Ageless at Work - Skills for Care

Index of Tables
Table 1 Six things every adult should be able to expect from the National Care Service.................. 8
Table 2 Leadership and management: priorities for action .............................................................. 11
Table 3 Workforce remodelling: priorities for action ......................................................................... 12
Table 4 Workforce development: priorities for action ....................................................................... 13
Table 5 Selected challenges in taking forward Putting People First ................................................ 18
Table 6 What needs to be done to improve leadership for change and management..................... 20
Table 7 What needs to be done in securing workforce involvement and participation? .................. 24
Table 8 What needs to be done to involve stakeholders? ................................................................ 26
Table 9 What works in involving people who use services in driving cultural change ..................... 27
Table 10 Cultural, attitudinal and dispositional barriers to learning.................................................... 34
Table 11 Features of work that stimulate informal learning................................................................ 39
Table 12
Environmental and interactive adjustments required to create a learning atmosphere
conducive of trust and connectiveness ............................................................................... 43
Table 13 Good practice case study: Tick Tock................................................................................... 44
Table 14
Vacancies for care-related occupations and the number of registered jobseekers wanting
care-related work, South West, July 2009 .......................................................................... 49
Table 15 Trends and drivers affecting the health and social services sector..................................... 54
Table 16 Main features of the ‘integrated visions’ .............................................................................. 56
Index of Figures
Figure 1 Employees receiving job related training¹: by age and sex, 2008², United Kingdom...... 31
Figure 2 Vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus, South West, July 2007 to July 2009 ..................... 48
Figure 3 Comparison of the age structure of the adult social care workforce, all those in
employment and the working age population, South West, 2008......................................................... 50
Figure 4 Broad age structure of the adult social care workforce by sub-region; April 2009 ......... 51
Figure 5 Projected working age population by broad age group, South West, 2007 to 2027....... 52
Figure 6 Change in number of residents by broad change group, South West, 2006 to 2031....
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Ageless at Work: Change workplace cultures, development skills. Good practice report