National Public Protection Leadership Group: workplan

Priority 3: Enhancing our culture of learning through supporting and public protection workforce

Rationale for inclusion in workplan: We want to avoid parallel trams of training and resources on GIRFEC, UNCRC, human rights, trauma-informed practice - stakeholders tell us we could more helpfully integrate these things so they are understood as part of the same person-centred approach rather than them having to attend what can be experienced as disparate strands. There is also a lack of a consistent approach to public protection training for both senior leaders and front-line practitioners. All within an extremely challenging context for the public sector.

Relevant extract from NPPLG term of reference: Provide national multi-agency leadership of public protection; Develop an agreed definition and vision for public protection in Scotland. Work together across Scotland to consider how we can best support and drive innovation and continuous improvement across public protection in Scotland.

NPPLG sponsor: Iona Colvin and Fiona Duncan

Objective of NPPLG workstream: To support work aimed at delivering a more competent and confident workforce and to deliver better outcomes to our vulnerable children and adults. To ensure that our public protection workforce, at both practitioner and senior level, are supported in their training to understand the importance of the management of risk across the various parts of the public protection systems.

Priorities for the NPPLG Workstream

Short term priority

Undertake a stock take on the L&D landscape across all the strands of Public Protection; with a view to identifying the adequacy/gaps of relevant competency frameworks and adequacy of provision and quality of existing training provision against the competency frameworks.

Develop an agreed definition and vision for public protection in Scotland and consider development of shared principles for all public protection strands.

Consider next steps on the development of the Chief Officer Leadership Event programme to ensure we provide support to Chief Officers and leaders in their public protection roles

Medium term priority

Develop a national digital platform where all national guidance sits for all strands of public protection and a directory of nationally provided training.

Long term priority

Development of joint/cross public protection training on key issues.

Establish a new NPPLG Sub group

Yes, propose a Public Protection L&D Group for cross public protection training.

Further consideration required as to whether this could develop from the existing CP and ASP

Learning and Development Groups. Both of these groups are content to provide regular reports to the NPPLG.

Complementary work being progressed by existing groups now in the ambit of NPPLG

COLE Planning Group (new lead would be required with CELSIS no longer able to support).

Planning and delivery of annual Chief Officers’ Public Protection Leadership Events.

CP and ASP Learning +Development Groups. They have held joint events.

Work that will not sit under the NPPLG but will be of interest/ relevance:

• NSWA workstreams, and broader discussions around workforce capacity
• Advance Practice Framework
• Trauma Informed Training Work
• Knowledge & skills framework | Equally safe in practice

Complementary work being progressed through local COG’s which we want to support with a view to supporting the spreading of innovation

Public Protection training directory being developed on one area.

Multi-agency adult protection learning and development frameworks in place in some areas.

Development of a training charter. This outlines the obligations on the partnership, member agencies and all of our staff with clear expectations for managerial accountability and protocols to ensure that we maximise all learning opportunities with the overarching aim to have all of our staff trained and developed to support and protect those most at risk in our communities.

Following a formal assessment the development of a multi-agency training calendar.

Development of a multi-agency Public Protection Learning and Development Strategy. Setting out the framework and approach to delivering our multi-agency learning and development opportunities for all practitioners and managers, across all agencies and Third Sector. This strategy does not replace any existing single service and/or agency learning and development strategies. It aims to complement and support them.