North East Excellence Centre Dave Morris Head of Learning & Development, STEES

What is it? Sponsored by the National Skills Academy for Health and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Is an employer-led body supporting employers and learners to access high-quality training Part of a national network of Excellence Centre hubs Promotes high quality training provision through the Skills for Health Quality Mark scheme

The role of the North East Excellence Centre To support the North East’s learning needs with a strong emphasis on: Driving innovative, multi-disciplinary development which has a system-wide benefit and is Apprenticeship Levy funded Establishing best-practice standards for partner providers in learning delivery, achievement rates and costs Supporting the North East health economy in maximising the benefits of the Apprenticeship Levy Enabling greater levels of workforce mobility through shared development

The Excellence Centre committee Our committee is employer-led. It aims to have system-wide representation and strategic links to the LWAB/LWAGs: South Tees and Northumbria Clinical Commissioning Groups HENE Social Care GP Federations

Work already underway The Excellence Centre has been focused on the following areas: Education and awareness events around the Apprenticeship Levy and its impact Creating a regional picture of Apprenticeship demand to support workforce planning Exploring a regional consortium to partner with an End Point Assessment agency Progressing with the Quality Mark status through the Skills for Health partnership Developing new approaches to apprentice-based training to support key activity, eg Preceptorship and Customer Service

Future plans The Excellence Centre will be focused on the following areas: Gathering requirements from the regional health economy, starting with Acute trusts Formalising the Excellence Centre approach, including governance Regional tarriff arrangements with HEI’s Rolling-out the Quality Mark across apprenticeship providers More innovation in learning solutions Adopting a regional tendering approach for key programmes of learning

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