Avis Mulhearn

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Welcome

• Avis Mulhearn
• Chair North West Health Social Care Sector
  Skills Productivity Alliance/
• Regional Director of Skills for Health

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• Membership
• Skills for Health (Chair) Business Link
• Childrens Workforce Development Council
  Job Centre Plus
• North West Health Authority Voluntary
  Sector
• NW Regional Development Agency Regional
  Intelligence Unit
• Learning and Skills Council Voluntary
  Sector
• Association of Directors of Social Services
  Skills for Care
• North West Universities Association
  Sub-Regional Alliance Chairs
• Employer Led Partnership Chair
• Union Representative
• CE/HR Director NHS Trust/ PCT
• NW Association of Colleges
• Private Health Care Sector

Representation to be sought
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• Themes
• Partnership and Regional Working
• Engagement
• Workforce and Skills Intelligence
• Workforce Demand and Supply
• Skills Demand and Supply
• Implementation, Monitoring and Review

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Aims

• Provide a forum for discussion
• Encourage partners to work together
• Be the voice of employers around skills and
  training
• To influence the alignment of training and
  education funding
• To lead the transformation of education and
  training
• Contribute to and implement Sector Skills
  Agreements

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Achievements

• Sub group of Regional Skills Partnership
• Membership includes all regional strategic bodies
• Sub groups established
• Action plan 2005-2007 drawn up and implemented
• Project work undertaken use of National
  Occupational Standards in the workplace
• Web site and quarterly newsletters
• Events organised 14 to 19 agenda
• Good practice identified and published case
  studies, character building materials

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Testimonials

• I have learnt so much about sharing good practice
  today that is what the Alliance is about
• The Alliance is setting the right image for
  Health and Social Care
• The real power of the Alliance is sharing
  information and not reinventing the wheel
• The Alliance will help us to put the service user
  at the heart of everything we do

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The Future

• Sub Regional Alliances
• Sub groups
• Workforce Strategy
• Education and Training Providers
• Communications and Marketing
• Action Plan 2007 2010, with annual reviews
• Implementation and monitoring of SSC regional
  Sector Skills Agreements
• Work with other Alliances on common agenda
• New sub groups
• 14-19 yr old agenda
• Recruitment Retention

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