1. Health and Social Care Integration Workshop
Organisational and Workforce Development:
Independent and Third Sector Perspective
16 August 2013

3. 80% Frontline Workers

7. Organisational and Workforce Development
OPPORTUNITIES
BARRIERS
PRIORITIES/SOLUTIONS

8. Opportunities Organisational Development,
Solution led
Outcome focussed
Seamless ‘Integrated from recipients point of view’
Shared purpose, outcomes and values
Organisational Development,
Workforce Modelling & Planning
Planning for localities
through
co-production – ‘Making best use of available facilities, people, resources’
‘Engaged with the community and local professionals’ – use of community assets

9. Strategic Commissioning Plans
BARRIER IF THERE IS A LACK OF:
Co-production
Willingness to share expertise & resources
Significant movement on cross-sector organisational development, cultural change and leadership development
Concrete action on integrated workforce planning and development
Value given to non-statutory services & resources
Value given to volunteers and carers

10. Organisational Development
BARRIER IF:
Existing organisational structures, needs and power dominate
Cross-sector cultural differences, ignorance, myths and prejudices prevent collaboration
Corporate, insular and hierarchal approaches to leadership development prevail

11. Systems
BARRIER IF:
Incompatible information and learning management systems
Insufficient resources for services, service re-design and workforce development

12. Priorities and Solutions
- enable local whole systems co-production
- create workforce development plans which use all available resources
- facilitate cross-sector organisational change, collaborative leadership and joint capacity planning
- use integrated service and learning management systems
- use planning tools like ‘Six Steps Model’
Person Centred Outcomes
Strategic Commissioning Plans

13. Priorities and Solutions
Workforce Development
- shared core values and skills
- integrated recruitment, selection, induction
- integrated learning & development
- cross-sector practice learning
- priority of frontline worker; knowledge into practice; baseline competence
- health and social care as a career with a career pathway for all
Competent, valued and resourced workforce

14. To Conclude....... We are the workforce!
Engage our sectors meaningfully in commissioning and planning processes
Our sectors have responsibilities to actively pursue engagement
Take practical steps to ensure joint learning & development and collaborative leadership
Navigate the organisational and institutional barriers by focussing on the goal of person centred outcomes

15. Independent and Third Sector Organisational & Workforce Development
David Rennie
David Strathearn