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Why focus on LLN?
Background
How do health sector staff compare with the national picture?
Levels of LLN explained
Benefits
Impact of poor LLN
Workforce and productivity
Adapting to change
Health and safety
Poor communication
Patient care and infection control
Risks of poor LLN
English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)
Presenting the business case
Achieving Quality Standards
Foundation Trust Status
Investors in People
Developing a Whole Organisation Approach (WOA)
Health check
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
Question 8
Question 9
Results
Strategy flow chart
Whole Organisation Approach strategy
Formulating a WOA strategy
WOA framework builder
Results
Section 1: Business case and commitment
Section 2: Strategy
Section 3: Policies and procedures
Section 4: Personal and organisational development
Section 5: People and partnerships
Section 6: Impact
Getting there
WOA Policies and procedures
WOA - Personal and organisational development
WOA people and partnerships
Exploring potential partners
Local partnerships
Learning Providers
What they provide
What makes quality provision?
How to help providers understand the health sector
Range of Training Providers
Regional partnerships
National partnerships
Learning Champions, Ambassadors and Union learning Representatives
WOA - capacity and capability
WOA - Measuring Impact
Document readability
Supporting ESOL
Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)
Agenda for Change
Linking LLN to the KSF
Role profiles
Personal development reviews (PDRs)
PDRs and LLN awareness
The development review process
Performance issues
Signs of possible LLN difficulties
Real life examples
Skills Escalation
How LLN supports skills escalation
Building a foundation with LLN
The Career Framework
Assessment tools
Which tools to use
When to use assessment tools
Contextualised courses
Career and Learning Support (IAG)
What is career and learning support (IAG)?
Who can provide career and learning support (IAG)?
Learn more about Union Learning Representatives and Learning Champions
Learn more about nextstep
Learn more about the Health Learning and Skills Advice Line
Supporting skills escalation
Supporting employability
Sharing Good Practice
Case/impact studies
Statements from NHS staff
Employability
Sector Skills Agreement
Getting the LLN skills in place
Employability and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL)
Core Curriculum : 21st Century Skills
Programme of action for LLN
Where and when to offer sessions
The NHS Academy (Northwest)
Trades unions
Improving employability
The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)
Agenda for Change
Development of a Sector Employability Toolkit
Employability checklist
Recruitment checklist
Keeping your staff
Good practice
Train to Gain
Finding the right staff
Pre-employment programmes
Vocational training and competences
Understanding LLN and competence
LLN and vocational training
In-house vocational training
External vocational training
Challenges for health sector organisations
Assessment of competence
LLN and assessment of competence
Vocational training and assessment of competence
PDRs and assessment of competence
Dyslexia and assessment of competence
Dyslexia game
Further support
Funding
A practical guide to working with learning providers
Clinical Governance
Risk management
Essential calculations
Health and safety
Infection control
Communication skills
What are communication skills?
English for speakers of other languages
Handling case notes and patient information
Patient LLN skills and quality care
How do limited patient LLN skills affect health care?
What is Skilled for Health?
Patient skills and related anxiety
18 week pathway and quality care
Resources
Hot topics
Joint Investment Framework
Skills Pledge Guidance for Health Sector Employers in England
Making the Skills Pledge a Reality
Case studies
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Foundation Trust Part 1
Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Foundation Trust Part 2
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Acute Division
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Dorset and Somerset SHA
HealthLife Together
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Powerpoint files
Twenty reasons to support LLN skills development
Presenting the business case
Introduction to LLN
Word and PDF documents
Skills for Life survey
Employability matrix
Guide to assessment for LLN
Case study: Dorset and Somerset SHA
Case study: HealthLife Together
Case study: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Core and Key skills equivalences
Essential skills for living
Appraisal of Essential skills for living
Delivering world class skills
Case study: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
Introductory guide to LLN
Leitch Review of Skills
Learning for a change in healthcare
More than a language
World Class Skills
Interactive resources
Strategy flow chart
Interactive health check
Build your own framework
Website links
Videos
Why focus on LLN?
What are the benefits of LLN to individuals?
What are the barriers to adopting LLN?
What are the benefits of LLN to an organisation?
How can you encourage staff to improve their LLN?
How does LLN link to the KSF?
How can you ensure high level management adopt LLN measures?
How can an organisation work with a WOA to LLN?
How can you tailor and integrate the KSF into LLN?
How can you spread LLN through an organisation?
How can external organisations help with your LLN?
What are the benefits of an WOA strategy to LLN?
How is LLN linked to appraisals and the KSF?
What tools are available to help with LLN?
How can colleges best deliver LLN courses?
What new roles might be delivered in LLN?
What partnerships and organisations were important partners in LLN work?
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| 03rd Jul 2007
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Why focus on LLN?
Developing a Whole Organisation Approach (WOA)
Getting there
Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)
Skills Escalation
Employability
Vocational training and competences
Clinical Governance
Resources
We did it! Case Studies
Your questions