A Newsletter for the Private, Voluntary and Independent Sector JULY 2013 Director’s Update... Welcome to the first edition of This newsletter is one of the many “Workforce Development News” opportunities that we will use a newsletter for the Private, to engage with you as a sector Voluntary and Independent (PVI) throughout the year, in addition to Sector in the London Borough of the provider forums, we will also be Cathy Kerr Richmond upon Thames (LBRuT). setting up some best practice forums Director on a number of specialist topics. The aim of this newsletter is to Adult and Community Services London Borough of Richmond provide clear and up-to-date This is the first time we have upon Thames information to all Social Care produced a newsletter for providers, Providers in the PVI sector, who are and we are hoping it will enable operating services in the LBRuT, us to provide a more streamlined about the opportunities which are method of engaging with the sector. available to them to further develop their workforce. We hope that you find this newsletter useful and informative During these times when the social and we welcome your feedback on care market is going through so the contents. much change it is important that social care providers continue to invest in developing the social care workforce so that they have the skills required to provide good quality social care. Please send any comments or queries to
[email protected] 1 JULY 2013 The Workforce Development Fund (WDF) The Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is a funding stream from the Department of Health disseminated by Skills for Care via a network of organisations and employer led partnerships.