workforce planning & developments - projects

The Scottish Social Services Learning Network aims to help staff and organisations achieve workforce planning and development to support continuing growth. This section provides information on our project work in this area.

introduction | our project work - workforce planning and development | resources

Tayforth Inter Centre Standardisation - Network Tayforth event, 3 March 2008: this event aimed to bring together centres across Tayforth to share current practice around induction and support to candidates.

• Tayforth Inter Centre Standardisation programme

'Are we really ‘leading to deliver’? leadership and Scotland’s social services' - presentations from the Network South East event, 22 November 2007:

• View from the balcony. [Netta Maciver, representing the ‘Changing Lives’ Leadership and Management Change Programme.]
• Leadership and governance. [Andrew Lowe, Scottish Borders Council.]
• Leadership and social inclusion. [Najimee Parveen, PATH (Scotland) and Gillian Neish, Neish Training.]

Workshop presentations:

• Empowering service users and carers [led by ‘Changing Lives’ User and Carer Panel.]
• Training that impacts on practice and service user experience [led by Karen Lawson, Stevenson College.]
• Building a learning community to support leadership [led by David Hewitson, City of Edinburgh Council and Graham Lumb, Church of Scotland.]

'Tea, cakes and PIDS: Prince2 project management and the social services workforce' - presentations from the Network South East event, 6 November 2007:

• Introduction to the World Cafe. [Adrian Snowball, Aberlour Child Care Trust.]

Prince 2 in practice:

• Scottish Borders Council. [Shelagh Turnbull.]
• Scottish Institute for Excellence in Social Work Education. [Linda Walker & Jayne Dunn.]
• Scottish Social Services Learning Network (South East). [Peter Fairbrother.]

'Showcasing Workforce Planning Toolkits' - presentations from the Network South East event, 30 April 2007:

• 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.]
• The Scottish Social Service Council ’s workforce planning tool. [Mike Docherty, Learning and Development Advisor, Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).]
• ‘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).]
• Workforce Planning Toolkit. [Janet Miller, Director, & Caroline Sturgeon, Development and Policy Officer, Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit (VSSSWU).]
• EVOC Training Needs Analyser. [Trisha Gow, Care Learning Development Worker, Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council (EVOC).]

'The Challenge of Change' - presentations and discussion feedback from the Network North event, 2 March 2007:

• Accountability & Autonomy, the AA of Social Work. [Andrew Lowe, Practice Governance stream, 'Changing Lives'.]
• Developing the Workforce: So What? The Challenges of Implementing Changing Lives. [Carole Wilkinson, Workforce stream, 'Changing Lives'.]
• Service Development - How the Change Programme Might Help You. [Janet Birks, Service Development stream, 'Changing Lives'.]
• Changing Culture - Improving Performance. [Sandy Cameron, Performance Improvement stream, 'Changing Lives'.]
• Post conference booklet - discussion generated at the event.