Pan London LLN Collaboration (Health Sector): Employer Engagement Digby Ingle 3 rd December 2008

The Collaboration Four Lifelong Learning Networks: Four Lifelong Learning Networks: Linking London LLN, South East London LLN, West London LLN, South London LLN Collectively works with over 30 HEIs and 40 FECs Collectively works with over 30 HEIs and 40 FECs Close working with Sector Skills Councils Close working with Sector Skills Councils

Lifelong Learning Networks 3 yr HEFCE funded project 3 yr HEFCE funded project 30 LLNs in England 30 LLNs in England HE/FE, employers and other stakeholders HE/FE, employers and other stakeholders Increase progression into and through HE for vocational learners – via LLN funded projects Increase progression into and through HE for vocational learners – via LLN funded projects Legacy: progression agreements, curriculum innovation (levels 4-8), FE/HE collaborative partnerships, employer engagement Legacy: progression agreements, curriculum innovation (levels 4-8), FE/HE collaborative partnerships, employer engagement

Consultation with Stakeholders

Pan London Demonstration Site Skills for Health initiative, additional resources from NHS London, LLNs and employers Skills for Health initiative, additional resources from NHS London, LLNs and employers Initiative to demonstrate the use of Skills for Health competences Initiative to demonstrate the use of Skills for Health competences Pilot innovative modules/ units of learning Pilot innovative modules/ units of learning Spread and dissemination of pilots Spread and dissemination of pilots

Design of learning that: Targets clinical & care pathways articulated by Darzi’s Healthcare for London. A Framework for Action (July 2007) & NHS Next Stage Review Targets clinical & care pathways articulated by Darzi’s Healthcare for London. A Framework for Action (July 2007) & NHS Next Stage Review Incorporates National Occupational Standards and competences Incorporates National Occupational Standards and competences Enables progression Enables progression Develops learning that has credit bearing, ‘APELability’, act as a CPD ‘attractor’, WBL elements Develops learning that has credit bearing, ‘APELability’, act as a CPD ‘attractor’, WBL elements Acts as a catalyst for local workforce development and service improvement (rapid prototyping) Acts as a catalyst for local workforce development and service improvement (rapid prototyping)

Pan London LLN: Skills for Health Demonstration Site 7 projects being managed across London: £170k funding + approx £300k matched funding over two year period 7 projects being managed across London: £170k funding + approx £300k matched funding over two year period Multiphasic & complex project ‘case load’ Multiphasic & complex project ‘case load’ Multifaceted Project Facilitator role: ‘field worker’ supporting operational workforce priorities but also faced with need to increase stakeholders’ strategic capability Multifaceted Project Facilitator role: ‘field worker’ supporting operational workforce priorities but also faced with need to increase stakeholders’ strategic capability Brokerage role Brokerage role Project and financial management Project and financial management Managing complex partnerships (including ‘marriage guidance’ work) Managing complex partnerships (including ‘marriage guidance’ work)

Seven Projects Pan London Demo Site Queen Elizabeth Hospital and King’s College London South London and Maudsley Hospital and LSBU Offender Health, TVU, University of Lincoln Ealing PCT and London Metropolitan University Whittington Hospital and Middlesex University Wandsworth PCT and Kingston University Hillingdon Hospital and TVU

Offender Health Stakeholder Wheel

Challenges Project implementation & evaluation Knowledge and practice transfer Mainstreaming innovation Cross-pollinating other workforce development initiatives Influencing commissioning process to embed the 7 projects Searching for synergies

Contact Sarah Adibi, South London LLN Sarah Adibi, South London LLN Stefano Casalotti, Linking London LLN Stefano Casalotti, Linking London LLN Digby Ingle, West London LLN Digby Ingle, West London LLN Joelle Maulguet, SE London LLN Joelle Maulguet, SE London LLN