Background
The need and demand for homecare services across the UK is growing year on year and having a robust and scalable homecare workforce is key to future growth.
There is unnecessary variation in job roles and their descriptions which increases complexity and therefore clinical risk; and introduces contractual blockers to “right capability, right time” deployment of staff that are further compounded by different commissioning approaches.
The need
The industry-wide Clinical Homecare Career and Competence Framework will support the development and retention of existing staff and the transferability of competency within and between homecare organisations. The Framework will facilitate shared understanding, decrease the potential for differences in interpretation and support robust commissioning of high-quality homecare services, equipping the workforce to provide personalised, high-quality care.
The Framework will also provide a sense of the opportunities available to the current and future workforce by articulating the career potential of working in this setting.
You can access the Framework from the Skills for Health website here: https://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/clinical-homecare-and-competence-framework