Lancashire Workforce Development Partnership News Archive

1. Care Ambassador

   Could one of your employees be a Care Ambassador?

   For more information about becoming a Care Ambassador, and to find out how your organisation could benefit from the skills and enthusiasm that a Care Ambassador brings why not come along to one of our Training Days being held on 23rd February and 5th March.

   Click here for more details.

2. Would you like help to input your NMDS data?

   As you know, LWDP Networkers are actively supporting care providers to use LancashirePlan and complete workforce data to maintain HR records and complete their National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC).

   LWDP wish to gauge the level of interest in the services of an LWDP data inputter who would visit care establishment to update LancashirePlan and assist you to complete your NMDS-SC.

   If you would welcome the support of an LWDP data inputter to update LancashirePlan and assist you to complete your NMDS-SC, please click here and complete the request form and email to jackmoorehead@lwdp.org.uk or post back to the address below.

   Deadline for responses: 17th February 2010. Click here for NMDS visit request form

3. Newly Qualified Social Workers

   Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) Framework in Adult Services – Action Learning Facilitator Development Programme 2010/11

   Skills for Care is seeking consultants to design and deliver a programme of training in the facilitation and leading of action learning primarily in relation to the use of action learning sets in the support of newly qualified social workers (NQSW), their supervisors and managers. To find out more information click here.

4. QCF – Draft Activities Provision Units

   Qualifications and Credit Framework – Draft Activities Provision Units Skills for Care are pleased to inform you that draft QCF units for the new qualification Activities Provision is available to review. These units/qualifications have been developed as result of demand from the sector to reflect New Types of Working and imminent changes in National Minimum Standards.

   Participants are asked to review draft materials against tight criteria and within a short timescale in order to meet deadlines of 2010 and to be included in subsequent feedback, therefore the closing date will be 5pm Friday 19th February 2010.

   We would be grateful for your advice and/or comments on the following:

   • Does the language and terminology reflect the values and current good practice in the sector, and is it accessible to learners?
   • Do the ‘assessment requirements’ provide a safe and suitable approach for the content and context of the unit?
   • Is the ‘additional information’ appropriate?

   Specific details on how to complete the online questionnaire are on the website www.surveymonkey.com

   Once again, thank you for your time and patience in this process. If you would like further information or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Fazeela Hafejee on 07971 078272.

5. Peninsula Update

   Attention all Peninsula Clients

   Please note the closing date for return of the Peninsula service level agreements proforma is Friday 29th January 2010.

6. Medication Training Tender

   Further to the invitation to tender for Medication Administration Training, 13 responses were received and 2 companies shortlisted from this. Both these organisations were invited in to present their tender early in January and subsequently, Carefully Trained were awarded the contract to deliver the training. Thank you to all those who took the time to put forward a submission.

7. Skills for Care Provider Development Day

   Providers from Greater Lancashire are invited to a development day, looking at how personalised services can work for their business and will include a number of presentations, workshops and an interactive group exercise looking at what a person using services would like from their service. The event will take place on Wednesday 10th February 2010 at Myttonfold Hotel, Whalley Road, Langho, Nr Blackburn, BB6 8AB

   To book your place online visit http://northwest.skillsforcare.org.uk/Lancsevent (Please note booking closes 27th January 2010) For venue accessibility please see the website. Click here for more details.

8. HR SERVICES

   Last Change to Attend Interview Skills Training

   There are still places available to attend Interviewing Skills Training on 27th January 2010. The venue is Marian House, Beech Grove, Preston and the cost is £50 per delegate. Joining instructions will be sent in advance. Please contact clairewardle@lwdp.org.uk or telephone 01772 761855 for more information.

   Please click here for course outline and booking form

9. NMDS – SC FREE WORKSHOP

   The LWDP and Skills for Care are jointly hosting a free workshop to help you understand NMDS – SC and show you how to complete your NMDS – SC through LancashirePlan Click here for more information.

10. Christmas Message

    This Christmas the LWDP will not be sending Christmas cards and gifts, Instead we are making a donation to Bookworms & Chatterboxes, an Oxfam supported initiative for teaching Teachers. We wish all our colleagues and stakeholders a happy and healthy New Year.

