESF project leads were encouraged to attend the morning or afternoon sessions in order to gain a better picture of the plans and skills demand for the care workforce in London.

14. SfC Sub Regions - London • North East London:Barking & Dagenham, City of London, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest. • North Central London:Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, Islington • North West London:Brent, City of Westminster, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. • South East:Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark • South West:Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Wandsworth.

15. Contact Details: For funding specific information/ support, please contact: Cheryl Gregory that leads on ESF/ Funding for SfC London. Cheryl Gregory NE Sub Regional Coordinator Skills for Care, Kensington Charity Centre, 4th Floor, Charles House, 375 Kensington High Street, London, W14 8QH Tel: 07969 749 642 Email: cheryl.gregory@skillsforcare.org.uk