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West Midlands

Workforce

Regional workforce development programme

Alongside increased investment and improved services, has to come the expansion and increased competence of the workforce who deliver drug treatment services. This impacts significantly upon all areas of workforce development including recruitment, retention, career pathway development, training and appraisals.

The Regional Workforce Development Programme exists to enable the implementation of the joint NTA/DSD workforce plan, assist drug action teams in meeting NTA qualification targets and to help address regional and local workforce development issues in the areas outlined above.

The programme is co-ordinated by Neil Baxter (Tel: 0121 352 5075) and overseen by a programme management board made up of representatives from:

  • Home Office
  • NTA
  • DATs
  • Skills for Health
  • Skills for Justice

Related information

Careers in prison healthcare
Choosing a career in Prison Health offers the opportunity to work within a range of young offender, women and men's prisons. Entry to prison work can be from a wide range of nursing backgrounds and staff are part of a multi disciplinary team, working holistically with the patient to make a real difference to their lives. This leaflet aims to give you a view about what working in prison health is really like.

Building the skills for drug treatment workforce
This one day event took place in November 2010 setting an action plan for the next 18 months for the West Midlands Substance Misuse Workforce Project.

www.seethepeople.co.uk
West Midlands workforce recruitment micro site with information and links to information sources to assist those wishing to work in the substance misuse sector.

HMP Featherstone 2 – Recruitment and Development of Clinical Staff
Information about commissioning the full range of healthcare services, including Substance Misuse for HMP Featherstone 2, a new prison which will open in March 2012.

 
 
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