1. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements

2. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Background Building on Success (SEHD, 2002) AHP Practice Placements Project (NES, 2004 - 06) AHP Practice Education Stakeholder Conference, (Murrayfield Stadium, 2005) AHP Practice Education Facilitation Programme (2007 – 09)

3. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary “Priority 2: Memoranda of understanding between practice placement providers and HEIs should be established to minimise the risk to students of unmet placement needs and to allow the HEIs to secure a degree of commitment from practice placement providers”. Pg 21

4. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary How is the Agreement structured? Tier 3 Uni-professional, Health Board, or HEI Specific requirements Placement No’s Tier 2 AHP Placement Agreement Operational detail, common agreement for all AHPs Tier 1 Stakeholder Statement Values, Principles, Intentions

5. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Tier 1: Stakeholder Statement Acknowledges: –central role of placements to prepare workforce –continuous changes in clinical practice –placements help develop students as safe, competent, reflective practitioners to work in a range of settings –Successful placement provision requires partnership working & shared responsibilities

6. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Tier 2: Practice Placement Partnership Agreement 3.0: States function & role of the HEI 4.0 States function & role of the Health Board 5.0 Scope of the agreement Covers all pre-registration AHP placements 6.0 States Practice Educator Preparation & Support 7.0 Equality & Diversity

7. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Tier 2: Practice Placement Partnership Agreement 8.0 Complaints Processes 9.0 Quality Assurance & Improvement of Placements 10.0 Risk Management Disclosure/ Criminal Records Check Health Checks Insurance Providing a Safe Workplace Placement Commitment Information Sharing 11.0 Confidentiality, FOI, Data Protection

8. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Tier 3: Local Schedule Only where necessary Will contain ‘placement weeks’ per profession

9. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary How are placement weeks calculated? The number of students Multiplied by The proportion of a week each student spends on placement e.g. 0.4 = 2 days 0.8 = 4 days 1.0 = 5 days Multiplied by The number of weeks each student spends on placement

10. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Here is an example. 10 physio students on placement full time for 10 weeks 10 X 1.0 x 10 = 100 placement weeks 10 SLT students on placement for one session (half a day) for 6 weeks 10 X 0.1 x 6 = 6 placement weeks Comparisons across different models of placement can be made.

11. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Tier 3: National Dietetics Schedule Drafted with Scottish Dietetics Alliance Captures differences for Dietetics –National allocation process –Target placement weeks for boards –Commitment to process rather than HEI Undertaking to develop workforce-led methodologies for determining placement commitment from HEIs

12. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Benefits of Formal Arrangements Clarification of roles, responsibilities & obligations based on HPC Standards of Education and Training Improvement of risk, governance & quality Information sharing, placement planning & equity, future workforce Raised profile, educational recognition, supports consistency across professions Cited as good international practice e.g. Rodger et al 2007

13. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Implementation in NHS Boards AHP Networks will be crucial to implementation Professional Leads will have responsibility for: – determining placement numbers, distribution of placements –Advising AHP Director/Lead Delivering on content of agreement via professional networks and across services Timing and fine tuning will need to be undertaken in discussion with HEI partners

14. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Implementation Across NHSScotland Test implementation: NHS Lanarkshire (Sept 2009) National event (March 2010) Cohort 1 (May 2010): Three Health Boards Cohort 2 (January 2011): Six Health Boards Cohort 3 (October 2011): Six Health Boards

15. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Support Mechanisms for Implementation of Agreements National AHP PEF Programme Pre-registration Reference Group Signatories for the organisation (Hazel Dykes) Key contact per organisation (AHP PEL Role) Key contact meetings for each Cohort every six weeks Sharing of resources

16. Educational Solutions for Workforce Development Multidisciplinary Introducing AHP Practice Placement Partnership Agreements