BA Integrated Public Service Part-time, Work-based Learning Programme NHS Highland Presentation 18 th April 2013

 Changes in professional roles and associated workforce development needs - Changing ethos of public service provision - Regulation of public service support workers  Drive for effective and efficient integrated public service provision - Demographic changes - Economic necessity BA Integrated Public Service Context

To address the need to provide support workers who are capable of identifying the diverse and complex needs of individual clients and providing holistic care thereby reducing fragmentation and improving care quality. BA Integrated Public Service Aims

 Develop professional attitudes, leadership and management skills  Understand policy, practice, ethics and economic factors affecting integrated public service provision  Appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the needs of vulnerable individuals and groups  Ability to take a critical stance towards practice and a commitment to continuous quality improvement BA Integrated Public Service Aims and Outcomes

 Experienced employees currently employed within the public sector  Acknowledge and accredit experience  Learn from the experience of practice  Focus on individual professional development  Support from effective partnership between the employer and the university BA Integrated Public Service Part-time, Work-based Learning

 RPL  First Steps to Integrated Public Service  Tutorials  Study days  Critical reflection  Assessment  E-learning delivery Part-time, Work-based Learning Programme Structure

 Champion who can facilitate increased participation of student in decision-making processes in line with a change in perspective and recognition of individual accountability  Advocate who can enable learning through experiences that will challenge, motivate and promote the development of a critical approach to practice and a commitment to quality improvement within the workplace Part-time, Work-based learning Workplace Mentor

SCQF LevelModule Title Module Code 8Dimensions of Health and Social WelfareNURS Integrated Public Service ProvisionNURS Foundations of WellbeingNURS The Organisation of Health and Social Welfare ProvisionNURS Integrated Practice 1NURS Option Module: A Systematic Approach to Care Delivery Or Context of Public Service Management NURS08041 BUSN Managing in the Public SectorBUSN Contemporary Issues in Health and WelfareNURS Quality ImprovementNURS Research Methods for Public ServiceBUSN Integrated Practice 2NURS Option Module: Leading Integrated Practice Or Strategic Planning and Performance Management NURS09170 BUSN09006

These modules provide an introduction to the broad principles of health and social welfare and the organisation and management of an integrated public service provision. The aim is to promote an integrated public service perspective and to facilitate the development of a critical and informed approach to effective provision of health and social care and administration. The modules provide underpinning theoretical principles and utilise active learning components to promote integrated practice through the experience of participation. SCQF Level 8 Modules

These modules focus on the development of knowledge and skills in management and leadership. A critical approach to managing and leading effective public service provision and administration is promoted particularly in relation to quality improvement and evidence-based practice. SCQF Level 9 Modules

BA Integrated Public Service Part-time 3-year Programme Year Trimester 1 Trimester 2 Trimester 3 Year 1 Dimensions of Health and Social Welfare (SCQF Level 8) Foundations of Wellbeing (SCQF Level 8) A Systematic Approach to Care Delivery (SCQF Level 8)/or Context of Public Service Management (SCQF Level 8) Integrated Practice 1 (SCQF Level 8) Year 2 Integrated Public Service Provision (SCQF Level 8) The Organisation of Health and Social Welfare Provision (SCQF LEVEL 8) Contemporary Issues in Health and Welfare (SCQF Level 9) Leading Integrated Practice (SCQF Level 9)/ or Strategic Planning and Performance Management (SCQF Level 9) Year 3 Managing in the Public Sector (SCQF Level 9) Research Methods for Public Service (SCQF Level 9) Quality Improvement (SCQF Level 9) Integrated Practice 2 (SCQF Level 9)

BA Integrated Public Service Part-time 4-year Programme Year Trimester 1 Trimester 2 Year 1 Dimensions of Health and Social Welfare (SCQF Level 8) Foundations of Wellbeing (SCQF Level 8) Year 2 Integrated Public Service Provision (SCQF Level 8) The Organisation of Health and Social Welfare Provision (SCQF Level 8) Year 3 Contemporary Issues in Health and Welfare (SCQF Level 9) Quality Improvement (SCQF Level 9) Year 4 Managing in the Public Sector (SCQF Level 9) Research Methods for Public Service (SCQF Level 9)

 An Introduction to Health and Social Care  Essential Care Skills for Health and Social Care Support Workers  Legal, Moral and Ethical Issues in Health and Social Care  First Steps to Integrated Public Service  RPL – SVQ’S, APEL SCQF Level 7 Equivalence