The new One Workforce Hub full of useful features for our health and social care workforce will be with you soon.

The Hub will support the workforce across the whole of health and social care in Bradford District and Craven collectively so that everyone on their journey into or already within the sector benefits. It will provide a central digital presence, bringing health and social care organisations together supported by our colleges and university, to showcase, manage and deliver local workforce development opportunities.

The One Workforce Hub will support our priorities for growing and developing our workforce through:

• Looking after our people– keeping our people safe, healthy and well.
• Creating belonging– having an inclusive and compassionate culture where our people feel they belong and are supported to act as one.
• Developing new ways of working and delivering care– developing our people’s skills; expanding capabilities and creating new roles to improve service flexibility, succession planning and career progression.
• Growing our talent for the future– recruitment, retention and deployment across the system to increase supply.

Workforce is the biggest issue facing health and social care over the next decade made even more apparent through the Covid-19 pandemic. Nationally there are an estimated 10,000 vacancies in medical posts and 40,000 vacancies in nursing posts and 122,000 more social care staff are required. In Bradford District & Craven, 4,700 additional roles will be required by 2030. So working together to attract and retain your talent is vital for the wellbeing of the people in our district.

As we do more work together across health and social care in the district, to create opportunities for you, we would love to hear your ideas. What can the One Workforce Hub support with your current or future career needs?  What would you like to know more about? What opportunities would you like to see created?

Various events and activities will be run throughout the year, with details posted on this site. So please visit this site again and watch this space.

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Anyone currently or interested in working in the health and social care sector in Bradford District and Craven will find useful guidance and information on this site.

• Young people just starting out in secondary school wanting to be inspired by opportunities in health and social care.
• Students choosing their GCSE and A’Level subjects or apprenticeship options, along with the teachers and parents supporting them.
• Under-graduates and graduates looking for or planning for their first job.
• People not currently working looking for fulfilling paid work.
• Anyone looking for work experience, work placements, volunteering opportunities.
• The current workforce across the whole sector, from hospitals to independent care homes.
• Unpaid carers and volunteers thinking about moving in to paid work or wanting to better understand the sector.

If you aren’t already working in the health and social care sector, we hope some of the stories, experiences and general information on this site will inspire you to share your talents with us in Bradford District and Craven. If you are already involved with the sector, we hope this site will support you in developing your skills, knowledge and capabilities, and widen your horizons of opportunity beyond just the organisation you currently work for. The One Workforce Hub is here for you, to encourage, support and guide you through a positive working experience in health and social care, in Bradford District and Craven in particular.