“All Children and Young People will do better in life than they ever thought they would”

Our goal is to improve outcomes for all children and young people and narrow the gap in attainment and achievement between those who do well and those who do not.  To achieve this vision all services for children and young people in Bath and North East Somerset must commit to improving the skills, experience and qualifications of their staff.

Developing a Children and Young People’s Workforce Development Strategy for Bath and North East Somerset will help ensure we have a better trained and more confident workforce who can help improve the life chances of children and young people. This strategy is designed to deliver the following outcomes:

• A workforce with the skills to provide integrated services built around the needs of children and young people
• A workforce that will consistently develop their own new skills
• A workforce that embraces flexible staff/working practices
• A strategy that attracts people to social care profession and in B&NES in particular
• Forward looking –what we will look like in 10 years time
• Equality and diversity

There are other drivers for the development of a Workforce Strategy includes legislation, European directives, Policy and Performance Plans, Best Value, and Regulatory frameworks and national learning and skills strategy.

The strategy aims to pull together local and national priorities and links to the Children and Young People’s Plan to provide a strategic workforce development framework to meet the challenges facing Bath and North East Somerset children’s service. 

The overall aim for service delivery is to refocus services towards early intervention, prevention and promote more integrated delivery of services at the Local Area Partnership level. This aligns to the council’s vision and culture that strives to provide quality and value with customer focus

Please see the full strategy under 'Related Documents'. For more information, or a hard copy of the Workforce Reform Strategy, pleae contact Mary Kearney-Knowles on 01225 394412 or email mary_kearney-knowles@bathnes.gov.uk,