What’s going on in
the world of
workforce development?
An introduction to workforce development,
the government’s one workforce vision and how partners plan to support
you in your role.
Workforce development – what does that mean?
2020 Children and Young People's Workforce Strategy and the one
workforce tool
In December 2008, the Government published the 2020 Children and Young
People's Workforce Strategy.
This sets out the Government's vision that
everyone who works with children and young people should be ambitious
for every child and young person, excellent in their practice, committed
to partnership and integrated working, and respected and valued as
professionals.
Whatever role people play in families, children and young people’s
lives, the aim of this strategy is to ensure that they all have the
skills and knowledge to do the best job they possibly can to help
children and young people develop and succeed across all the outcomes
which underpin Every Child Matters: being safe, staying healthy,
enjoying and achieving, making a positive contribution and achieving
economic well-being.
Locally all areas are supported by the Children’s Workforce Development
Council (CWDC) – a national learning and development body. As well as
providing great information, they provide funding for every area.
The CWDC created a tool (with the help of young people, volunteers and paid
workers) for all local areas to assess their workforce strategy against.
In Tameside, partners already have a really good workforce strategy for
children and young people’s services, but the One Workforce tool has
brought us the opportunity to review this strategy.
Lots of people in
Tameside have responded, a greater number than other areas in the
north west and the whole Tameside research has been sent to the CDWCouncil for review. A new Tameside workforce strategy group will be
formed in October of this year and it will refresh the Tameside Children
and Young People’s workforce strategy.
You can find out more information
about the strategy by going to
www.tameside.gov.uk/cypp/workforcedev
There has been very little research done previously about how the
voluntary, community and faith sector feel about all of this – so T3SC
did their own research and there were over one hundred responses from
people who volunteer as trustees, administrator, scouts, guides, sports
coaches.
To find out all about our local research go to pages 7 and 8 of
the
Funky lizard
booklet.
For more information please contact Vee on 0161 339 4985
or email funkylizard@t3sc.org
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