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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Lifelong Learning Network

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Lifelong Learning Network. Liz Davies-Ward. Demand for services. > 140,000 job opportunities are expected to arise 34,000 are new 110,00 are retirements and career moves 90,000 in health and 50,000 in social care 45,000 in personal service occupations

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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Lifelong Learning Network

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  1. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Lifelong Learning Network Liz Davies-Ward

  2. Demand for services • > 140,000 job opportunities are expected to arise • 34,000 are new • 110,00 are retirements and career moves • 90,000 in health and 50,000 in social care • 45,000 in personal service occupations • 40,000 in associate professional & technical occupations • (25,000 in health 14,000 in social care).

  3. Regional Skills and Social Care Context • Over 250,000 staff in H&SC • >50,000 have low or no qualifications • 35,500 qualified to below Level 2 • Forecast of 50,000 job opportunities by 2014 (retirement and expansion)

  4. Regional Skills and Social Care Forecasts • By 2014, H&SC employers will need: • 12,000 more staff @ L4 or above • 23,000 more staff @L3 or equivalent • 15,000 more staff @ L2 or equivalent • Skills gaps are highest for personal care and managers and leaders

  5. Drivers for Change • The policy agenda, and the NHS ‘Agenda for Change’ is placing an increasing emphasis on a patient-centred approach • Technological change • A Challenge to the traditional roles of nurses and healthcare assistants • New standards and occupational competency requirements

  6. Drivers for Change • Boundaries with health, education and housing, new service standards and new inspection and regulation structures. • Services are being delivered in ever more diverse settings • These developments, together with the need to make services more ‘person centred’

  7. New Policy Drivers • Leitch Report and Govt. response • White Paper- ‘Our Health, our care, our say • Every Child Matters • Options for Excellence Review/GSCC Review • Green Paper on Care Services reform

  8. New policy drivers contin.. • ‘‘Our NHS, Our Future’’ review • Carers Strategy • Dementia Care Strategy • Valuing People- White Paper- ‘’Refresh’’

  9. Challenges for Providers • Attract Learners into the sector • Broader opportunities to up-skill the workforce • Progression across levels and between types of qualifications • Enhanced learner support • Enhanced IAG • Enhanced employer engagement with smaller providers

  10. Key Challenges for Employers • Service reconfiguration • Workforce reform • Recruitment and retention and image • Funding • Partnerships

  11. LSC Research ‘’..Sector employers are increasingly encouraging staff to progress from Level 1 or 2 qualification to level 3 or 4, rather than directly recruiting higher qualified people. This is a key issue which needs to be communicated to the FE and HE sectors…’’

  12. Acknowledgements • Liz Heaven- Regional Manager Skills for Care www.skillsforcare.org.uk • Sector Skills Balance Sheet May 2007 www.lsc.gov.uk

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