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BEING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE Our commitment to invest in learning and development for our entire workforce has continued to be a priority during 2019-2020. We offer a range of learning opportunities to enable our staff to consistently deliver high quality people-centred care. . This year, staff completed 96% of all their mandatory training requirements and we consistently exceeded our contractual performance target of 90% for the whole year. 100% of our new starters completed their corporate induction programme and xx new employees completed their Care Certificate within their first 12 weeks of employment. The Care Certificate builds on the Common Induction Standards and aims to ensure a consistent approach to induction and support the development of a competent, caring and compassionate workforce. We made effective use of monies allocated from Health Education England for staff development. This included advancing clinical skills in diabetes, minor illness, leadership development and supporting progression of our workforce as part of our Grow Our Own Talent strategy. This also enabled four staff to undertake non-medical prescribing courses to advance their practice, develop confidence and support clinical decision making. Provide has supported the Continued Professional Development (CPD) of its workforce. Over £28,000 of employee training was funded throughout the year with applications for training being assessed and supported through the L&D Strategy Group. The CPD activity included attendance at external learning events and clinical conferences, enhancing clinical practice and leadership development. Importantly this funding supported four employees to undertake the full time District Nurse PGDip programmes commencing in January
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2020 and six Advanced Care Practitioner (ACP) MSc delivered by Anglia Ruskin University. Provide continued to maximise the use of the Apprenticeship Levy to support both clinical and non-clinical career pathways for new starters and also developing existing staff. At the end of the year 18 staff commenced on a Levy-supported apprenticeship with 17 successfully completing their programme of study. Following successful completion of the Foundation Degree in Nursing, two Provide staff started their Registered Nurse Higher Apprenticeship (Top up) at Anglia Ruskin University in May 2020. This training will support our commitment to deliver responsive high-quality healthcare to people in their own homes and communities by highly qualified and experienced community nurses. Provide teams continue to support students placed with us in practice from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and University of Essex (UoE) across a number of professions such as nursing, speech and language therapy, paramedics, physiotherapist and occupational therapists. Throughout the year Provide supported 228 weeks of high-quality student placements. Provide teams continue to receive great feedback from students who are keen to acknowledge the support they have received whilst on placement. Students working in our Integrated Care teams shared their feedback:
‘I was welcomed every morning like a member of the team and encouraged to speak freely about any thoughts or concerns I had.’ ‘I have a much better understanding of rehabilitation and long-term conditions following my placement. It was very interesting.’
