Workforce Development
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Workstream:
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Health & Well Being - Adult Services
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Title:
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Workforce Development
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Scope:
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Regional
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Funds awarded:
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£26,000
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Lead contact:
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Wendy Lawtey - wendy.lawtey@northlincs.gov.uk
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Background:
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The JIP in Yorkshire and Humber was formed in early 2007, and over a period of six months developed the “People Matter” strategy. This has a number of key objectives aimed at allowing people to live their own lives as they choose using services which are high quality, safe and promote independence, well-being and dignity.
The central planks of the ‘People Matter’ strategy are Personalisation, Commissioning, Improving Performance and Efficiency.
This project is within the scope of the regional programme for Personalisation for the Yorkshire & Humberside, which was originally developed by the In Control’s Regional Forum. The overall regional programme for personalisation provides a framework for responding to all the four quadrants of personalisation and offers a framework of distinct work-streams by which to drive forward commissioning and personalisation across the region.
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Delivery:
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Project Objectives.
1. Create a User Led Organization for disabled and older citizens that provides peer support and other services to citizens wishing to employ, support and retain Personal Assistants.
2. Develop training workshops and a support handbook for citizens wishing to employ Personal Assistants.
3. Identify some preferred qualities and attributes of Personal Assistants and ways of identifying these in the recruitment process.
4. Recruit personal assistants from new, and diverse areas of the community.
Benefits
1. Adults with disabilities and older people participate as full and equal members of their community and have the same life chances as other adults.
2. Citizens feel confident, encouraged and well informed about employing personal assistants.
3. Reduced discrimination in recruitment of personal assistants (age, disability, gender, race, sexual orientation).
4. Citizens have access to a more diverse workforce providing them with more choice.
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Outcomes:
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Making a positive contribution
Customers are engaged in:
Increased choice and control
Customers have access to:
A more diverse selection of personal assistants
Training workshops and information developed to support
employers of PA’s.
Maintaining personal dignity and respect
Customers Experience:
Freedom from discrimination
Personal Assistants Experience:
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Documents / web links:
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