Planning for the future

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Improved, sustainable business performance

‘Social Services in Scotland: A Shared Vision and Strategy 2015–2020’ identifies the need to support the workforce through developing better approaches to workforce planning.

We would fully expect to see far better governance structures for bottom-up planning through integration in the coming years.

Trusted data to inform operational and strategic workforce planning is more likely to emerge when there is better alignment of organisational functions and when there is strong leadership. Capable leaders use the data to inform business and commissioning planning, and for making the political case for resources.

Resources and signposting

• NHS Six Steps Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning
• Workforce planning toolkit
• Workforce Planning The Essentials: A toolkit for Western Australian local governments

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Planning for the future by the Scottish Social Services Council is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Based on a work at http://learn.sssc.uk.com.