Towards a Qualification and Progression Framework for Education Welfare NASWE Social Inclusion Confe

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Towards a Qualification and Progression Framework
for Education WelfareNASWE Social Inclusion
ConferenceApril 2007
David Leay Childrens Services Workforce
Development Consultant
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The Wider Context

• Every Child Matters (2003 gt)
• Focus on outcomes
• Children and young people at centre
• Integrated working
• Lead Professionals
• Common Assessment Framework
• Information Sharing
• Leadership and Management

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The Wider Context (2)

• Structural changes
• Childrens Centres
• Extended Services/Schools
• Childrens Trusts
• Directors of Childrens Services
• Single Inspection Framework
• Local Safeguarding Boards
• Childrens Commissioner

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Childrens Workforce Strategy

• World class workforce
• Skilled and qualified
• Common core of skills and knowledge
• Well supported, managed and led
• Good recruitment and retention
• Flexible career pathways
• Integrated qualifications framework (IQF)
• Childrens Workforce Development
• Council (CWDC)
• Childrens Workforce Network (CWN)

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Skills for Care and Development
Care Council for Wales
Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Skills for Care and Development
Skills for Care
Scottish Social Services Council
CWDC
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CWDC

• Part of Sector Skills Council, Skills for Care
  and Development
• Responsible for Early Years, Connexions, Social
  Care and various education roles, including
  Education Welfare, Educational Psychologists and
  Learning Mentors
• Wider responsibility for supporting workforce
  reform
• Supporting occupational group developments,
  including education welfare
• Co-ordinates the wider CWN

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Skills for Care and Development
CWDC
TDA
Skills for Justice
Skills for Health
General Teaching Council
Lifelong Learning UK
General Social Care Council
SkillsActive
Improvement and Development Agency
Creative and Cultural Skills
Nursing and Midwifery Council
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The Top Class Worker

• Enjoyment
• Making a difference to outcomes for children
• Knowing the business
• Listening to children and young people

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Education Welfare - Workforce Challenges and
Opportunities

• To maximise contribution to positive outcomes for
  children and young people
• To ensure opportunities for skill development,
  qualifications and flexible progression
• Including opportunity to progress as manager of
  integrated or specialist services

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Education Welfare Current Position

• Inconsistent investment in training and
  qualifications
• No clear progression arrangements
• No link from NVQ to degree
• No PQ pathway

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Key points from survey

• Strong support for clearer, more structured
  approach
• Mixed views about NVQ 4
• The standard or a stepping stone (?)
• Concern re no progression to degree or PQ
  framework
• Employers view qualifications differently in
  terms of both entry and salary
• Wide variations in funding and time allowed for
  training and qualifications
• No clear management progression route

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Some key building blocks (?)

• Common Induction (to CWDC standards?)
• Common Core Training
• LDSS NVQs
• Degree Level Qualification
• Access to PQ framework
• All linked to IQF

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Integrated Qualifications Framework

• Review of NOS by 2008
• First draft units now published
• IQF in place by 2010
• With appropriate specialism
• Must work for education welfare

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Next steps

• Further suggestions please!
• Develop draft proposals
• Circulate for comments
• Finalise proposals
• Submit to CWDC
• Press for implementation and resources
  (national/local)
• Evaluate and Review

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