event: showcasing workforce planning toolkits

30 April 2007. 10am-3pm, Room G21, Paterson's Land, Moray House, University of Edinburgh.

Over 40 people attended this one day event which was designed to introduce managers and service providers to a number of toolkits which support workforce planning. The Scottish Social Service Council's new workforce planning tool was showcased and delegates were also introduced to toolkits produced by the Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit (including EVOC's Training Needs Analysis tool) and the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care - all products applicable to supporting workforce planning for all sectors of the social services workforce.

Presentations from the programme:

• Welcome and introduction. [Wendy Paterson, Co-ordinator, Scottish Social Services Learning Network (South East).]

• Workforce planning and development – an introduction. [Derek Philips, Regional Workforce Planning Director for South East and Tayside, NHS Scotland.] Broadcast in Youtube in 4 parts below:

• The Scottish Social Service Council ’s workforce planning tool. [Mike Docherty, Learning and Development Advisor, Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).] Broadcast in Youtube in 3 parts below:

• ‘Towards a Competent and Confident Residential Child Care Workforce’ – a toolkit for managers involved in registering staff. [Maureen Anderson, Director of Vocational Studies, Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care (SIRCC).] Broadcast in Youtube in 2 parts below:

• Workforce Planning Toolkit. [Janet Miller, Director, & Caroline Sturgeon, Development and Policy Officer, Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit (VSSSWU).] Broadcast in Youtube in 2 parts below:

• EVOC Training Needs Analyser. [Trisha Gow, Care Learning Development Worker, Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council (EVOC).]

Questions from delegates to the speakers (click on the link for responses from the panel):

Question 1:  We talked about in the workshop was service user feedback in the workshop and Maureen gave some examples of where that’s been facilitated in the child care field.  From your experience do your tools help facilitate that and have you come across good examples where service users have been involved in supporting learning and development for staff?

Click here for the delegate feedback report.

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