Tameside Training Consortium

Activities

TTC Activities

• Investors in People
• Investors in people Post Recognition Review Programme
• Leadership & Management Programmes
• NVQ in Care
• Conferences
• Training through Drama
• Recruitment
• Student Placements
• National Commissioners & Contracts Training Conference July 2010
• End of Life Training Plan
• Technology Fair

Investors in People Award

a) Programmes can be arranged on request.

Investors in People Post Recognition Review Programme

b) Please contact Lynne Taylor if you wish your organisation to be included on the next programme.

Leadership & Management Programmes (Funded)

1. 2008/09 - A fully funded award, accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management in First Line Management Level 3 was completed in February 2009. A further award began in September 2010 and is due to complete in 2011
2. 2009/10 - A fully funded award, accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management in Team Leading Level 2 NVQ programme to begin in October 2009. Download the October 2009 Team Leading Programme 35.96 KB and since then we have run several successful programmes

Please see The Skills For Care Good Practice Article 35.96 KB  which refers to the Level 2 Team Leading NVQ completed in Tameside on page 2.

NVQ in Care (Funded)

Working with three NVQ training providers a total of 210 candidates funded by Skills for Care, Social Care Workforce Grant and Train to Gain were enrolled on Level 2, Level 3, Level 4 NVQ programmes and Registered Managers Awards, these candidates are progressing towards certification in 2011.

Change Management training

This is the time for reviewing the outcomes of the change, with staff, and identifying further possibilities and opportunities arising from the newly formed change within Social Care & Health. Kevin Siddall (Workforce Development Manager) will design change management sessions for managers which range from standard courses to bespoke team facilitation workshops.

If you are interested in Change Management training, please contact Lynne Taylor

View the Change management training article 39.38 KB

Tameside Training Consortium Annual Conference

The consortium’s annual conference was held this year on the 21 October 2010 at Dukinfield Town Hall.

Councillor Lynn Travis was the Guest of Honour and Barbara Pointon, MBE was the Keynote speaker. Barbara’s husband Graham was diagnosed with dementia in his late fifties and agreed to channel 4 filming his life. After Grahams death, Barbara continues to support The Alzheimer's Society and agreed to come and talk to us about: "Offering Enlightened Support and Care to People with Dementia - a carer's view”

A private organisation who has transformed their business by embracing Reablement and promoting independence talked about their experiences and discussed some case studies and a training organisation who has worked with Skills for Care to develop New Types of Workers delivered an informative presentation.

Also an inspiring and interactive presentation on developing a competent workforce was delivered and Skills for Care explained the Qualification Credit Framework.

We had 12 exhibition stands and the consortium gave every organisation a free training tool from the TTC exhibition stand.

Download the full annual conference programme for the day 43.04 KB

View the presentations delivered on the day:

Mark Whiteheads Annual Conference Presentation 628.42 KB

Julie Moores Annual Conference Presentation 178.47 KB

Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF)

The Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) is a government initiative across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The National Qualification Framework (NQF) will be replaces by the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) which will become the regulatory framework for all adult vocational qualifications, Apprenticeships and Functional Skills and will commence by January 2011.

All qualifications must be registered with Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) and learners will have a Unique Learning Number (ULN) for life which employers will be able to track/check applicant qualifications via the Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) database - but only by password and permission from the learner. It is envisaged that NVQ Level 2 will become Qualification and Credit Framework Level 2 Diploma and NVQ L3 will become Qualification and Credit Framework Level 3 Diploma.

On the 3 March 2011, more information will be available at an event held by the consortium that will include CQC updates

Skills for Care have produced a video about the QCF, view the Skills for Care - Qualification and Credit Framework video.

Conferences (Funded)

Once again the consortium will present a conference not to be missed by our members, which will include our famous training through drama. This year you will see the premiere of the TTC’s End of Life Care play in the afternoon.

The conference this year will be held in the presence of :

• The Worshipful, The Civic Mayor of 2011-12, Councillor Susan Quinn,
• And Councillor Lynn Travis

The conference will be held on 14 September 2011 at the Jubilee Hall, Dukinfield Town Hall and will open for registration with coffee at 9.00am

A free event was be held at the Festival Hall in Denton on the 3 March 2011 that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will give providers updates and Skills for Care will attend to give guidance on the standards. Skills for Care will also give updates on the Qualification Credit Framework (QCF) at this event.

Please view the Care Quality Commission Event flyer 71 KB for more details.

View the Making Care Better for People: Outcome Focused Regulation Presentation 243.56 KB

View the Meeting the Workforce Regulations January 2011 41.5 KB

A successful Annual Conference held on 21 October 2010 on the Personalisation Agenda resulted in an well organised and facilitated event showing the implications the private sector are facing with these changes.

