Bu Building ilding a Br Broader oader Sp Sport ort and d Physical sical Acti tivity vity Workforce kforce fo for Londo ndon n – Social cial Prescribing scribing David Reader – Special Advisor, Workforce
Topics being covered ↓ London Sport ↓ Hypothesis ↓ 2017 Research ↓ Thought process ↓ Choosing social prescribing programmes ↓ Recruiting a training partner ↓ The training ↓ The learnings ↓ Future activity
Lo London Sp Sport • Active Partnership for London • Vision: To help make London the most physically active city in the world • Tackling inactivity • Workforce Development: Creating a Better and Broader workforce
2017 Research Londoners Traditional workforce • People have busy lives • Meeting the needs of Londoners that it engages regularly • People want to be more active • Less confident and motivated to • Inactive people lack confidence to work with inactive people be more active • Are unlikely to encounter inactive people
Th Thought process Who are the inactive population? What workforce comes into contact with them? E.g. Social Prescribing workforce Can we help that workforce?
Hypothesis ꓫ Do they stick What is being tested? with it? ꓫ Do they go? Can we upskill and increase the confidence of those working in social prescribing? ꓫ Does it improve their health and wellbeing? ? Do they go on to prescribe SPA?
Selecting Social Prescribing programmes • General expression of interest issued • They had to match our aspirations: • Increasing skills and confidence • See Sport and physical activity playing a role • Understanding of the pilot phase • 3 selected • Kensington & Chelsea – all paid staff/50+/part of NHS • Islington – Age UK/about 15 staff/some volunteers • Bexley – Voluntary Service Council/2 paid staff/40 volunteers
Recruiting a tr training partner • Could we do it ourselves? • Expression of Interest • Competitive process • Kent University chosen • Worked with the three programmes to design the training • Delivered all the training • Separate M&E
The tr training • One whole day • Half day follow up • Free – paid for by London Sport (from Sport England) • 60 attendees • At the venue of their choice
Th The content • Module 1: Introduction to physical activity • Module 2: Integrating physical activity advice in to social prescribing • Module 3: How to increase levels of physical activity • Module 4: Brief introduction to Motivational Interviewing (MI) • Module 5: Maintaining changes in behaviour • Module 6: Sharing knowledge on local opportunities
Le Learnings to-date? • Can we increase the skills and confidence of a non-sporting workforce around SPA? • Final report due now. • Well received. • Attendance reliant on management. • The venue/logistics • A varied landscape between SP programmes – one size does not fit all • Funding/staffing/deployment/organisation/motivation/skills set – MI/etc • SPA -One of many competing interests! • Partnership approach to deliver
Future activity • Roll it out across London • Refine the training • Train some tutors • Findings dissemination event – 23 rd July in London • Utilise the training with other sectors?
Questions? david.reader@londonsport.org 07572 0944425
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