Workforce Approach
The Family Hubs workforce is made up of staff, groups and volunteers from different organisations, services and communities. Working alongside the existing frameworks of those partners, the Workforce Approach brings together the elements that unify these approaches to deliver the objectives of the programme.
The Workforce Approach identifies where consistency is required across the partnership, and how joint working can ensure the best outcomes for families.
There are many opportunities for the workforce to be involved in the development and embedding of the Workforce Approach. To find out more about how you can get involved please contact emma.mccarten@manchester.gov.uk
There are four areas of the Workforce Approach:
Values
Workforce Values:
- Committed to improvement
- Starts from strengths
- Builds relationships
- Community focussed
- Values local difference
- Provides and accepts challenge
- Reflect and learning to bring change
Culture
Workforce Culture:
- A strong partnership with a distinct brand
- Provides high quality services with a clear offer
- Innovative and supports change
- A place people want to work
- Supports wellbeing and personal development
- Provides space to increase joint working
- Develops practice
- Celebrate achievements
Skills and Knowledge
Workforce Skills and Knowledge:
- A range of specialist skills and knowledge
- Ability to communicate and signpost to the Family Hub offer
- Applies community strengths and local knowledge inform practice
- Training and development that supports the Family Hub values and approach
Activity
Workforce Activity:
- Families can access services via one point of connection
- Explore new ways of working
- Meaningful engagement and communication
- Connections and networks
- Supports equity
- Joined up systems, data and communications
- Learning benefits the wider partnership
- Monitoring and evaluation informs future work
- Workforce feedback influences decision making
- Best outcomes for the workforce and families
- Maximising impact and legacy