Diane EvansDevelopment Officer:

Workforce Development/ETS

dianee@nya.org.uk

Integrated Workforce Planning

Main Aims for

Workforce Development•To coordinate and strengthen the skills of the workforce

•Encouraging more people into the workforce

•Create a leadership and management initiative to support the development of shared skills

• supporting the training needs of the third sector

Local implications•Workforce development should be part of the Children and Young Peoples plan

•Workforce strategies are expected to address the needs of the whole sector

•Strategies should be developed through the participation of users

The wider policy context

•The Children and Young People’s Workforce Strategy

•Common Core of Skills

•Integrated Qualifications Framework

The wider European context

•The UK’s commitment to the Bologna declaration

•UK qualifications need to be compatible with frameworks across Europe

•Exploration of successful concepts of integrated training as taught across continental Europe

Discussion Focus for Today's Workshop

•Leadership and Management

•Recruitment and Retention

•Capacity Issues in the Third Sector

• A Common Platform of Skills and Training