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NHS Commitment to the Skills Pledge in 2009 – the Benefits for the NHS

NHS Commitment to the Skills Pledge in 2009 – the Benefits for the NHS. Dianne Panter Chair Recruitment & Retention Group Workforce Development Manager Northamptonshire Local Health Community Workforce Team. Overview. Skills Pledge Journey Joint Investment Framework (JIF) Action Plans

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NHS Commitment to the Skills Pledge in 2009 – the Benefits for the NHS

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  1. NHS Commitment to the Skills Pledge in 2009 –the Benefits for the NHS Dianne Panter Chair Recruitment & Retention Group Workforce Development Manager Northamptonshire Local Health Community Workforce Team

  2. Overview • Skills Pledge Journey • Joint Investment Framework (JIF) • Action Plans • Implementation • Case Studies • Benefits to the NHS and Staff

  3. Signing of Skills Pledge (Stage 1) • NHS Northamptonshire October 2008 • Kettering General Hospital • Foundation NHS Trust January 2009 • Northamptonshire Healthcare • Foundation NHS Trust February 2009 • Northampton General Hospital • NHS Trust October 2009

  4. Skills Pledge • Stage 1 – Making the Skills Pledge • Stage 2 – Diagnostic • Training Needs Analysis for Bands 1-4 • Stage 3 – Action Plan • identifies staff to be involved, skills and qualifications, timescales, • schedule of activity • Stage 4 – Implementation and achievement • Works towards action plan milestones, identifying new actions • along the way to improve and realise the potential of Bands 1-4

  5. Joint Investment Framework(JIF) • A National agreement signed in July 2007 between: • Skills for Health • Learning and Skills Council • 10 Strategic Health Authorities

  6. Joint Investment Framework(JIF) • A financial commitment to invest £100m per year for 3 years – 2008/9 2009/10 20010/11 • To support health sector employers to meet priority skills needs, improving patient care and the delivery of services. • FOCUS ON BANDS 1 - 4

  7. Northamptonshire NHS Workforce in Bands 1-4 5265 As at August 2009 Q: Already fit to do the job, doing it well, - why bother?

  8. JIF Funding Focus • Skills for Life – numeracy, literacy, ESOL and basic entry level IT • National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) • Apprenticeships • Foundation Degrees • Dental Nurse courses leading to registration • Pharmacy Technicians • City & Guild Health trainers @ level 3 • Assessors and Verifiers • …………. and other relevant courses

  9. Diagnostic (Stage 2) • TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS • BANDS 1-4 • Requirement of the Skills Pledge and to access JIF funding.

  10. Training Needs Analysis ISSUES: • Never been done before for this staff group • Systems not in place • Not aligned to workforce plans • BENEFITS: • Managers are more aware of staff needs • More aligned to personal development plans • Improved systems in place • alignment to workforce plans – not perfect yet but should improve over time

  11. Awareness Sessions Managers & staff Action Plan (Stage 3) Information booklets, flyers & leaflets Partnership working With education providers Test the NHS Taster sessions

  12. Implementation and Achievement (Stage 4) • Education Groups for Bands 1-4. • Skills for life classes being run on site. • ITQ Courses plugging knowledge gaps. • Foundation Degrees being supported. • Apprenticeship targets set from 0 – 85 (expected by end of March) • Access to other types of training made possible • Opportunities to progress to professional careers

  13. Case Study (1) • 2 days of screening for literacy, numeracy and IT • Now literacy and numeracy classes running weekly • 31 enrolled on an ITQ course • Learners able to attend for 1 to 2 hrs a week in a workshop setting. • Positive feedback from learners who had not been in a classroom for many years

  14. Case Study Learner who had not been in a learning environment for 20 years I felt that I wasn’t out of place and the tutor was great. Doing my literacy level 2 has encouraged me to want to do more things. I feel that the sky’s the limit – thank you for putting on these classes.

  15. Case Study (2) • NVQ Level 3 in Peri-operative Support. • Enabled progression to a Senior post. • Started assessors training • Given her confidence & increased personal self-esteem • (taken from LSC East Midlands News Issue 8 November 09) Lindsay Cook Senior Theatre Support Worker

  16. Case Study (3) • Advanced Apprenticeship in Business and Admin • Unexpected opportunity • Learning new skills • Widening of abilities • Increased confidence • Feels as if achieving something – a goal to work towards. Francine Woolf Administrative Assistant

  17. Benefits to the NHS and Staff • Grow our own staff. • Improved confidence, and motivation. • Employees feel more valued & raised self-esteem. • Improved numeracy, literacy and language skills across the service. • Employees supported to gain qualifications • Investment in higher skill levels • Organisations gaining an embedded learning culture. • Increased overall performance of the organisations. • Improved delivery of service ……………. But most important of all

  18. Benefits to the NHS and Staff IMPROVED CARE FOR PATIENTS

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