1. Wales Best Practice Day 20 October 2016

2. This morning

3. RCSLT Strategic Plan
The RCSLT Strategic Plan is a road map which sets out where we are as a profession and where we want to be by 2018.

4. RCSLT Strategic Plan
Mission: To ensure better lives for people with communication and swallowing needs
Vision: To be the professional body that promotes excellence and supports speech and language therapy

5. Focus areas 1 Development of quality services 2
Leadership and Resilience 3
Workforce 4
People and communities 5
The wider policy context 6
To be an organisation that members are proud of

6. RCSLT Hubs
The purpose of the Hubs is to bring together talent across the profession in the same region to support each other and create close links with the RCSLT and other regions

7. This afternoon…
Governance
Concepts
What will you do?

8. Governance structure 9 review over past two years following review of internal management structures
Reasons for this -
Lack of time strategic discussion and decision at BOT
Previous board Board structures rigid , not necessarily connected in approach – over govern not necessarily joined up or productive
Member engagement
New structure - voted in September 14
Board of trustees appointed Dec14
FRC previously FORB
PPPC appointed Feb inducted and meet April 2015
Work of the BOT / RCSLT will be supported by interface with Hubs ,
with T&F / project groups - digital strategy , CQ live , outcome measures
and some committees ?

9. Hubs – who and what Hub: every member in the nation or region
Steering group: volunteers who run the hub in their nation / region: expected to be representative of the profession
Forum (England): representatives of the 11 hubs
Forum (nations): same people as the steering group but meeting as an RCSLT Committee

10. Wales specific bodies
WTAC…
WSLTAF…

11. Terms of Reference
The RCSLT Hub Forum is established by the Board of Trustees (the Board) (minute 39/14) and accountable to the Board to support engagement of members across RCSLT Hub structures
Aims of the Committee:
The Hub Forum is authorised to oversee the development of effective member networks:
i. Inform and support the delivery of the RCSLT strategic plan
ii. Encourage and receive feedback from members on priorities for
action for the profession
iii. Raise these issues within the appropriate governance and
committee structures of the RCSLT (including the Professional Practice & Policy Committee)
iv. Maximise member engagement and develop future leaders

12. Terms of Reference (cont’d)
The RCSLT Hub Forum will work with members to develop a programme of activities to support the delivery of key areas of business as defined by the RCSLT:
i. Service innovation, development and the use of the evidence base
ii. Research
iii. Raising awareness, influencing and campaigning
iv. Professional development, including workforce planning, pre and
post registration education and training
v. Partnership building with external stakeholders
vi. Representation of the profession on strategic working and advisory
groups

13. Focus area one: Development of quality services
Examples of upcoming activities related to this objective:
Develop tools to improve data collection and outcome measurement

14. Focus area two: Leadership and resilience
Examples of upcoming activities related to this objective:
Develop tools and resources to support SLTs to become leaders

15. Focus area three: Workforce
Examples of upcoming activities related to this objective:
Make workforce data accessible to members

16. Focus area four: People and communities
Examples of upcoming activities related to this objective:
Promote equitable access to funding for AAC regardless of location.

17. Focus area five: The wider policy context
Examples of upcoming activities related to this objective:
Commission new research regarding the value of speech and language therapy

18. Focus area six: To be an organisation members are proud of
Examples of upcoming activities related to this objective:
Continue to build and strengthen RCSLT Hubs as a vehicle for communication and engagement.

19. What’s happening in Wales
Future of health care green paper
Prudent health care
New Welsh Government Dementia Strategy
Draft Additional Learning Needs Bill
Expansion of childcare offer
Rewriting ten year plan for early years workforce

20. Things hubs have done South Central Twitterstorm
Northern Ireland general election priorities
Scotland story videos
Northwest conferences and social media – you have done social media sessions in Wales
Southwest outcome measures sessions – you have done TOMs training in Wales

21. Things hub forums have discussed…
Professional and leadership resources
The RCSLT offer to assistants
Public health
Local influencing

22. Ways hubs run themselves
Steering group – all groups represented
Volunteer group – coalition of the willing
Collective of all those present
Tasks to different groups – eg students do social media
One size does not fit all

23. Support from RCSLT Events Social media Coordination Surveying members
Check out the RCSLT Hubs Toolkit for templates and ideas:
Social media
Techipes can be found here:
Coordination
Kaleigh Maietta is on hand to help!
Surveying members
What do members want most? How can we help implement the ideas?

24. Over to you…
A hub?
WLSTAF already has a programme of action – do we need anything more? Is it a question of branding?
What two or three topics would be of most interest for activity in the year ahead?
What might those activities be? (think wider than just events)
The hub forum
Ensuring members in Wales are part of RCSLT discussions and consultations – who, how and when?

25. Possibilities Hubs Workforce Transformation Challenge
Tweet chat on #sltCPD
Contribute to a strategy for children’s services workshop
Discuss scenarios

26. Thank you Derek Munn Director of Policy and Public Affairs
Follow the PPA team on Twitter:
@RCSLTpolicy