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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
we help you improve your workforceOlivia Redgrave
Tel 01588 660761 Mob 07890514113
