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Flexible Learning for Workforce Modernisation

The work of the Health Social Care and Early Years Sector Group has featured a major collaborative project to build a flexible framework for learning and development in health and social care with partners based across the Yorkshire and Humber region. It has required patience, open and honest dialogue and persistence in working towards its goals especially in view of the period of unprecedented change facing education and health service providers with public sector cuts and new policy guidance for delivering services.  But this project has demonstrated that a small initiative can support partners to develop innovative approaches to these national and local drivers for change, and shows what can be achieved through listening and responding positively to what employers require.... read more click here

1: Project publication, reports and tools
Demonstrator Case Study Publication click here
Assistant Practitioner toolkit click here Annexe 1 click here
WY Nationally Transferable Role template (Career Framework level 4) for Psychology Mental Health (Low Secure) and Cancer click here
Mapping of Assistant Practitioner role competences for the flexible framework in Health and Social Care click here
A. Appendix 1 Job descriptions reviewed for this research click here
B. Appendix 2 Clinical Roles: specific core competences common to AP roles click here
C. Appendix 3 Clinical Roles: specific functions click here
A position statement for development of Assistant Practitioner roles and a Flexible Framework for Learning and Development in Health and Social Care click here
Final Audit report March 2011 click here

2: Dissemination Conference 16 June 2011 - Speaker Presentations
The National and Regional Direction of Travel in the new Landscape click here
The Higher Education perspective: Responsive learning to meet employer needs? click here
Right Person, Right Place, Right Time: using skills mix to deliver quality and efficiency click here
The University of York, National study of Practitioner roles click here

 3: Dissemination Conference 16 June 2011 - Demonstrator Presentations
Collaboration click here
Getting the credit for work based learning-The Calderdale Framework Experience click here
Using The Calderdale Framework to Develop a Productive Workforce-Better for less click here
Bradford District Care Trust Low Secure Services Staff and service user involvement click here
The Impact of Assistant Practitioner (Psychology) Roles on the workforce and service users click here

4: Complementary Projects
Hull University: Report of the Workforce Development Project, Associate Practitioner Section click here
Hull University: Report of the Workforce Development Project, Appendix 1, Regional Job Descriptions click here
The University of York: Support Matters (proposed research) click here
The University of York: Developing a high performance support workforce in an acute healthcare setting (proposed research) click here