Herefordshire and Worcestershire Lifelong Learning

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Demand for services• > 140,000 job opportunities are expected to

arise– 34,000 are new – 110,00 are retirements and career moves

• 90,000 in health and 50,000 in social care• 45,000 in personal service occupations• 40,000 in associate professional &

technical occupations– (25,000 in health 14,000 in social care).

Regional Skills and Social Care Context

• Over 250,000 staff in H&SC

• >50,000 have low or no qualifications

• 35,500 qualified to below Level 2

• Forecast of 50,000 job opportunities by 2014 (retirement and expansion)

Regional Skills and Social Care Forecasts

• By 2014, H&SC employers will need:

• 12,000 more staff @ L4 or above

• 23,000 more staff @L3 or equivalent

• 15,000 more staff @ L2 or equivalent

• Skills gaps are highest for personal care and managers and leaders

Drivers for Change

• The policy agenda, and the NHS ‘Agenda for Change’ is placing an increasing emphasis on a patient-centred approach

• Technological change• A Challenge to the traditional roles of

nurses and healthcare assistants • New standards and occupational

competency requirements

Drivers for Change

• Boundaries with health, education and housing, new service standards and new inspection and regulation structures.

• Services are being delivered in ever more diverse settings

• These developments, together with the need to make services more ‘person centred’

New Policy Drivers

• Leitch Report and Govt. response

• White Paper- ‘Our Health, our care, our say

• Every Child Matters

• Options for Excellence Review/GSCC Review

• Green Paper on Care Services reform

New policy drivers contin..

• ‘‘Our NHS, Our Future’’ review

• Carers Strategy

• Dementia Care Strategy

• Valuing People- White Paper- ‘’Refresh’’

Challenges for Providers

• Attract Learners into the sector• Broader opportunities to up-skill the workforce• Progression across levels and between types of

qualifications• Enhanced learner support• Enhanced IAG• Enhanced employer engagement with smaller

providers

Key Challenges for Employers

• Service reconfiguration

• Workforce reform

• Recruitment and retention and image

• Funding

• Partnerships

LSC Research

‘’..Sector employers are increasingly encouraging staff to progress from Level 1 or 2 qualification to level 3 or 4, rather than directly recruiting higher qualified people. This is a key issue which needs to be communicated to the FE and HE sectors…’’

Acknowledgements

• Liz Heaven- Regional Manager Skills for Care www.skillsforcare.org.uk

• Sector Skills Balance Sheet May 2007

www.lsc.gov.uk