Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership Excellence Centre Update Report October 2019 The following report highlights recent work of the Humber, Coast and Vale Excellence Centre. Excellence Centre Webpages You can visit our webpages here. If you have anything you would like us to share on our website, please contact Carly McIntyre, Senior Programme Support Officer. Take a look at our events calendar on the workforce page Nursing Associates The Excellence Centre is currently working on the development of a levy-sharing process across the Humber, Coast and Vale. The purpose of this is to support non-levy paying organisations with costs relating to the Nursing Associate apprenticeship. It is also providing small organisations with facts and guidance about the Nursing Associate role; an information sharing session was delivered to Primary Care colleagues in North East Lincolnshire in September. Additionally, it is working with education providers on more flexible delivery offers for employers/staff that require it. For further information or to get involved, please contact please contact Danielle Hook, Project Manager. Recent additions to our website you may find useful: Practice of cervical smear taking cytology for nursing associates Nursing Associate-Ready Scheme for Primary Care A Nursing Associate-Ready Scheme information pack has been developed for Primary Care by the Haxby Group Training Hub in conjunction with Health Education England and the Excellence Centre. It provides practices in Humber, Coast and Vale with comprehensive information and advice on support for all aspects of the Nursing Associate role in general practice. If you are an employer in Primary Care interested in this role but would like further information or for further information about this scheme, please contact Danielle Hook, Project Manager. Skills Passport The Excellence Centre undertook some exploratory work on the feasibility of a skills passport for staff in Humber, Coast and Vale. The aim was to reduce duplication of training and increase the transferability of skills and competencies across geographical and organisational boundaries. Due to a lack of demand and identified challenges, the project is being placed on hold. For further information please contact Danielle Hook, Project Manager. Step into Health and Social Care Framework – AIEM Launch The Excellence Centre Team was invited to London to present the AIEM for Health and Social Care Framework at the HEE Talent for Care and Widening Participation Implementation Group. With a focus on diversity, inclusion and widening participation from disadvantaged or underrepresented groups, Talent for Care supports employers with their workforce supply through programmes such as schools engagement, volunteering, work experience, pre-employment activity, apprenticeships and access to higher education. The meeting was with all the HEE regional leads as well as leads from Skills for Health, Skills for Care, NHS Improvement, NHS England, DWP, Unison, National Skills Academy for Health, Kings College and Princes Trust. The Framework was shared with a view to rolling it out nationally after the interest generated earlier in the year at the National Excellence Centre conference. Feedback was positive with a number of areas interested in adopting the model. Career Pathway The career pathway is now available on our website. This interactive resource is designed to give those interested in a career in health and social care more information about the roles available, the experience you need to get the role and the career routes from it covering everything from an ambulance technician to a social worker. The resource includes a qualification matrix showing what training is available in the local area as well as useful links, job descriptions and case studies. This resource will be disseminated to careers advisors across the region to use as a tool to advise those interested in working in the sector. Rotational Apprenticeships The Rotational Apprentice programme is developing across HCV with employers interested in how this can support the development of integrated roles that deliver place based care in our area. In Hull and East Riding, Care providers including East Riding of Yorkshire Council and larger independent care providers have agreed to employ Rotational Apprentices. Hull University Teaching Hospitals will provide the health placements for this first cohort of apprentices who are expected to begin on the programme in January 2020. An evaluation of the project benefits for both apprentices and employers will provide evidence to determine the future growth of the programme across Humber Coast and Vale. For further information, please contact Lynne MacDonald, Project Manager. Apprenticeship Levy Since the introduction of the levy, employers across all sectors have had the opportunity to scale up their approach to embedding apprenticeships across organisations. To gain maximum value from the levy, employers have considered where they can use apprenticeships to address supply challenges, improve skills and develop the existing and future workforce. Levy-paying employers, who have not utilised all their levy, can transfer a maximum amount of 25% of their annual funds. They can make transfers from their apprenticeship account to as many employers as they choose. Transferred funds will be used to pay for the training and assessment cost of the apprenticeships agreed with the receiving employer. In HCV a process for levy sharing is being considered which will benefit the system and help address priority areas in Health and Care. By utilising organisations unspent levy we could develop a process to support the wider delivery of apprenticeships across each locality and help reduce the amount of unspent levy being returned to central government. For further information, please contact Lynne MacDonald, Project Manager. Recent additions to our website you may find useful: Setting up an apprenticeship service account to receive levy transfers Skills for Health Case Study – Creating collaboration and innovation across health and care Excellence Centre Annual Conference The conference will take place on the 5 February 2020 and will be held at the Mercure Hotel, Willerby, Hull, HU10 6EB. It will be an opportunity for colleagues across Humber, Coast and Vale to see what is happening across the region, network and participate in workshops that will steer the work of the Excellence Centre. Please click here to book a place. Seminars for Registered Managers in Hull & East Riding The first registered Managers Seminar on Personal Development is taking place on the 23 October 2019 at the Mercure Hotel in Willerby. To book a place please click here. Further dates will be available in due course. These seminars will provide real life examples from relevant speakers and the opportunity to learn in an informal setting, network with colleagues and develop peer support. If you have any suggestions for future seminars, please contact Lynne MacDonald, Project Manager. ECHO – Extension of Community Healthcare Outcomes North and North East Lincolnshire Emma Sayers, Project ECHO Training and Education Manager, and Amy Jukes, Project ECHO Training and Education Co-ordinator started at the beginning of July to establish Project ECHO across North and North East Lincs. Project ECHO is used worldwide to provide training to healthcare staff via online conferencing software. Sessions can be accessed via laptop, tablet or smartphone. Project ECHO North and North East Lincolnshire will initially be offering free training to care home staff on topics agreed in advance with participating homes. The teaching will be delivered by local experts. Since coming into post, the project team has: Promoted the project to care homes in the area. Responses have been generally positive with many homes keen to take part in this new training initiative Engaged with other stakeholders such as the CCGs for North Lincs and North East Lincs, NLaG, North Lincs Council’s Provider Development Team and the Support to Care Homes initiative in North East Lincs Attended a 3-day Project ECHO immersion training at St. Luke’s Hospice in Sheffield. This qualifies us to provide Project ECHO under the auspices of the Project ECHO Institute which manages Project ECHO worldwide Next steps are to: Finalise the course programme Run taster sessions in November and December Engage with domiciliary care providers in North and North East Lincs for the next phase of the project For more information, please contact Emma Sayers, Project ECHO Training and Education Manager. Hull and East Riding Recruitment is underway. Further updates will be available in due course. York, Ryedale and Scarborough Recruitment is underway. Further updates will be available in due course. North/North East Lincolnshire School Career Event A health and care careers event for schoolchildren in the North/North East Lincolnshire is being planned for 2020. It will be a collaborative effort involving education providers and health and care employers within the region. The aim is to showcase the variety of careers available in both health and social care in order to inspire the next generation of our health and care workforce. This is in recognition of an ageing workforce population and the need for a future workforce that reflects the diverse communities it serves. If you would like to get involved, please contact Danielle Hook, Project Manager. Health and Social Care Careers in York A task and