North East Centre of Vocational Excellence in Health

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North East Centre of Vocational Excellence in
Health

• Hazel Robson, NE SHA
• Diagnostic Stakeholder Event
• 8 September, 2006

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Context Headlines

• Agenda for Change Data
• NTW CDTV
• Bands 1 - 4 49.8 49.6
• Bands 1 5 76.6 74.3
• Many new roles/skill development requirements
  emerging at Level 3/4 and below
• 80 of current workforce will need replacing by
  2010 (SfH) age profile or up-skilling to take
  on new roles/new locations doing it differently

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ENTRY
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A Centre of Vocational Excellence is designed to
promote

• Employers and education working together to
  develop the appropriate infrastructure and
  capacity to meet the skill needs of the current
  and future workforce
• Lifelong Learning up-skilling the existing
  workforce and increasing adult participation
  through new learners.
• Growth in technical and vocational specialisms
  particularly at
• Level 3
• Progression from Level 3 into employment and
  higher education
• National Skills Task Force Report 2000

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How will it work?

• Lead Partners
• Strategic Health Authority (NTW CDTV)
• Hartlepool College of Further Education
• Newcastle College
• Other Partners
• Skills for Health
• All health sector employers/stakeholders
• Other education providers

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Key focus?

• Demand-led employers/commissioners in the
  driving seat
• Putting Career Pathways in place
• Qualifications (competence based)
• Consistent Quality
• Transferability/transportability
• Progression
• Cohesion Avoid duplication value existing
  good practice
• Build infrastructure capacity on both sides of
  the fence
• Transformation innovation excellence
• Collaboration partnership to make better use of
  ALL resources

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Benefits Led Approach

• Articulate and link activity to north east health
  priorities
• Improve collaboration and involvement across all
  stakeholders and partners.
• Involve users, patients and carers
• Ensure education training is aligned to current
  and future sector needs.
• Standardise pathways of education training
  across the sector.
• Develop appropriate career frameworks for people
  to improve access into employment and progression
  within the sector.
• Improve the application of knowledge and skills
  in practice so that staff are free of
  risk/safe/clinical working with patients.
• Endorsing materials clinical governance
  framework

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