Supporting The Prince's Trust Partnership: Addressing NHS Workforce Challenges
Address the key challenges faced by the NHS, such as the ageing workforce and high vacancies, by supporting a partnership with The Prince's Trust. Explore the benefits of employing young people, including shaping the future workforce, promoting diversity, and enhancing corporate social responsibility. Implement pre-employment programs to recruit and develop a skilled, diverse workforce that reflects the community. Engage with disadvantaged young people through training programs and apprenticeships to address youth unemployment and create a sustainable talent pipeline for the NHS.
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Business case for supporting a partnership with The Prince s Trust Briefing for board members Presenter(s)
Key challenges facing the NHS Ageing workforce, 6% of the NHS workforce is under 25, 48% is over 45 84,000 vacancies, 38,000 vacancies (one in ten posts) in nursing 344,000 unemployed young people (16 to 24 years) were not in education, employment or training (NEET) from July to September 2020 Unemployment rate for young people (16 to 24 years) is 14.6% Insert key information relating to your organisation s workforce: Number of vacancies Age profile of workforce Over 45 Under 25 Number of young people in entry-level roles Regional unemployment rate Number of young people NEET in our local authority
The national landscape Growing for the future The NHS People Plan contains a commitment to grow the workforce for the future. The plan sets out practical actions for employers to: Ensure recruitment reflects the diversity of their community. Increase recruitment to roles such as clinical support workers and promote potential career pathways. Offer more apprenticeships, ranging from entry-level jobs through to senior clinical, scientific and managerial roles. Prince s Trust pre-employment programmes can help us to recruit a diverse workforce and develop a pipeline of motivated, skilled, local young people into entry-level roles and apprenticeships in our organisation.
Benefits of employing young people 1. Shape the future workforce Transfer essential skills and knowledge Grow our own talent 2. Recruit a more diverse workforce Trust reputation Recruitment and retention Representative of the community 3. Corporate social responsibility Tackle youth unemployment Anchor institution
Benefits of employing young people 4. Cost effectiveness Funded pre-employment programmes Apprenticeships Reduced agency spend Long-term investment 5. Unique talent Future workforce Flexible and adaptable Promote career options
What can the board do? Consider how we promote the range of entry-level jobs and careers in the NHS to the community we serve. Offer pre-employment, training and development programmes (e.g. The Prince s Trust). Use the support available from The Prince s Trust to connect with disadvantaged young people in our community. Open up routes into the service to attract young people who would not normally consider a career in the NHS. Use the apprenticeship levy to offer training and development opportunities to young people entering the workforce. Demonstrate a commitment to this agenda via senior level support in organisation-wide communications.
Key messages for your senior leaders Audience Key message The COVID-19 pandemic will increase the potential interest in working within health and social care. Anchor institution working with local systems to provide employment opportunities to young people will support local economic recovery and growth. Employing local young people enhances our reputation as an employer with strong community links and could help improve staff retention and loyalty. Chief executive Overreliance on the use of agency and other temporary workers to fill vacancies is costly. Long-term investment in pre-employment programmes and apprenticeships can lead to improved retention, increased productivity, and reduced sickness absence. Prince s Trust programmes can be used alongside the Kickstart Scheme to provide a talent pipeline for your apprenticeship programmes using the apprenticeship levy. Director of finance Entry-level roles and apprenticeships can support workforce strategies and address significant supply challenges, meeting skills gaps with new roles. Director can champion an organisation to becoming an anchor institution by helping young people to access entry-level roles and apprenticeships on behalf of several trusts. Opportunity to highlight variety of apprenticeships and career pathways available in the NHS. Director of workforce of organisation development The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of E&F as an essential NHS support service. Ageing workforce need to promote the wide range of roles and career pathways available in E&F. Local young people can access careers they may not have previously considered/been aware of and can develop a long-term career in health and social care. Director of estates and facilities (E&F)
Key messages for your senior leaders Audience Key message 38,000 vacancies for nursing roles in England, leading to potential burnout, poor staff engagement and increased turnover of the nursing workforce. Ageing workforce pre-employment programmes can provide a sustainable long-term approach to addressing shortages. Variety of nursing career pathways available using the apprenticeship route. Director of nursing Local young people can help to fill workforce gaps and ultimately improve patient care. Inclusive recruitment will lead to a diverse workforce offering joined up, personalised care. Chief operating officer Apprenticeships to upskill the existing medical workforce will help to grow your own medical workforce and increase the access to quality care for patients. Medical director Developing robust workforce supply pipelines must be a board level priority. The pandemic has led to high unemployment in the local community. Helping local young people into work will improve the health and wellbeing of the community you serve and lead to better patient outcomes as the workforce mirrors the patient population. Chair and non-executive directors
