Skills for Care Workforce Development

Fund 2020-2021

Application form for large national organisations

Skills for Care Ltd Registered Charity number 1079836. Registered in England company no. 3866683 Registered office West Gate, 6 Grace Street, Leeds, LS1 2RP VAT no 853047922

Organisation name

Total number of qualifications / learning programmes included (taken from page 12 of this application)

Total value of qualifications / learning programmes requested (taken from page 12 of this application)

£

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Table of Contents Section 1 - Organisation details ________________________________________________________ 3

Section 2 - Workforce planning and promotion of the Workforce Development Fund ____________ 5

Section 3 - Grant management and relationship with Skills for Care __________________________ 8

Section 4 - Outputs and funding ______________________________________________________ 11

Section 5 - Declarations _____________________________________________________________ 12 PLEASE COMPLETE ALL SECTIONS OF THESE FORMS – ANY SECTIONS NOT COMPLETED COULD INVALIDATE YOUR APPLICATION.

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Please note that the Workforce Development fund can only be accessed by Adult Social Care Employers in England

Section 1 – Organisation details Applications from consultants or learning providers wishing to act on behalf of your organisation will be automatically disqualified.

Do you have a charity, company or other reference or registration number? If so, please enterit in the box below.

If your organisation is not registered as a company or charity, please tick the boxprovided below.

If your organisation is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) you need toprovide your CQC provider ID in the box below or state not registered.

☐ If you are an unincorporated association and not registered with the Charity Commission, pleasetick this box and send us a copy of your governing documents (for example, constitution or set of rules) with your outline proposal.

Please indicate which areas you operate in (tick a minimum of two boxes):

☐ Eastern ☐ Midlands ☐ Yorkshire & Humber & the North East

☐ North West ☐ London & the South East ☐ South West

Is the applicant organisation a subsidiary of another company, as defined by Section 736 (1) of the Companies Act 1985? ☐Yes ☐No

If yes, please give details of the ultimate holding parent company Name:

Registered office address:

Registration number:

Charity number

Company number

Other (please specify)

CQC Provider ID

What type of organisation / business are you?

If other, please describe

Does your organisation operate a commercial training arm from which you generate income from external organisations?

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Please note that Skills for Care will only correspond with the lead and primary contacts identified here. If these people change you will need to let us know.

Name and registered address of organisation

Lead contact details:

Name and address (if different from above) of one person who will lead on the administration of this contract

Primary contact details:

Name of Senior Manager

Registered address of organisation

Postcode

Phone number

Email address

Name of Administrator

Address

Postcode

Phone number

Email address

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Section 2 - Workforce planning and promotion of the workforce development fund 2a- How many members of staff do you employ to deliver adult social care within the applicant organisation in England? How many of these do you intend to claim funding for? This ensures that you meet the criteria set out in the guidance to apply as a large employer. Ensure you answer both parts of the question.

2b- Are any other organisations within the group applying for the Workforce Development Fund as a large national organisation? If so, please specify the name of the applying organisation here. Or if you are making an application for a group please include the trading names of the social care providers here. If your organisation is not part of a group please state not applicable below.

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2c- How do your workforce development objectives for the next year align to the funding priorities? How have you identified the workforce planning needs of your organisation? Specify how your workforce development objectives align to the funding priorities of supporting registered/service managers and apprenticeships. If there is an opportunity to claim funds upfront to commission leadership learning programmes please include in your response whether you would pursue this opportunity Explain the methodology used to identify the needs of your staff and inform your bid.

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2d- What is your organisation’s policy concerning staff being able to access learning and development and how will any WDF award enhance this? If the application is successful, what activity will be possible, that would not have been without the award. Explain how members of staff are able to access learning and development and the criteria used. This question may bring in elements of your workforce development plan. The value added by accessing the fund to your organisation, employees and people you support should also be included here.

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Section 3 – Grant management and relationship with Skills for Care 3a- How will you manage the Adult Social Care – Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) requirements for the Workforce Development Fund? Explain the process you will follow to complete or maintain your ASC-WDS. If applicable you should detail what support you will offer your establishments if you devolve this responsibility to establishment level.

3b- How will you successfully manage your Workforce Development Fund grant if you are successful? This includes meeting milestones and the action you will take if you fall behind on your grant delivery. Outline your approach, including how you will monitor and disburse funds in line with the grant agreement, details of any supporting systems, processes and contingency measures. Please provide evidence of previous successful funding disbursement. Where contracts/grants have been with Skills for Care, state the contract/grant numbers. Where you have worked with Skills for Care staff you should include this here and outline how this has positively impacted your work as well as ours.

