Fiona Boak

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Fiona Boak

• Humber EBP/Connexions Humber

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The Health Social Care Sector

• Breadth of sector 15 of UK workforce
• Employment trend generally growing
• Labour supply not always meeting demand
• Sector characteristics staff shortages,
  recruitment problems, poor pay, lack of career
  progression and poor image
• Managing demand

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Facts Figures

• 2M people employed within health sector (7 of
  workforce) and forecast to grow by 10 between
  2004/2014
• Indications are that between 875,000 and 1.25M
  people work in social care sector
• Predicted growth also relates to social care
  (sub-sector)
• Public sector accounts for 73 of employment in
  UK health sector (21 employed in private sector)
• NHS biggest single employer (1.3M)

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Key Factors

• Fragmentation of services
• 94 employed cf 6 self-employed (H)
• 78 of workforce is female (but an unexploited
  resource) HSC
• Potential for competition in terms of recruitment
• Health highly qualified area of sector
• Social Care history of low skilled employment

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Key Drivers

• Growing and aging population
• National policies
• Technological changes
• Need for client centred services (increased
  multi-agency working)
• More demanding clients (ie greater level of need)

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The National Picture

• Growth anticipated generally
• A patient centred approach ie services
  organised around patients rather than functions
• Delivery that reflects increased multi-
  professional/multi-disciplinary working
• Focus on public health ie supporting healthier
  life styles preventing ill health
• Increased expectations from government and public
  re service quality, access and convenience

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Yorkshire Humber Region

• 130,000 staff working within the wider health
  community
• Health service represents 12 of regions economy
• 54 increase in medical dental staff since 1995
  and growth projected to continue
• Demand for highly qualified staff will continue
  to increase
• Overall demand for health and/or social care
  services will increase

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The Humber

• Local picture tends to reflect national/regional
• Demand likely to outstrip supply
• Health key skill shortage area
• Raise profile of sector and improve image to aid
  recruitment
• Improved progression
• Society, Health Development Diploma

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Further Information

• http//www.guidance-research.org/
• http//www.skillsforcare.org.uk/
• http//www.skillsforhealth.org/
• http//www.skillsforjustice.com/
• http//www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/
• http//www.yorksandhumber.nhs.uk/

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Pathways for Progression

• Developing the local picture
• Up to date information on learning/ training
  pathways and providers linked to
• Labour market information jobs/salaries/trends

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Pathways for Progression

• http//www.aimhigherhumber.org/