Dick Winterton

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Skills for Justice- The Licensed Sector Skills
Council for Justice

• Dick Winterton
• CEO

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Skills for Justice
Stakeholders
Employers
Govt depts
Devolved Administrations
Learning providers
Sector Skills Development Agency
Employees
Our Vision The justice sector will have a
workforce with world-class skills that will
enable the highest levels of performance in
public, private and voluntary organisations
across the UK, in all parts of the sector.
Our Mission To ensure that all parts of the UK
Justice Sector have an active and effective
Skills Management Strategy for developing and
managing the skills of their workforce.
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Scope

• Serious Organised Crime Agency
• HM Revenue and Customs
• Forensic Science Services
• Immigration Services

• Community Justice
• Custodial Care
• Police Services
• Prosecution Services
• Courts and Tribunal Services
• The Judiciary and Magistracy

• Private Security Industry
• Legal Advice Services
• Fire and Rescue Services
• British Parking Association

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Governance

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Demand

• A competent, well-motivated workforce

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What are the issues?

• Understanding the need
• Setting it down clearly
• Robust assessment
• Keeping skills up to date
• Giving recognition
• Progression

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Understanding the Need- Sector Skills Agreements

• Assessment of current and future skill needs
• Assessment of current provision
• Analysis of the gaps and weaknesses in current
  workforce development
• An assessment of the scope for collaborative
  action by employers
• The development of a costed action plan with key
  delivery partners

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Setting it down

• National Occupational Standards
• National Competency Frameworks

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National Occupational Standards

• Define
• Skills
• Underpinning knowledge understanding
• Behaviours, attitudes
• Three Key Requirements
• Employer led
• UK-wide applicability
• Assessment strategy
• Particularly useful for learning programme design

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National Competency Frameworks

• Based on National Occupational Standards
• Define Role Profiles
• Particularly useful for
• Recruitment
• Selection
• Appraisal

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Robust Assessment
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Competence

• Knowledge
• and
• Understanding

Practical Skills Tx Tx
TPS OPS

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Keeping up to date

• Professional / Specialist Registers
• Issues
• Entry qualifications
• Structured progression
• Career pathways
• Succession planning
• Exit processes
• Recognition

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Integrated People Management
Best Practice
National Occupational Standards
Qualification Frameworks
Registers
CPD
Competency Frameworks
Staff Appraisal
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Skills Management Strategy The Picture on the
Lid
Quality Management
Entry
Development and Progression
Exit
Contracted Skilled Services
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Quality Management
Processes Critical Processes ISO Recognition
Continuous
People Critical Skills NOS Qualifications/Regi
stration CPD

• Which?
• Standards
• Accreditation
• Improvement

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Delivery - the issues

• New range of providers
• Internal
• External
• Private
• Further Education
• Higher Education
• Content
• Quality
• Clarity

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Quality Framework

• Skillsmark
• 2 stage approach
• Recognition/Endorsement
• For endorsement
• Content
• Mapping to National Occupational Standards
• Quality
• Working in partnership

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Skills for Justice- The Licensed Sector Skills
Council for Justice

• Dick Winterton
• CEO