    Please note that the LWDP offices will be closed for the festive period from lunchtime on Thursday 24th December 2009 and will re-open on Monday 4th January 2010

    Dymph Knowles, CEO, LWDP

11. Funding for NVQ's

    The LWDP financial year ends on the 31st March 2010, therefore please can you only apply for the maximum number of NVQ units you are likely to complete by March 31st 2010. The last date to complete any training will be 31st March 2010.

12. Education Training Evaluation

    An automated process for Training Provider course evaluations is available on LancashirePlan. This enables Care Providers to evaluate all  funded training delivered. The process is as follows - once a training provider marks a course as complete, a system generated email (including hyperlink) prompts the care provider to complete an evaluation in LancashirePlan (L-Plan).  A care provider can complete training provider evaluations for all courses booked and completed in L-Plan. If possible individuals receiving training should complete the evaluation alternatively their line manager or admin support person should complete the evaluation after discussing the training with the participant. Where groups have attended a summary for the group can be completed.

    Click here for further information

    For more information contact Jack Moorehead on 01772 761855.

13. Medication Training Tender

    Further to the email sent to Training Providers regarding tendering details, additional questions have been raised. Please see the link below for the questions raised and our subsequent answers

    Click here for the document

14. Qualifications & Credit Framework (QCF)

    Message for all Care Providers and Training Providers!
     
    Please see the messages from Sue George at Skills for Care, this is an opportunity for you to have input to the new QCF framework for various training courses, anyone who may be interested in being part of the work and has the appropriate experience please let Sue know, the same terms of reference applies to both the first group looking at Moving and Handling and the 2nd group looking at activities coordination
     
    If you need any further information please contact Sue.

    Click the two links below to download the information (Adobe Accrobat reader required)
    
    Document number 1
    Document number 2

15. LWDP's AGM

    LWDP Annual General Meeting

    On the 6^th October 2009, LWDP’s AGM was held at Marian House. The 2008/2009 financial year’s annual review document which supported this meeting is available as a pdf file and can be viewed  by Clicking here

    If the above link does not load you will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader click here to be taken to a download link for Adobe Acrobat Reader, once you ahve successfully installed it, revist the link above to view the document.

16. NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR CARE PROVIDERS

    Lancashire Workforce Development Partnership is linking with the Centre for Assessment and Recognition to offer LWDP clients the opportunity to gain the Investors in People accreditation. This modular programme will be substantially subsidised to support up to 30 social care employers. The pilot will commence in the autumn 2009 and conclude at the end of October 2010, at which point participating organisations will be expected to have achieved recognition against the standard. Although substantial funding will support the launch day and workshops, organisations will contribute on a pro-rata percentage basis towards final assessment. To register your interest, please do so by contacting Katie Burgess at LWDP.

    
    

    e-mail: katieburgess@lwdp.org.uk Tel: 01772 761855

    Please note: As limited places are available, they will be allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. The offer of places will close at the end of August.

17. Invitation to Tender

    Adult social Care Manager Induction Standards LWDP are actively seeking applications from experienced and qualified training professional to deliver bespoke courses to meet the new Skills for Care Adult Social Care Manager Induction standards, If you are interested in applying, please e-mail katieburgess@lwdp.org.uk or call 01772 761855 for further details.

18. DOLS information

    

    Guidance for Managing Authorities (Care Homes and Care Homes with Nursing) needing to request a Deprivation of Liberty Authorisation from Lancashire County Council. Click here to download the full PDF

19. LWDP Funding 2009 - 2010

    The following table shows the maximum funding available per course for the year ending 31st March 2010

    TITLE	AMOUNT PAYABLE	NOTES
    NVQ UNITS INCLUDING MANAGEMENT NVQ'S	£110	COLLEGES WILL BE PAID £82.50 PER UNIT
    A1 ASSESSORS COURSE	£500
    COMMON INDUCTION STANARD	£150	ONE APPLICATION PER PERSON
    LDQ	£200	ONE GRANT PER INDIVIDUAL
    PTLLS/CTLLS	£250	ONE GRANT PER ORGANISATION
    SHORT COURSES	MAX £50 paid according to the price advertised by the training provider	3 SHORT COURSES PER INDIVIDUAL PER YEAR each course must be a minumum of 6 taught hours in duration to qualify
    PQ/CPD	UP TO £500	ONE GRANT PER YEAR PER QUALIFED MEMBER

    New for 2009/10

    • There is a limited pot of money available to support ancillary staff working in Social Care to undertake relevant training.
    • There is a limited pot of money available to support training for Foster Carers and those supporting Adult placement.
    • There is a pot of money to support new employers – those holding a personal budget.

