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Developing Skills for the Future Voice of Care
Conference, Coventry Warwickshire July 12th
2007 Jerry Conway WM Regional Skills Manager
Social Care
Welcome
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Overview

• What is the LSC
• Skills Needs for Social Care
• Funding for Training
• The Future

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LSC Goals

• More adults and young people to achieve
  qualifications
• Reduce the number of people with basic skills
  needs
• Ensure that the providers of skills are truly
  meeting the needs of employers and learners

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How is the UK doing?

• 35 do not have a level 2 qualification
• 18th out of 30 OECD countries for level 2
• 20th out of 30 for intermediate qualifications
  (L3)
• 11th out of 30 for high level skills (level 4 )
• Leitch Review sets challenging targets to make
  the UK more competitive.
• (Leitch Review of skills - Prosperity for all in
  the Global Economy, World Class Skills Dec 2006)

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Issues from SectorReview

• 1 million people are employed in Social Care
• Between 1999 and 2004 the sector grew by 12
• Employers continue to report high turnover
• 244,000 employees have not achieved a level 2
  qualification (25)
• Continued growth in demand at level 2, 3, and 4
• Reduced demand for level 1 and low level skills
• A significant number of workers have skills for
  life needs

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Demand for skills inCoventry and Warwickshire

• 13,910 Employees in Social Care in Coventry and
  Warwickshire
• 4 of total workforce are in Social Care
• 54.4 of employers in Health and Social Care
  employ 10 people or less
• 12.1 of health care workforce from Ethnic
  Minorities (10.7 in whole workforce)
• Older people are over represented and younger
  people under represented in the workforce

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How are we helpingEmployers?

• Developing a new standard to measure employer
  responsiveness of providers
• National roll out of Train to Gain
• By 2010 the adult FE budget will be through train
  to gain demand led provision
• Only SSC approved qualifications will be funded
• SSA and SQS will be used to focus funding where
  employers need it

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How can employershelp us?

• Get involved in SSA and SQS Consultations from
  Skills for Care
• Complete NMDS-sc returns so we know who needs
  training
• Work in partnership with Training Providers

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LSC Regional Activities

• Sector Review
• Specialist Provider network
• City Region / City Strategy
• Brokerage deal with Skills for Care
• Adult Apprenticeships

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Funding for Skillsin Social Care

• Learning and Skills Council
• FE Core Funding
• Apprenticeships
• Train to Gain
• ESF co financing
• Other Funding Streams
• Training Strategy Implementation (Skills for
  Care)
• National Training Strategy Grant (Dept of Health)
  
• (accessed through care partnerships or SSDs)

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Train to Gain

• A new service to help businesses across England
  get the training they need to succeed and stay
  successful.
• The new Train to Gain service consists of two
  principle elements
• Skills Brokerage
• Flexible and responsive training provision

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Core Offer

• Support from a broker working to a national
  standard and linked to a reformed business
  support service
• Access to LSC funded programmes Skills for
  Life, first NVQ level 2 qualifications, Level 3
  trial and Apprenticeships
• Information and advice to employees on
  qualifications and training

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CONTACT DETAILS

• http//www.traintogain.gov.uk/index.html
• 08000 SKILLS 754557

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Demographic Trends
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Trends changes

• Service users in the driving seat
• Increase in chronic conditions
• Treatment moving from acute to primary care
• New types of worker
• Closer partnership with health
• GSCC registration of domiciliary care workforce
• Aging population

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West Midlands Population Projections
ONS Subnational Population Projections for
England 2006
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Population growth 85 Coventry and Warwickshire
ONS Subnational Population Projections for
England 2006
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