January 2010 Workforce development for public health and wellbeing Joanna Chapman-Andrews

The workforce for Public Health... What is it?What is your place in it? A route map to guide you...

The ‘public health workforce’ Competencies and standards – the Public Health Skills and Career Framework Current developments for regulation Current DH reviews on health and wellbeing Public Health Development in England - Overview Public Health Development

CMO’s definition: Specialist, Practitioner and Wider workforce – used to structure PH Development programmes DH now focussing on two priorities: –strengthening capacity and capability of the expert and specialist public health workforces –strengthening capacity and capability for public health skills, knowledge and awareness in key NHS and Local Government workforces to improve public health outcomes The Public Health ‘Workforce’ Public Health Development

Provides overarching framework for knowledge and skills requirements for all aspects of PH, and across all levels of the workforce UK-wide agreement Basis for development of National Occupational Standards for Public Health (2008, updated 2009) Public Health Skills and Career Framework Public Health Development

Specialist workforce: Multi-disciplinary Training Schemes; ‘Top-Up’ schemes for specialists – Generalist and Defined, via portfolio route. Regulated by UKPH Register – (equiv. NHS Agenda for Change) levels 8+ Practitioner workforce: at levels 5-7 PHSCF, standards and regulatory processes developed and consulted on by UKPHR, launch 2010 Wider workforce: no specific processes, application of PHSCF competencies in other education & training to enhance roles in health improvement, etc. Regulation of PH Workforce Public Health Development

Will focus on strengthening public health delivery and in doing so will: Make recommendations on measures to improve the capability and capacity in England’s workforces to deliver public health outcomes Consider the knowledge, skills and competencies needed to strengthen public health delivery Strengthen regulatory frameworks and quality assurance for public health delivery and Respond, where relevant, to systems weaknesses for public health delivery The Review will report and contribute to the SoS over-arching review The Review of DH policy on Leadership and Workforce Policy for Public Health Delivery Public Health Development

DH Project commissioned in Spring 09 to look at: 1.What the role of the state should be in relation to people’s health and wellbeing, specifically focusing on the prevention of ill-health 2.The lessons we can learn about influencing healthier lifestyle choices from fields such as behavioural economics, psychology and marketing, and 3.What the Department and the NHS can do to enhance delivery of front-line services to improve people’s health and wellbeing SoS Health and Wellbeing Review Public Health Development

Developing capacity and capability in South Central

Training, Education and Development for Public Health Programme Implementation Plan “NHS South Central – Improving health and alleviating the causes of poor health for the benefit of patients, the public and taxpayer alike in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight”

Programmes for Practitioners 9 x DPH PH Development Leads /PCTs work with NESC (drafting workforce development plans for H&WB) PH Practitioner Training Scheme 5 per cohort per year; MSc, placements, portfolios, learning sets, mentors, level 7 competence PHSCF PH Practitioner Development Programme portfolio development, workshops, seminars Education Bursary Scheme – funds Academic modules and courses in public health

Programmes for Wider Workforce Local Authority organisational development for H&WB Leading Improvement for Health & Wellbeing Programme Health Literacy training (Skilled for Health) Health Trainers Hub for South Central Staying Healthy prevention project – Clinical Director-led

Some resources Public Health Skills & Career Framework development/career-pathways/career-frameworks/public-health-career- framework.aspx Postgraduate academic courses : PH Skills & Career Framework competencies development/career-pathways/career-frameworks/public-health-career- framework.aspx

Health Promotion and Community Wellbeing Organisation & Partnership awards: community-wellbeing-organisation-and-partnership-awards.cfm community-wellbeing-organisation-and-partnership-awards.cfm E-learning module: Public Health Awareness Raising Core Learning Unit & Open University

Key messages from the module... public health is everybody’s business What the evidence is telling you Where opportunities exist to act Why you should take action now Changing your own health behaviour Helping others to change Getting support

Modules 1.Promoting and protecting health – everybody’s business 2.Protecting people’s health 3.Food and health 4.Physical activity 5.Mental health and wellbeing 6.Tackling unhealthy behaviours: alcohol and smoking

To access the module online: If you work for an NHS Trust or PCT: Self-register online at If you work for a local authority or other type of public sector organisation : Self-register online at When registering, choose NHS South Central, and then select the local authority area in which you are based

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