A partnership of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, Warrington and Wirral Children & Young People’s Services

Workforce Development Masterclass

Suites Hotel19th May 2008

THE LEARN TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP

The Workforce Development Programme

Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, and Wirral Children & Young

People’s Services

Programme Rationale

• High profile cases

• National Policy Developments - ECM

• Creation of Children’s Services Departments

• Need to work better as multi-disciplinary/ multi-professional teams

A Vision for Integrated Multi Professional Training

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TEAMING UP * JOINING UP * MAKING SENSE * ENRICHING LIVES

Management and OrganisationThe Partnership Board

• Strategic leadership• Sub-regional planning

The Strategy Group•Representation•Planning and development•Participation within LTP•Developing the vision

LJMU Practitioner Course University of Chester Leadership Course

Aims• All training underpins ECM agenda and is

mapped to the outcomes• Consistent, high quality, sub-regional training• Improve qualification levels through a structured

framework• Develop capacity at middle and senior

leadership levels and improve staff retention• Enhance confidence and skills in integrated

service delivery and multi-disciplinary working• Ensure a well led & managed workforce• Work sub-regionally to share learning & develop

practice

Establishing the Qualifications Framework

• What was needed ?• For whom ?• At what levels ?• How does this fit with existing qualifications ?• How does this sit alongside existing professional

development ?

The Practitioner Course Programme (LJMU)

• Programme Development• Entry Criteria• The First Pilot • Selection of Participants• Programme Delivery• Learning from the Pilot• Running the Second Pilot

Moving to Franchised Local Delivery

• Discussions with LJMU UK Partnerships• Courses/levels/validation• Producing the documentation• Delivery across six authorities• Who will deliver the course?• How will they be trained?• Quality assurance

Transitional Arrangements • Common structures agreed• Indicative timetable adopted

• Facilitators• LJMU link tutor• Advertising, application, enrolment• Induction and student support• Course materials and VLE access

LJMU CoursePractitioner Level Course for up to 30 students per cohort

Course delivered in 12 days at UL2, UL3 and M level

Award: 15 credits at the level the course was studied

Locally Delivered Course Costs £350 - £400 per candidate

Funding

NWIN BEST and COI programmes and LTP

Evaluation

• Early Feedback and Response• The Partnership• Local Authority• University• Edge Hill University• NWiN

The Post Graduate Programme

University of Chester

Multi-Professional Alignmentacross University of Chester

Health

SocialCare

Education and Children’s

Services

Business & Mngt

B.Ed BA(EY) MA. CertEd (P/S/EY)

Early Childhood Studies Ed Studies EYPS Foundation Degrees

Foundation Degrees C & M

Children’s Nursing. HV. SN.

BSc & MSc SpPractice NMC

MBA/ PC

MA Social Work

PG Diploma Social Work

Adv Practice Cert

Postgraduate Certificate in Multi-professional Leadership

M1: Leadership in Multi-Professional Settings

M2: Client Focused Leadership

M3: Leadership for Service Transformation

Post Graduate Certificate inMulti-Professional Leadership

• Programme Target Group• Focus Groups• Entry Criteria• Blended Learning • Action Learning Sets

Planning for the Post Graduate Certificate Course

Action Learning for Leadership

• personalised learning support• peer learning with external facilitation in

small groups• learning for action and in context• challenging but non-judgmental

• sustainable model for improving leadership quality and standards

M1: Leadership in Multi-Professional Settings

Professionalism and trans-professionalism: dimensions of leadership.

Field work with leaders in multi-professional settings.

Leadership and leaders in complex settings – leadership models in practice – transformational & systems leaders.

Collaborative leadership and leaders for change – change management theory and practice applied.

Integration and application of leadership theory to organisational issues.

M2: Client Focused Leadership

Client engagement and capacity building in multi-professional settings.

Personalisation, customer care and communication with clients.

Engaging and empowering children and young people

Parenting – policy, roles, responsibilities and capacity building.

Wellbeing and happiness – concepts, policy and practice.

Risk and Safety – Risk and Resilience - perception, cultures and practice development.

M3: Leadership for Service Transformation

Social Capital and its relevance for community and service development,

Understanding and interpreting local needs, service patterns and performance evidence.

Commissioning services as a multi-professional leadership opportunity.

Service improvement, evaluation and impact assessment – “making a difference” as leaders in multi-professional settings

INTEGRATING WORK-BASED PROJECT

University of Chester Costs

Post Graduate Certificate Programme

This is the first year of a three year programme leading to a Masters qualification in Multi-Professional Leadership

Cost of programme - £1740 per student

The Children’s PlanThe Children’s Plan

Building brighter futuresBuilding brighter futures

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