Education Pathways for staff in Facilities Services Neil Redhead, Health Facilities Scotland Karen Adams, NHS Education for Scotland
Background • Since 2005, NES and HFS have been working together on the development of education for approx 20,000 staff working in estates and facilities services. • In 2010, the Strategic Facilities Group asked NES and HFS to begin work on Career and Education Pathways for Estates and Facilities staff.
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Why are Education Pathways needed? This is what the service has asked for in order to support: • consistency around NHS Scotland; • succession planning and ‘growing our own’; • accessible development opportunities for staff;
Education Pathways for Estates & Facilities • ‘maps’ of national qualifications relevant to the main staff groups within estates and facilities services – to help people move across or up; • identifies four different types of qualifications: - Specialist: to develop the specialist skills needed in a service area - Transferable: relevant to a range of different service areas - Management: supporting management skills from the beginning - Modern Apprenticeship: for young people entering the service
Key features of the pathways • developed by the service for the service ; • focus on accessibility : learning in or near the workplace; • building on what’s there : linking the learning which people already do in the workplace with the qualification (e.g. all Facilities Workbooks are now linked with SVQ2) – thereby reducing duplication; providing support for individuals, managers, • planners and education providers .
Progress so far • seen and approved by wide range of partners; • identified in national policy as a key tool to support workforce development; • identified as important support for PDP/R; • Facilities Services and Facilities Management SVQs tested in pilot projects; • approval given by Strategic Facilities Group.
Next steps - Development of a national strategic plan for developing staff, and for implementing the pathways. - Development of guidance specifically for implementing the pathways. - A communications plan , including engagement, to raise awareness, gain commitment and encourage use of the pathways, targeted partly at staff and also at senior managers. - Opportunity to bid for funding for demonstration projects focused on sustainability
For more information: • Find the pathways under ‘learning’ on the Estates & Facilities Portal www.estatesandfacilities.nes.scot.nhs.uk • Sign up for updates on the project and information about the demonstrator projects acs.project@nes.scot.nhs.uk
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