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Building the Future Workforce

Join us in discussing recruitment and retention challenges, preparing new entrants, and addressing future skills challenges in West Wales. Be part of shaping the future workforce!

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Building the Future Workforce

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  1. Building the Future Workforce Rebecca Jones Regional Workforce Programme Manager 24 May 2018 Jonathan Griffiths Lead Director Workforce

  2. Background and Context Workforce identified as a key issue nationally and regionally: Parliamentary review: Wales should be a great place to train and work West Wales Population Assessment: shrinking workforce with increased demand for care and support over the next 20 years RPB: workforce a cross-cutting priority Social Care Wales: partnerships to be engaged more closely in workforce issues on a regional footprint Funding for workforce planning and development: Social Care Wales Workforce Development Programme (SCWWDP) Facilitation Grant

  3. A Regional Approach Regional Workforce Programme Manager appointed into the RCU as operational workforce lead, meeting requirements of Social Care Wales Johnathan Griffiths strategic national and regional lead for workforce (to April 2018) Programme Manager priorities: Co-produced regional workforce strategy Aligning workforce development activity with wider regional programme Supporting a regional approach to SCWWDP Managing delivery under the Facilitation Grant Raising the profile of workforce development and advising other regional work streams Progressing key projects including recruitment, retention and careers

  4. Recruitment, Retention and Careers • Recruitment and retention challenges in the sector, particularly rural areas • Work to be done on the image and promotion of social care as a career choice • How can we make the best use of resources and recruit the right people? • Regional Learning and Skills Partnership working to drive investment in skills by developing responses based upon local and regional need • Your chance to influence and shape that investment to support building the future workforce

  5. Questions/ Areas for discussion Group 1 – Identify the particular challenges around recruitment and retention in West Wales, with examples Group 2 – Are new entrants to your workforce “work ready”? What makes them ready/not ready? Group 3 – What are the future skills challenges for your business/organisation?

  6. Solutions, not Problems!

  7. Rebecca Jones: Regional Workforce Programme Manager01267 228755 / 07384 242 268www.wwcp.org.uk

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