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Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Strategic Workforce Planning in Health and Social Care

HSC702 · Managing People in Health and Social Care — Week 1 of 16

CourseHSC702
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This week’s topics

Strategic Workforce Planning in Health and Social Care

  1. Skill-mix forecasting
  2. Vacancy risk analysis
  3. Specialist recruitment agency engagement
  4. Executive headhunting for clinical leadership
  5. HRPP– Ep 59: Strategic workforce planning | Skills forecasting and productivity | Iced coffee debate
  6. How To Do Workforce Planning: An Overview
  7. 4 - Forecasting the Workforce

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the factors involved in the planning of recruitment in health and social care.
  • 1.2 Explain situations when it is necessary to seek specialist expertise in relation to recruitment and selection.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the factors involved in the planning of recruitment in health and social care.

Study materials

Videos

  • HRPP– Ep 59: Strategic workforce planning | Skills forecasting and productivity | Iced coffee debate · YouTube · CIPD · 33 min · for registered students
  • How To Do Workforce Planning: An Overview · YouTube · The HR Hub with Andrea Adams · 28 min · for registered students
  • 4 - Forecasting the Workforce · YouTube · Tracey Smith, The Voice for Practical Analytics · 6 min · for registered students
  • Mark Britnell - Human: solving the global workforce crisis in health care · YouTube · The King's Fund · 5 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Human Resource Management, ch. 2: Developing and Implementing Strategic HRM Plans · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 36–63 · for registered students
  • The Cavendish Review: healthcare assistants and support workers in NHS and social care (2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Leadership for a collaborative and inclusive future (Messenger review, 2022) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Workforce Planning in Health and Social Care
  • Week 2: Regulatory and Legal Frameworks in Health and Social Care R…
  • Week 3: Evidence-Based Selection Methodologies
  • Week 4: Safeguarding and Serious Case Governance in Staffing
  • Week 5: Performance Management and Team Maximisation
  • Week 6: Performance Monitoring and Quality Metrics
  • Week 7: Training Needs Assessment and Lifelong Learning
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Continuous Professional Development and Talent Architecture
  • Week 10: Cultural Diversity and Service Delivery Impact
  • Week 11: Strategic Management of Workforce Diversity
  • Week 12: Applying Managing People in Health and Social Care in pract…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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