This section offers support for managers looking to start, progress or maximise their support for functional skills learning. You can see what has worked well for other employers, see tips on how to make the case to senior management and connect to a network of people across health and social care who are also working on this agenda.
Support for Managers and Networking
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Methods of delivery - Case studies
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Making the case for Skills for Life support to senior management
The support of senior management and/or your executive board is key to the success of this work. Download the document below for ways to make your case:
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Looking to support colleagues with dyslexia and dyscalculia?
The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) is a membership organisation working to achieve a dyslexia-friendly society for all. Your Local Dyslexia Association can be a great source of dyslexia-related information and support – run by dedicated volunteers.
Click here for more information and to find the closest support to where you live/work, please enter your postcode or county.
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Working with Trades Unions on Skills for Life
Working with a Trades Union on this agenda can be very helpful. All trades unions train Union Learning Reps (ULRs) who could be champions of this agenda.
Individual unions also fund learning, click here to see an example.
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UK ENIC
The HEE National Talent For Care team are delighted to announce they have funded a licence for UK ENIC to support the NHS and Apprenticeship Leads.
UK ENIC is the designated national agency for the recognition and comparison of international qualifications and skills. This process and the cost attached have long been cited as a barrier for widening participation in apprenticeships and also traditional nursing and AHP degree programmes. The licence includes (virtual) training provision to help colleagues get up to speed with using the UK ENIC databases and confidently accessing overseas awards. It will allow you to compare overseas qualifications to the UK education framework as well as provide grading information and a focus on the common English and Maths equivalents.
For further details please contact your relationship manager.
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Get in touch and mailing list
The team is here to answer your questions and we’d love to hear about what you and your learners are doing. Please get in touch by emailing the team talentforcare@hee.nhs.uk
Additionally, we are building a thriving network of people interested and active in this agenda. Those in our network are the first to hear about events (online and in real life), funding opportunities and support packages. To be added to our mailing list, please email talentforcare@hee.nhs.uk