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Level 3 qualifications – at no cost to the learner or employer

We are eager to see our employees reach their full potential through building their capabilities and skills and getting the endorsement and evidence to support their career development.

These FREE level 3 qualifications are a fantastic means for employees to gain more skills that will be valued for their career development and would equally support the earning of higher wages. A wide range of opportunities are available through our local Collages to upskill and no cost to the employee or employer. To qualify employees should simply not already have a Level 3 qualification. However, anyone earning no more than the Living Wage as your take home pay would also qualify – so of particular interest to part time workers (Living Wage is £19,305 as of April 2023)

For all our staff who don’t already have a Level 3 qualification (A’Level equivalent) we would like to offer you the opportunity to sign up to a FREE course through one of our local colleges. You must be 19 years old or older and either not already have a Level 3 qualification, or not earn more than the Real Living Wage.

Brochure

Listed below are a range of courses currently being offered by our local colleges across the Bradford District. More courses will be added very soon.

Courses to follow soon

Leadership and Management – Learners will gain a range of key management skills, such as building on their leadership capabilities, motivating and engaging teams, and managing relationships confidently.

21 August 2023

Certificate in understanding the principles of dementia care – enables learners to develop knowledge and understanding of caring for individuals with dementia.

21 August 2023

Leading Care for Adults – for experienced care workers, this course covers important topics like safeguarding & protection, communication, duty of care, personal development, equality, and inclusion

21 August 2023

Courses to follow soon

Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Principles – for learners with a great deal of technical skills and knowledge and looking to gain more responsibility by supervising others

21 August 2023

Courses to follow soon

Why Get Involved in One Workforce Hub

This project is important to you because…

If you aren’t already working in the H&SC 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 Centre for Workforce Development is here for you, to encourage, support and guide you through a positive working experience in health and social care, but in Bradford District and Craven in particular.

It will bring health and social care organisations together, supported by our further and higher education establishments, to manage and deliver workforce development opportunities locally. We can also maximise the potential of national and regional level opportunities to benefit our local place.

What Is the One Workforce Hub

The Centre for Workforce Development is in development, though we are already working towards some of our shared ambitions.

We are creating a new health and social care Centre for Workforce Development for Bradford District and Craven. We want to support and develop our workforce collectively so that everyone on their journey into or already within the sector benefits from every opportunity.

We therefore want to create a culture of working across organisations as a default, unless there is a good reason not to. We would like all workforce development activity to be commissioned, managed and delivered by Bradford District and Craven as a place, rather than as a range of individual organisations.

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The time has never been more right for us to consider radical workforce redesign. Workforce is becoming the biggest issue facing the NHS and social care in the next decade made even more apparent through the Covid19 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.

Our ambitions for the Centre will be achieved through strategic workforce planning and redesign, preparing for new models of care, new roles, whilst maximising the use of technology. We will grow our future H&SC workforce (including volunteers and unpaid carers), improve leadership culture, develop our current and future workforce to have 21^st century skills and make our H&SC organisations the best places to work.”