Improving Access and Career Opportunities Widening Participation - It matters!

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Widening Participation – What do you see?

Widening Participation Matters Only 7% of the population attend independent schools, but the privately educated account for more than half of the top level of most professions (51% of Medical)

Estimate that approximately 30% of current bands 1-4 workforce in the NW doesn’t have a level 2 qualification A comprehensive school student with A-level grades BBB for example is likely to perform as well in their university degree as an independent or grammar school student with A-level grades ABB or AAB – i.e. one to two grades higher

1 million 16-24 year old people unemployed 15% are NEET: ‘Movement to Work Campaign’ Only a quarter of boys from working-class backgrounds get middle-class (professional or managerial) jobs 8.93 million people of working age are economically inactive in the North West. This is a gap of 39.9 percentage between A level students from state schools going to most selective universities compared to those who attended independent schools.

Widening Participation Matters

Health

: Compelling evidence that work has an inherently beneficial impact on an individual’s state of health – the risk of joblessness

Economic :

Better educational attainment, improved employability and earning potential. Improved social mobility and better for UK PLC

Ethical

: Significant Social Responsibility Role – NHS organisations a key factor in local economies.

Equality

: Access to good jobs depends on merit, not unfair advantage

Cultural Sensitivity:

13 per cent (7.5 million) of the resident population of England and Wales were born outside the UK, compared to 4.3 per cent (1.9 million) in 1951. (India, Poland, Pakistan, Republic of Ireland and Germany)

Widening Participation - What are the current pathways into Bands 1-4?

What other ‘Get In’ Pathways are available and in place?

Widening Participation: Three key interventions 1). Authentic Insights 3). Work Experience 2). Information, Advice and Guidance

Source of Images: Parklands Academy & University of Plymouth/ NHS Photos

Workshop Activity

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Time: 20 mins 3 Key Questions

How can we encourage more bands 1-4 staff to be Ambassadors?

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From your experience what are the key messages that need to be reflected in any IAG interventions to attract people into bands 1-4 roles?

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What promise’s should the NHS offer in supporting Work Experience to widen participation? (See example Prime Promise Statement)

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For your given question

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Brainstorm your initial responses/ideas

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Agree and focus on one key issue

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What actions must we include in the Bands 1-4 strategy to address the key issue identified?

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Record these on the flipchart provided.

Final thoughts Widening Participation is about …

Securing Our Future NHS Workforce: Promoting Ambition & Engaging for Shared Success

Aims of Intervention

Raising Awareness & Capability Promoting Ambition Engaging and Nurturing Supporting for Achievement Sustaining Involvement

Target Groups

Type of Interventions

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Teachers, Careers Information and Guidance Advisors, Employers

Focused network Events, CPD Topical Issues Webinars CIAG Toolkit, Access to specialist education resources • • •

Primary and Years 7-9

Tell the Story Hands On Explorations Regional events i.e. Big Bang

Years 10 -11 Years 11-13 Beneficiaries Achievers

• • Ask the Expert/Guru sessions Skill Clubs • E mentorship • • • Visits and Tours Conference Regional events i.e. Big Bang • • • • • • • Visits and Tours, Taster Days Work experience & Volunteering, Internships, Mentorship, Application & Interview Support, Residential Camps Bridging Programmes • • Become an Ambassador Become a mentor

Partnerships for Delivery

• • • • • National Careers NHS Service Employers STEMNET Further/Higher Education Providers National Skills Academy • • • • STEMNET Further/Higher Education Providers Employers Classroom Medics-NHS Shows • • • • • STEMNET Further/Higher Education Providers Employers Career Academies Classroom Medics-NHS Shows • • • • • STEMNET Further/Higher Education Providers Employers Third Sector i.e. Social Mobility Foundation/Sut ton Trust Career Academies • • • STEMNET National Skills Academy Further/Higher Education Providers