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3c- What internal controls do you have in place to ensure accuracy of claims? This should include your evidence review and claims collation processes.

3d- What resource will you have in place to administer the funding? What training do you provide to those administering the grant to ensure that evidence requirements are met? This response should include details of contingency measures in case of absence or changes in personnel.

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3e- What would you consider to be a mutually beneficial working relationship with Skills for Care and how would you effect this? Outline how you see yourself working with us to deliver the grant and what you see as being key to doing this effectively.

3f- What activities will you undertake to promote the work of Skills for Care within your organisation and through your networks? Demonstrate how contracting with you will add value to Skills for Care and support promotion of our work to the wider adult social care workforce.

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Section 4 - Outputs and funding

Summarise below the anticipated outputs of the funding

IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE REALSISTIC WHEN SETTING TARGETS FOR ACHIEVEMENT AND TO CONSIDER PERFORMANCE IN PREVIOUS YEARS (IF APPLICABLE)

Qualifications and learning programmes 2020/21 (you must check the list of funded qualifications and learning programmes)

Number of qualifications /

learning programmes

Value qualifications / learning

programmes Small awards £

Medium awards £

Large awards £

Small certificates £

Medium certificates £

Large certificates £

Level 4 Certificate in Principles of Leadership and Management in Adult Care £

Level 5 Certificate in Fundamental Knowledge in Commissioning for Wellbeing £

Level 2 diplomas (standalone) £

Level 3 diplomas (standalone) £

Level 4 diplomas (standalone) £

Level 5 diplomas (standalone) £

Diplomas completed within the Adult Care Worker apprenticeship standard (level 2) £

End point assessment and completion of the Adult Care Worker apprenticeship standard (level 2)

£

Diplomas completed within the Lead Adult Care Worker apprenticeship standard (level 3) £

End point assessment and completion of the Lead Adult Care Worker apprenticeship standard (level 3)

£

Level 5 diplomas completed within the Higher Apprenticeship in Care Leadership and Management framework (level 5)

£

Lead to Succeed £

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Section 5 - Declarations Declarations of interest

Do you have anything to declare? ☐ Yes ☐ No

You must declare if your organisation or any person in your organisation has any personal or material interest/links with Skills for Care. For example if any individual in your organisation is a committee member, trustee or acting in any other capacity for Skills for Care then we require this to be disclosed at this point.

Name Organisation

End of Life Care learning programme £

Well-led £

Understanding Workplace Culture £

Understanding Performance Management £

Understanding Self-management Skills £

Digital Learning Modules for managers £

Total number & value of qualifications / learning programmes requested in application

£

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Organisation Declaration

We confirm that all information provided in this application for the WorkforceDevelopment Fund is accurate

We confirm that the information provided in respect of the declarations of interest aboveis accurate. We undertake to advise Skills for Care immediately should any interestcome to our notice after the grant letter is issued if this application is successful.

We confirm that we have read the appropriate Skills for Care information and guidance. We confirm that we have read and understood Skills for Care’s privacy policy as set

out on your website. We will maintain an effective communication channel with Skills for Care staff who are

involved in this work as requested We will manage the grant in line with agreed grant milestones and terms and conditions. We will ensure that staff in our organisation are aware that the funding is provided by

Skills for Care. We will provide the unique Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set reference number and

registered address for each of our workplaces We will ensure that all our workplaces are fully eligible We understand that if we are successful in our application for the Workforce

Development Fund as a large national organisation that our establishments cannotaccess this fund through any other grants.

We understand that there are priority areas for the funding. We will provide relevant evidence of achievement as specified by Skills for Care in the

format requested We understand that the Skills for Care funding is a contribution to the cost of individuals'

learning and development We understand that we have a responsibility to maintain financial probity and a clear

audit trail on funding spent We will complete the year end annual review and return by the specified date or

participate in any evaluation of the funding if requested by Skills for Care.

☐ Tick this box to confirm that you are the named individual above, you are authorised tosign on behalf of the organisation and you understand our obligations under the DataProtection Act.

For validation purposes this proposal form MUST be returned by the authorised person named above.

Name of authorised signatory

Job title of authorised signatory

Date