The council plans to co-ordinate a community workforce, by bringing together a range of partners and harnessing skills, resources and expertise that exist beyond traditional health and social care workforce boundaries.
Sectors already identified as contributing to workforce are personal assistants, carers, individual volunteers, universal services, the commercial sector, council staff, NHS employees, other public services, private individuals, as well as the private, independent and voluntary sector.
Next stage of the council’s plan is to:
· Map out the community workforce in the South Wye area to find out what exists where
· Engage with the community workforce to explore and understand how best to facilitate their contribution to the care close to home and personalisation agendas
· Deliver a range of learning and development opportunities across the neighbourhood to assist the workforce in maximising their contribution
· Devise a ‘lifestyle pathway’ tool for service users and carers that will help them identify their neighbourhood workforce and get support
· Evaluate to assess cost benefits with a view to further development, and how this approach might inform local commissioning.
Contact: Andrew Hasler, Workforce Development Lead, telephone: 01432 261816, email: AHasler@herefordshire.gov.uk
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