Training Strategy Implementation (TSI) Funding

Jackie TaylorSkills for Care Contracts Manager

What does TSI Fund in Hertfordshire?

• NVQs in Social Care – any level

• Inductions – Common Induction Standards– Managers Induction– Learning Disability Qualification

How much funding will I get?

• TSI pays £65 per unit:– NVQ Level 2 = 6 units - £390– NVQ Level 3 = 8 units - £520– NVQ Level 4 = 10 units - £650– Inductions = 1 unit - £65

• To claim you must complete TSI Partnership Forms and be accepted by Skills for Care– Includes completing your National Minimum Data Set

for Social Care (NMDS-SC) information

NMDS-SC The NMDS-SC collects valuable information about the Social Care workforce across the country. Skills for Care use the data to inform strategic planning at national, regional and local levels – – Size of workforce– Age of workforce– No of volunteers– Level of trained staff– Identify gaps

It can also be used as a workforce development tool by organisations who update their records.

To qualify for TSI Funding

• Register and update your NMDS-SC establishment records:– Current Investors in People status– Establishment type– Main and other services provided– Service users for whom services are provided– Service capacity and uptake level– Numbers of staff permanently and temporarily employed– Numbers of bank/pool, agency, student, voluntary and other

staff– Numbers of staff leaving and starting in past 12 months– Numbers of vacancies– Reasons for leaving– Destination of leavers

Update your worker records to include 90% of your worker records

– Gender– Date of birth– Nationality– Main job role– Other job roles (if applicable)– Start date (in main job)– Source of recruitment– Employment status– Contracted hours of work– Additional hours worked (if

applicable)– Full-time or part-time– Working arrangements

– Sickness absence– Salary– Date first employed in social care– Induction status– Qualifications held– National Insurance Number– Home postcode– Ethnic origin– Country of birth– Date of arrival in UK (if applicable)– Disability– Qualifications working towards

REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR DATA

HELP!?!• Skills for Care Helpline – 0845 873 0129

– Help with passwords, logging on, check whether you have completed your NMDS-SC to be eligible to claim TSI

• Theresa, at Change Consultancy: Direct Dial: 01508 491584 – will help to guide you through the process

• Lee Stribling, the Eastern Regional lead on nmds-sc: 078113 92584 or Lee.Stribling@skillsforcare.org.uk

• Jackie Taylor – HCPA – 0203 167 4679 or jackietaylor@hcpa.info • or Gerry Cove – for claim enquiries – 01580 753865 or

gpcove@tiscali.co.uk

• Websites : www.hcpa.info and www.skillsforcare.org.uk