1. The Regional Agency Appointment Log

2. What it is... Method of improving monitoring Method of increasing service levels Efficiencies in recruitment times Better placements / less turnover

3. What the process looks like..

4. Who is involved... Walsall MBC ADCS network LA LeadsAgencies Other Regions Social Workers

5. Example entry

6. Data Security Data sharing protocol (with 14 LAs) Information sharing agreement (each LA) Secure email addresses Individual consent

7. The shared reference... Basic Details During placement / General Professionalism / Record keeping / Knowledge / Skills and intervention / Critical reflection At the end of placement / Completion of records / Return of Items / Notice Period HCPC Training and Development Other Comments

8. Timeline of activity... December 2014 – Regional presentation / reference format agreed January 2015 – Regional Data Sharing Protocol proposed (agreed March) March 2015 – Data provided by LA Leads April 2015 – Individual requests sent January 2016 – Agency Providers forum – name change to Regional Appointment Log and providers to actively encourage sign up July 2016 – Re-launch of Regional Appointment Log - refreshed communications, guidance and flow charts August 2016 –All requests for qualified agency workers to be accompanied with a to clarify if agency worker has an Appointment Log record.

9. Next steps Four vanguard authorities DCS letters to present placements Letters for new starters Ongoing agency engagement Ongoing employer engagement “Are you in?”