Our Plan has 5 focus areas to support our workforce.

We explain our focus areas below.

We will make sure the way we manage our workforce:

• works well for our staff
• lasts a long time.

This will mean we have enough people to do the work when we need it.

We will have good ways of working that:

• support our staff
• protect their wellbeing.

This will help us:

• do a good job
• support people.

We will keep improving our workforce by offering our staff ways to keep learning.

We want our staff to have skills that people need now and in the future.

This means we can do a good job.

And make sure our work is making a difference.

We will keep learning and changing to make sure we do the best job we can.

We must do this to make sure we keep:

• supporting people
• changing as other things change.

We want our workforce to be happy to change as other things change.

We also want to keep growing our workforce.

We will make sure we work with:

• providers

• participants.

We also work with our workforce in a way that supports everyone.

This includes how we:

• manage risks

• keep everyone safe.

We will keep supporting a diverse workforce.

This includes:

• making sure our workforce is inclusive

• supporting our staff’s wellbeing.

The different people in our community are an important part of our work.

And our workforce works better when we have staff with different:

• backgrounds

• skills.