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Building a World-Class Workforce for Children and Young People Development

The Council for Workforce Development (CWDC) aims to enhance the quality of services for children, young people, and families through effective workforce strategies. By focusing on a skilled workforce, organizations can deliver better outcomes. Key areas include leadership, early intervention, integrated services, and robust training systems. Engaging families and communities ensures that services are tailored to needs, paving the way for impactful change. This long-term project requires collaboration, dedication, and a structured approach to achieve lasting improvements in child welfare.

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Building a World-Class Workforce for Children and Young People Development

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  1. Workforce Development:The Big Picture and Regional Developments David Leay Consultant Children, Young People and Families Workforce Development Council

  2. Vision To build a world class children’s, young people and families workforce

  3. Why focus on workforce? • Quality services depend on quality people • The workforce is key to delivering outcomes • Strategies should all link to the five outcomes • A strategy is a means to an end, not an end in itself

  4. The Top Class Worker • Enjoyment • Making a Difference to Outcomes for Children • Knowing the Business • Listening to Children and Young People and Families

  5. The Top Class Organisation • Leadership • Outcomes Driven, Needs Led in its Response • Diverse and in Communities • Prevention, Early Identification, Protection • Listening to Children, Young People and Families

  6. CWDC Goal • To improve the lives of children, young people and families • Ensure people working with children have the best possible training, qualifications, support and advice • Help children’s organisations and services work together so the child is at the centre of services

  7. Our Task • Raising profile and quality • Sector priorities in the context of integration • Early Years • Social Care • Integrated Working • Qualifications and Standards • Leadership and Management • Advise Government on ‘Total Rewards’ • Listen to Children, Young People & Families • Local workforce strategies, consultancy support, regional networks

  8. Local Strategies:Key Considerations (1) • Must address needs of whole workforce across all sectors • Link to CYPP and Children’s Trust arrangements • Can’t be done by HR people alone • Engagement can be difficult!

  9. Key Considerations (2) • Who are the champions? • How to involve children, young people, families and carers? • Resourcing the development work • Be clear who will lead

  10. Key Considerations (3) • How can you use common core, common assessment framework and common induction to support implementation? • Are services to children with disabilities fully integrated? • How will leadership and management aspects be addressed? • Developing Commissioners

  11. What’s happening elsewhere? • 150 areas are working on this! • Practice is ‘emerging’ • Progress is generally quite slow • Some plans written • Workforce development integrated to varying degrees in CYPPs • Service reform and workforce reform not fully integrated in many areas • Private, independent and voluntary sectors not fully involved in many areas

  12. Some key points • Need to move beyond visioning • Need to create some capacity • This is a long term piece of work • BUT don’t delay! • Needs a structured project management approach • Leadership and management crucial • Build on strengths • Use your champions • Involving children and young people produces better results

  13. Summary • A massive agenda • Lots of interest and goodwill • Plenty of potential pitfalls • Progress, but quite slow • Lots of enthusiasm • Scale is quite daunting • What opportunities for regional collaboration and sharing?

  14. www.cwdcouncil.org.uk Monica Hingorani East Midlands Regional Development Manager monica.hingorani@cwdcouncil.org.uk T: 0113 390 7749 M: 07816 324 763

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