1. Housing with Care and Support Common challenges.

2. What are the challenges? These include : Funding Lack of compulsion Specialist services (requiring specialist training providers) Limited culture of professionalism in some parts of the sector Anything else? During our work we have heard from employers about some of the challenges they face with developing their workforce.

3. Activity Can you identify: ways to overcome this (include examples of good practice)? what help do we need to do this and from who? what are the implications for the workforce and how can they be supported? actions – something that you can do differently in the future! Discuss on your tables the challenge(s) that you have been allocated

4. Solutions a retrospective funding stream from the Department of Health distributed by Skills for Care a finite pot of money which focuses on the achievement of qualification units and supports the on-going professional development of staff across the adult social care sector within England http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Funding/Workforce- Development-Fund/Workforce-Development-Fund.aspx Workforce Development Fund

5. Solutions special funding stream within the Workforce Development Fund fund projects that are innovative in their approach to influencing workforce development in the longer term http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Funding/Workforce- development-innovation-fund/Workforce-development- innovation-fund-(WDIF).aspx Workforce Development Innovation Fund

6. Skills for Care Resources  Care Certificate  Social Care Commitment  Developing positive workplace cultures  Common core principles for Dignity  Community Skills Development

7. Skills for Care Resources  Principles of Workforce Re- design  Principles of Workforce Integration  Common Core Principles to support self-care  Recruitment & Retention resources…..  Leadership & Management

8. Skills for Care Resources  Dementia  Mental Health  Skills Selector  Choosing Workforce Learning  Endorsement Framework  Many, many more……

9. Solutions The Social Care Commitment http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Standards/The-Social-Care- Commitment/The-Social-Care-Commitment.aspx Culture Toolkit http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Skills/Culture/Culture.aspx Common Core Principles for Dignity http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Skills/Dignity/Dignity.aspx

10. Solutions resources and qualifications Http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Skills/Dementia/Dementia.aspx London & South East e-network Dementia Mental Capacity Act (2005) http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Skills/Mental-Capacity- Act/Mental-Capacity-Act-(2005).aspx

11. Solutions Endorsement Framework http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Standards/Endorsement- framework/Endorsement-framework.aspx Finding and choosing the right learning http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Qualifications-and- Apprenticeships/Finding-learning-providers/Finding-learning- providers.aspx Skills Selector http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Qualifications-and- Apprenticeships/Skill-Selector/Skill-Selector.aspx

12. Skills for care www.skillsforcare.org.uk Sign up for enews by e-mailing marketing@skillsforcare.org.uk marketing@skillsforcare.org.uk Contact your Locality Manager: http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Get-involved/In-your-area.aspx Key resources for you