High quality, appropriately trained workforce

What is this about?

A high quality, appropriately trained workforce is about having the right people with the right skills feeling confident, prepared and working well together.

What does a fragmented approach look like?

Staff are not trained well, they are not motivated and they do not understand or appreciate what other people do in their organisation or in other organisations they work with.

What does an integrated and high quality approach look like?

Having positive leadership and a clear direction – the staff or volunteers are high quality and well trained. And importantly, every member of the team recognises the value of every other team member’s input.

Success from different viewpoints

• Children’s Trust
  “Staff with the right skills at each level appropriately deployed to meet children and young people’s needs. Skill gaps identified and commissioned across all partners”
• Team view
  “Whilst some professional development will be separate, training in key areas is team based, all staff learn new processes and skills together."
• Service
  “Workforce is skilled, experienced, knowledgeable, and developed to deliver positive outcomes. Everyone shares a common core of skills and knowledge.”
• Practitioner’s view
  “I feel competent and confident to work with children, young people and their families/carers. My skills and knowledge are current and enable me to operate at my peak.”
• Child’s view
  “I am confident that the workers I meet have the right skills to help me solve my problems.”