Planning for Caring: Guidance to Assist Local Authorities and Partner Organisations in Wales Draw up Effective Human Resource Plans for the Social Care Sector in their Area
This Human Resource planning guidance for the Social Care Sector has been prepared as a consequence of the work of the Task and Finish group chaired by Graham Williams, Chief Inspector for Social Services in Wales. In its report, the Task and Finish group commented that:
“Social care is one of the most important service areas in Wales and an essential part of the continuation of care. However, the continual delivery of quality services is dependent on there being a quality workforce in place”.
The final report identified five key themes comprising:
1) Engage in a partnership with the sector to understand the size and nature of the problem.
2) Develop a strategy for improving the profile, image and understanding of the sector amongst the wider public.
3) Develop proposals for taking forward the reform of social work training within the context of the responses to the consultation on the Quality Strategy to include a review of current funding arrangements.
4) Examine the feasibility of the creation of national/local partnerships for recruitment and career development in social care, which may include the development of a funding scheme for trainees.
5) Work with employers across the sector to enable them to develop good recruitment and retention policies focussing on the overview report People need people.
It is as a consequence of the last key theme that this planning guidance has been prepared for the whole of the Social Care Sector.
“Social care is one of the most important service areas in Wales and an essential part of the continuation of care. However, the continual delivery of quality services is dependent on there being a quality workforce in place”.
The final report identified five key themes comprising:
1) Engage in a partnership with the sector to understand the size and nature of the problem.
2) Develop a strategy for improving the profile, image and understanding of the sector amongst the wider public.
3) Develop proposals for taking forward the reform of social work training within the context of the responses to the consultation on the Quality Strategy to include a review of current funding arrangements.
4) Examine the feasibility of the creation of national/local partnerships for recruitment and career development in social care, which may include the development of a funding scheme for trainees.
5) Work with employers across the sector to enable them to develop good recruitment and retention policies focussing on the overview report People need people.
It is as a consequence of the last key theme that this planning guidance has been prepared for the whole of the Social Care Sector.