Training through Drama (Part funded)

Please see Flyers for Training through drama event on the 29/11/2011 - End of Life Play Event 294.31 KB and Safeguarding Adults Event 328.46 KB

This training was introduced at the Annual Conference in 2007 and performed to care workers in April 2008 to heighten awareness in Safeguarding Adults. Since then several events have been performed throughout 2009 and 2010 and in 2011 we will be adding an End of Life care play to our training through drama programme.

There is also a DVD available of the Training Through Drama performance that took place in April 2008. A 3 minute taster video of the Training Through Drama DVD is available here.

Jobs Fair (Funded)

The consortium participated in a Job's Fair 2010 which was held on the 28 January 2010 at Hyde Town Hall. The successful event had representation from our appointed Care Ambassadors to offer advice and guidance to the public audience for the various job roles within the care industry and to promote the career pathway. Another event is scheduled for the 3 February 2011 and the consortium invites expressions of interest from organisations who wish to be involved.

A Career in Care Event

Tameside Employment Partnership organised an event "A Career in Care" to advertise job vacancies. The Training Consortium had a stand at this event along with members of the private care sector. The event provided further information and guidance to pursue a career in Health and Social Care.

The event was held on the 21 July 2010.

Care Ambassador Scheme

Care Ambassadors are care professionals with the commitment and enthusiasm to change perceptions about careers in social care by engaging with groups in the community. The consortium has selected qualified people from care workers to managers, who put dignity at the heart of care services to represent the sector as Care Ambassadors. Quality training is provided including an Induction, Train the Trainer and NLP Training. Care Ambassadors explain their job roles, qualification pathways and career routes to apprentices and 14-19 year old diploma students, widening people's understanding and perception of the care sector as a whole. They have the opportunity to represent the sector at conferences, events, jobs fairs and assist to recruit to the care sector.

There is a video interview with Joanne Fogg, a Care Ambassador from the Tameside Jobs Fair 2010.

Placements required for social work students (Funded)

Would you be interested in offering a placement to a social work student? Placements are of varying lengths and can be within any setting that gives the student some experience and understanding of health, social care and or community work. Students will need someone to supervise them on placement but this person does not need to be a qualified social worker themselves. Full support and training is given to the placement agency.

National Commissioners & Contracts Training Conference July 2010

In July 2010, funded through the consortium, two of the TTC steering group attended a conference to gain information and feedback to the membership. Therefore please download an overview report of the conference from the TTC chairperson, Sharon Wood from Meridian Healthcare 34.91 KB , who attended with Lee Elliott from Care UK.

End of Life Training Plan

Tameside’s Palliative Care team has worked in partnership with Tameside Training Consortium (TTC) for 5 years and has developed strong links. Funding has been accessed and an End of Life care training plan has been devised by the consortium for TTC members and will consist of: 

Communication Skills in Palliative Care
The Palliative Care team will deliver the Sage & Thyme Communications Skills training, coordinated and administrated by the consortium. Free to members.

End of Life Care Awareness
The Palliative Care team will deliver the training, coordinated and administrated by the consortium. Free to members.

End of Life Care, Training through Drama event:
The Palliative Care team will work with the consortium and drama group to develop a play to be accessed by up to 100 candidates on each occasion. A networking and a question and answer facility will be incorporated. The event will begin with a presentation on the End of Life strategy and the drama will be discussed on individual tables. Elements such as Capacity, Person centred care, Life Story, equalities will be linked. Free to members.

End of Life Care, Training through Drama DVD:
We will be filming the play to produce a DVD to be used at induction level. Free to members.

NCFE Certificate in the Principles of End of Life Care:
This will be distance learning and free to members.

Technology Fair 

On the 15 February 2011, The Greater Manchester Employer Led Partnership (which includes Tameside Training Consortium) will organise a Technology Fair at Manchester City Football Stadium

This is a free event open to employers and the public within the Greater Manchester area. You are invited to drop in and view a wide range of exhibition stands displaying technology and associated literature supporting people to remain independent.

Guest speakers on the day will include:

• Sue Lightup, Salford Strategic Director for Community Health & Social Care will open the event.
• Terry Dafter, Stockport Strategic Director of Community Health & Social Care will give an address at the Technology Fair.
• Martha Lane Fox, the governments Digital Champion will be recording a special message for the event and we will be encouraging everyone to sign up to the Race Online 2012.

View the Greater Manchester Employment Led Partnership Technlogy Fair flyer 78.83 KB   for more information.