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Workforce Development Team – Adult Social Care
Read our latest newsletter April 2013 (pdf 193kb)
The Workforce Development Programme 2013-14 (pdf 1.37mb) covers essential areas that adult social care workers, senior staff and managers need for their development so they can continue to provide excellent services across the city. The programme covers induction programmes, health and safety, management courses, safeguarding, specialist training and qualifications.
Access to programmes and booking
Our programmes and services are open to all those who work within adult social care services across Brighton & Hove. This includes:
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staff, managers and volunteers from independent and voluntary sector adult social care providers based in Brighton & Hove
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directly employed city council staff, please refer to opportunities on the Wave
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personal assistants, family or informal carers working with and supporting people in Brighton & Hove
Much of the programme is designed to be multi-agency with staff from different professional backgrounds trained together to help promote integrated working.
Please use the course request form (PDF64kb) to apply for training. Please ensure you complete all sections of the form. A hard copy can be found within the programme
Charges and cancellation policy
Attendance on courses is free unless advertised otherwise. We will need to review budgets throughout the year and should this situation change we will notify organisations accordingly.
The Workforce Development Team charges for non-attendance and late cancellations (within five working days) to cover the cost of lost training money. These funds are re-invested into additional learning provision.
The Workforce Development Team will apply a cancellation/non-attendance charge, this is currently £50 per course (the average cost of a training place), irrespective of the reason for cancellation/absence. If another team member is able to fill the place, no charge will be made.
Non attendance charges are invoiced to organisations quarterly.
For further information on our training see our Frequently Asked Questions -FAQ's (PDF 89kb)
Qualifications and funding
Please see the Workforce Development Programme for further details about our qualification programmes. Please contact us if you need advice or guidance on qualifications, funding or local training provision.
Training Recommendations
We have looked at Skills for Care’s latest guidance about training and development alongside information from the Health & Safety Executive, The Department of Health, Government legislation, best practice, law and dictates to recommend refresher and update training frequency See our recommendations (65KB) (version two updated December 2011) to help providers meet the Care Quality Commission's Essential Standards.
Common Induction Standards, Literacy, Numeracy and Computer Skills
The Workforce Development Team have produced a workbook to support the completion of the Common Induction Standards (June 2011). The workbook is free of charge to download, print and use. Please contact us with any comments or feedback about the workbook. A link to the Skills for Care website can be found at the bottom of this page where full information on the Common Induction Standards can be found.
The Common Induction Standards Workbook (PDF 241kb) July 2010.
It is also advisable that new staff members are assessed on their literacy, numeracy and computer skills. This process will ensure that all new staff are treated equally and any Skills for Life needs are quickly recognised and the correct support is offered. The following tools developed especially for use within health and social care can be used to help check literacy, numeracy and computer skills:
User booklet Assessment Part A (414kb)
User Booklet Assessment Part B (151kb)
Manager/Assessors Guidance (728kb)
ICT/Computer Skills Assessment (31kb)
Introducing Reablement in Brighton & Hove – a Workbook for Practitioners
The workbook is essential to anyone new to working in a reabling service, and will also be relevant to anyone who wants to know more about reablement.
The workbook includes links to further sources of information and to videos, so works best when completed at a computer. This is not essential however, and the workbook can also be printed and completed in long hand. The workbook covers:
- Reablement in Brighton & Hove
- Working in an outcome focused way
- The role of the professional
- Medical conditions
- Supporting, reviewing and recording
- The history of reablement
- Definitions
The workbook enables you to undertake development at your own pace how and when you need it
Safeguarding Adults
The Safeguarding Competency Assessment Framework and Managers Guide will support managers in assessing the skills and knowledge of staff around safeguarding practice. As well as having the confidence in staff and team competencies, the framework can also identify training and development needs. To download please click on the links below:
- Competency Framework- frontline staff assessment (WORD109KB)Competency Framework- managers assessment (WORD144KB)
- A Managers Guide to Competency Assessment (152KB)
We also manage the Training Accreditation Scheme for Safeguarding Adults for training providers/trainers working in Brighton & Hove
Enquiries
Please either email the Workforce Development Team or contact admin on 01273 296184/5Useful links for workforce development
Brighton & Hove Learning Disability Partnership Board
Brighton & Hove City Council offer health promotion training in partnership with NHS Brighton and Hove. These courses support you and your organisation to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to improve the health of people living in your area.
Core Skills and Knowledge Learning and Development Programme - provides development opportunities for everyone working with children and young people in Brighton & Hove, so that they can work together to improve outcomes for children in our city.