The Bradford District and Craven Integrated Workforce Programme (IWP) will submit a progress report (Document “P”) on the Bradford District and Craven Integrated Workforce Programme (IWP) and the Health and Social Care Industrial Centre of Excellence (ICE).  The report provides:

-     A reminder and an update of the context in which the IWP is operating nationally, regionally and locally both from a workforce and a health and care system perspective.

-     The key workforce priorities, challenges, and enablers, regionally and locally.

-     An update on progress across the four key IWP work programmes, with a focus in particular on the ‘growing our own’ work programme and the IWP alignment with the successful ‘One Workforce’ Bid submitted by Bradford Council, NHS Partners, the University of Bradford and Further Education partners to obtain £1.151m funding from the Leeds City Region Business Rates Pool.

Recommended –

That Members consider and comment on the details presented in the report (Document “P”) and associated appendices and agree any specific matters that may require further scrutiny action.

(Michelle Turner – 01274 237290)

The Bradford District and Craven Integrated Workforce Programme (IWP) submitted a progress report (Document “P”) on the Bradford District and Craven Integrated Workforce Programme (IWP) and the Health and Social Care Industrial Centre of Excellence (ICE).  The report provided:

·         A reminder and an update of the context in which the IWP is operating nationally, regionally and locally both from a workforce and a health and care system perspective.

·         The key workforce priorities, challenges, and enablers, regionally and locally.

·         An update on progress across the four key IWP work programmes, with a focus in particular on the ‘growing our own’ work programme and the IWP alignment with the successful ‘One Workforce’ Bid submitted by Bradford Council, NHS partners, the University of Bradford and Further Education partners to obtain £1.151m funding from the Leeds City Region Business Rates Pool.

A presentation was delivered about how workforce issues and challenges were being addressed.  Members were informed of developments in career pathways to ‘grow our own’ health care professionals through a range of apprenticeship schemes through the Health and Social Care ICE.  It was stated that the first cohort of nursing apprentices were due to graduate in 2019 and work was on-going with Skills House to develop four programmes in collaboration with Bradford College and Shipley College. 

Members were informed that the Health and Social Care ICE programme, established in September 2017, was now working with 8 partner schools and up to 450 students in its second year of operation with the aim of increasing to 13 partner schools in its third year.

In response to Members’ questions, it was reported that:

·         There were five ICE programmes operating with schools across the district.

·         The Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering ICE was based at Keighley College.

·         There had been a focus on social mobility and deprivation when selecting schools for the first cohort of the Health and Social Care ICE and the three schools initially engaged were Parkside, Bradford Academy and Bradford Girls Grammar.  Additional schools which had engaged in the second year of the programme were: Titus Salt, Carlton Bolling College, Hanson, Laisterdyke and Tong.

·         The ICE staff were working to ensure open access to all schools over the duration of the programmes.

·         3.6 full time equivalent staff members made up the ICE workforce.

·         The Health and Social Care ICE was designed to be delivered within schools.

·         Work was currently underway to determine what ‘success’ was for the ICE programme.   The aim was for the ICE programme to engage with a total of 15,000 children across the district over five years.

A Member stated that this was an exciting programme which she hoped would continue to develop and grow.  She also considered that it presented a good opportunity to work with schools to promote health and social care jobs as a profession to enter into and to show young people the value of the job roles.  In response, it was stated that supporting rewarding careers and establishing career progression routes to attract people with the right skills into the industry was at the heart of the successful ‘One Workforce’ bid.

It was stated that at a recent Careers Carousel event young people had been less focused on job titles and more interested in how they could build on and use their experiences in health and social care careers.

A Member spoke of the importance of ensuring quality work placements were provided to participants of the programme.  In response it was stated that this was already a consideration and that, rather than traditional work experience placements, visits to workplaces included tours of facilitates and practical activities specific to job roles.  Appendix B to Document “P” provided a programme overview with each activity referenced against the Gatsby Benchmarks (a framework of eight guidelines that define the best careers provision in schools and colleges as set by the government).

A Member suggested the ICE consider asking students to join Patient Participation Groups to widen their experience. 

Members highly commended the programme and requested to see feedback from participants when an update on the programme was next provided to the Committee.

Resolved –

(1)  That a report on the Health and Social Care Industrial Centre of Excellence be added to the Committee’s Work Programme for 2019/20 and that schools and young people be invited to attend.

(2)  That officers be encouraged to consider ways in which the Health and Social Care Industrial Centre of Excellence could collaborate with Patient Participation Groups.

(3)  That officers be commended for the excellent work to date on establishing the Health and Social Care Industrial Centre of Excellence.

ACTION: Strategic Manager, Employment and Skills