    Additionally, please note:
    
    HR training will be suspended for first three months ( April – June) whilst we look at different ways of providing support, if during this period you wish to undertake any management training supplied by our training providers please apply in the normal way through LancashirePlan each full day ( 6 taught hours)will be considered as a short course.
    
    Finally the small grants programme will be continuing in 2009/10 – details and application forms can be found on our website www.lwdp.org.uk

20. Move On E-bulletin

    Dear LWDP Members,

     

    Happy New Year!

     

    Welcome to the January edition of the e-bulletin from Move On to World Class Skills. The bulletin includes new developments and resources to support you and your colleagues with your Skills for Life work and with wider skills development activity.

     

    In this issue:

    ·          Free Darts maths takeaway

    ·          New numeracy section on the Move On web site

    ·          Test the . . . numeracy campaigns and the Skills Pledge

     

    What’s new?

    The most recent phase of the national Get On campaign is once more linking up with the British Darts Organisation to promote numeracy through darts. The partnership was launched at the World Professional Darts Championship this month with Johnny Ball. Move On has produced a free Darts-themed maths takeaway to support the campaign, which is available to download from the Move On web site. People accessing the Get On campaign web site continue to be offered the ‘Test your skills’ facility on the Move On web site.

     

    Have you seen?

    The new numeracy resources button on the home page of the Move On web site? We’ve made it much easier for you to access all the materials we’ve developed that relate to numeracy. Simply click on the button and choose from engagement or delivery. The links take you right through to specific documents that you can download or print off. As more numeracy-related resources are developed we’ll simply add them to the links so make sure you click on the button on a regular basis! Simply login or register at www.move-on.org.uk and click on the new numeracy resources button on the home page.

     

    Did you know?

    The successful Test the . . . approach continues to be used to support the increased uptake of numeracy opportunities. Recent campaigns have included Test the Prisons, Test the LSC and Test the Ambulance Service, with more campaigns planned in the NHS. Increasingly Test the . . . campaigns are being used by employers and their partners to support implementation of the Skills Pledge. Move On to World Class Skills has developed a Skills Pledge implementation plan that is currently being trialled with an employer. This will be shared via the Move On web site following the trialling. If you would like to develop a Test the . . . campaign, go to www.move-on.org.uk/testthe.asp for free Test the Town and Test the Company manuals to help you plan and implement your own campaign.

     

    Coming soon

    In February’s e-bulletin:

    ·          Accessible resources to support work with employers

    ·          New Hot Topics

     

    To find out more

    Visit the Move On web site at www.move-on.org.uk. You will need to register to access the free resources. To find out more information from your nearest Move On adviser, go to the contact us page for names and contact details.

     

    We want to make sure that the right people are receiving the bulletin. If you would like this bulletin to go to other colleagues besides yourself or instead of yourself, please e-mail the details to move.on@tribalgroup.co.uk.

     

    The Move On to World Class Skills programme is delivered on behalf of LSIS by Tribal.

21. NMDS Briefing 7

    NMDS briefing 7 is now available Click here for information.

22. New LWDP Chair

    We are very pleased to announce that we have a new Chair – Judith Young. Judith joined us in September and has been busy getting to know everyone and what we do.

23. Stakeholder Event

    We are seeking Social Care Employers and Care Workers, Service Users and Carers, Direct Payment recipients and personal assistants and training providers to attend our stakeholder event to influence the future directions of the LWDP. Click here for the Flyer.

24. Notice re funding

    We have reached that stage in the year when processing applications slows down as need to see what money that has been allocated has not been used and return it to the pot. When making applications please take this into account. If you know you have funding which you will not be needing please inform Safeera as soon as possible on 01772 761855 or email safeerasuleman@lwdp.org.uk.