Practice Sharing Examples

Do you want to pick up tips on how to support, train and develop staff and volunteers? then read on......15 Workforce Development Champions from voluntary and community organisations (VCS) throughout England, who work front-line with children, young people and/or families, share their experiences below to help other organisations learn from their practice.

There are lots of practice sharing examples attached to the first two headings, so many that we have had to place these on separate web pages! Please note that each example is provided in a pdf format.

Volunteers - support and development - web page

Turning young people into paid workers - web page

Youth participation in workforce development

Young people's participation in the professional training of social work students and other workforce development activities (42nd Street - example).

Integrated working

Ensuring a young person tells their story once - meeting the needs of vulnerable young people through integrated working across York's homeless services - a voluntary organisation's perspective (Foundation - example).

Induction programme

Review of induction programme to improve support to new staff and their understanding of both the organisation and their role in the wider workforce and the importance of integrated working (Motiv8 South - example).

Investing in workforce development

Investing in staff and volunteers supports the successful delivery of counselling and mentoring services to vulnerable children and young people (Northorpe Hall Child & Family Trust - example).

Childrens Workforce Development Council