Training Policy & Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC) Sponsorship
Christine Smyth
Phone: (028) 9052 0703
Secretary - phone (028) 9052 0728
Secretary - phone (028) 9052 0728
Key areas of responsibility include:
- PSS Training Policy development, including:
- PSS Training Strategy development;
- development of associated policy circulars;
- workforce planning related to social work student numbers;
- social work student incentive scheme policies (including regional employment based schemes) and associated circulars/guidance and overseeing administration of the student incentive scheme;
- reform of professional social work training and associated projects; and
- career grade structure;
- Children Order Training Strategy's;
- Identifying and securing training implications from major policy developments, reviews and audits;
- overseeing the implementation of PSS Training Strategy for the Voluntary Sector;
- securing the delivery of training strategy through commissioning of training from HSS Boards;
- securing Higher Education places for social work training to meet workforce needs in conjunction with other Government Departments, in particular, DE, NIO and DEL;
- Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Sponsorship including:
- accountability and quinquennial reviews;
- oversight of business planning;
- workforce regulation policy including Protection of Title, rollout of registration, associated regulations and guidance, Government Liaison Officer and related issues;
- monitoring and resource allocation;
- workforce qualification circulars;
- qualification framework;
- occupational standards; and
- training disbursements.
- professional advice to Policy Branches, other Government Departments, Agencies as well as social services organisations in the statutory, voluntary and private sectors regarding social services workforce planning, regulation and training;
- representing the OSS in a number of DHSSPS and external groupings relevant to the above areas of work.
