Gillian Aitchison, Skills for Justice

Stephen Rice, Skills for Justice

Supported by The Open University Wales

HARNESSING THE POWER OF L&D WEBTOOLSMANTEISIO AT BWER ADNODDAU DYSGU A DATBLYGY AR Y WE

L&D Challenges

• Reducing L&D Budgets

• Need for best value L&D Provision

• Framework for commissioners to meet

• Return on Investment/Expectation

Web Based L&D ToolsFeatures• Standards based (NOS, Behaviours etc) • Outcome focused (What & How)• Online – accessed from any internet enabled device

Benefits• Creates a common skills language (clarity, consistency, transferability)• Ensures objectivity in managing performance• Efficiencies (time/cost/resources – Policing Professional Framework reported savings of

up to £150k per force and savings in approx 240000 hours through implementing their online framework)

• Interoperability – using common standards facilitates collaboration and working across boundaries

How are they used• Identify, plan, recruit, train & develop, assess and accredit competent staff

Career Planning

Features & Benefits

• Online – accessed via any internet enabled device

• Reaches large audiences• Based on National Benchmarks (NOS)• Objective performance measure• New features planned

Creating shared learning for efficiency and better outcomes

What is it?

An online, interactive tool and supported process, created by Skills for Justice in collaboration with the Police, Fire and Rescue and Prison Services in Northern Ireland to support the NI Governments directive of shared training and maximising efficiencies for these agencies

The main features of the tool are:• analysis and comparison of the activities of each employer• all agreed training provision mapped to National Occupational Standards (NOS)• a shared behavioural framework to aid curriculum design• a process to support joint working and collaboration

Rationale and drivers

•To drive and encourage pan-sector collaboration

•To support efficiency and cost savings

•To embed interoperability into the operations of the three services

Any Questions?