We help people who do a great job do it better 20 th and 27 th February 2012 Support for Direct...

we help people who do a great job do it better

20th and 27th February 2012

Support for Direct Employers

Olivia Redgrave, Area Officer

Today…

Who Skills for Care are An introduction to the Personal

Assistant Framework Tools and resources available from

Skills for Care

Skills for Care’s strategic role is to ensure that the adult social care workforce has the attitudes, values, skills and qualifications in the right place to deliver high quality social care.

We work closely with the 40,600 organisations that offer social care people who use services, carers and with other key stakeholders to develop tools and resources that meet the workforce development needs of the sector, Skills for Care helps employers build the skills of 1.6 million workers and plan for the future.

About Skills for Care

A framework for supporting personal assistants working in adult social care Co-produced by Department of Health

with national partner organisations, people who use services and their personal assistants.

Launched 27 July 2011 in Essex by Paul Burstow MP

Based on recent research

Personal Assistants’ Framework

Delivery plan will be developed in coming months

Skills for Care to co-ordinate implementation of framework in partnership with direct employers and other partners

Personal Assistants’ Framework

Three broad aims To support future growth of the personal

assistant workforce and their employers To address challenges to the

development of personal assistant working; and

To share best practice examples

Main areas of framework

Better understanding of personal assistant working

Support for employers during recruitment

Learning and development Supporting personal assistants and

employers Enabling risk management

Skills for Care resources

Recruitment and early days: Personal Assistant Recruitment Toolkit Effective Supervision I Care website personal assistant case

study Personalisation and Partnership – a

successful working relationship

Skills for Care resources

Developing skills Common Induction Standards for

personal assistants Qualifications

New, flexible qualifications – lots of sizes and lots of topics

New qualifications

Over the past year vocational qualifications have changed

Existing qualifications are still are valid Workers can undertake more

qualifications to enhance their skills There is a new structure for the new

qualifications

A new structure

New qualification headlines

Level 2/3 Diploma (replaces Level 2/3 NVQ)

Level 5 Diploma in management (replaces various Level 4 qualifications)

Can study towards individual units Shorter Awards and Certificates

available in a variety of subject areas

Developing Skills

Mental

Health

Learning

Disability

Activity

Provision Moving &

Assistance

Food Safety

& Nutrition

Continuing

Professional

Development

Dementia

Diabetes

Skills for Care resources

Developing skills Common Induction Standards for

personal assistants Qualifications

New, flexible qualifications – lots of sizes and lots of topics

Funding for units within qualifications Nmds-sc

Thank you

Information and joining the advisory group at paframework@skillsforcare.org.uk

www.skillsforcare.org.uk

we help you improve your workforceOlivia Redgrave

olivia.redgrave@skillsforcare.org.uk

Tel 01588 660761 Mob 07890514113