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CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

APPLICATION FORM

This guidance is for applications to support Continuing Professional Development funding; most frequently this will be applications for courses and training.

The categories and priorities for the AHP Careers Fellowship learning and development funds 2015/2016 are as follows:

Category 1: Fellowship applications for the benefit of AHP Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners. Applications from and for the benefit of support staff, technicians and assistant practitioners to support their development and learning.

AHP Careers Fellowship Application Form A 2

Category 2: CPD applications from AHP Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners. Applications from support staff, technicians and assistant practitioners to support development and learning are particularly welcome, for example any of the appropriate HNC courses, Talking Mats courses, etc

Category 3: Fellowship applications with a direct benefit and link to service improvement, especially where there is a clear link to learning and implementing quality improvement methodologies. Where the learning and development activity will be directly connected to introducing or further developing an improvement to your service, these applications will be considered as high priority. Learning and development activities that can demonstrate a wider benefit or potential, e.g. for a Scotland-wide benefit will be of particular interest to the Review Panel considering these applications. If your application sets out to be of benefit across Scotland please make sure your AHP director has discussed this at an AHP Directors Scotland meeting.

Category 4: CPD applications in general are also welcome. These will be considered after the priority categories’ applications should there be funds remaining. Whilst not an exclusive list the following areas have been recommended as of high importance by members of the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) AHP Advisory Group:

Skills: workforce analysis, research, measuring impact, service re-design, health promotion, communication, self-management, leadership, ultrasound and role development

Care settings: early years services, dementia services, mental health in mainstream health settings, diabetes, dysphagia, chest and abdomen reporting, transitions for children moving to adult long-term care services, supporting War Veterans experiencing complex trauma and need for prosthetics services, advanced practice, delivering AHP services in the prison setting, the integration agenda, telehealth services and AHP consultant services.

Paramedics have recently joined the AHP family. Discussions are underway to include paramedics in future openings of the scheme.


ALL APPLICANTS

Your application must clearly state the learning objectives and the intended impact/ outcomes that it will achieve. Support from both the applicant’s Line Manager and AHP Director/Lead is a pre-requisite requirement.

The application process is split into two forms:

Form A should be completed collaboratively by the applicant and their line managerForm B will be sent by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to the AHP Director/Lead with a completed Form A for review.

NB. Application is for NES funding ONLY, if you are applying for an HNC or other training course, you are also required to complete and submit an application form to the College/University or training provider.

Closing date for application is 12.00pm (noon) on Friday 15 January 2015.

Please note the following learning opportunities for support staff that NES has commissioned or have been developed following successful Fellowship applications:

HNCs in: Speech and Language Therapy Support Physiotherapy Support Diagnostic Imaging/Radiotherapy (new course for assistants) Occupational Therapy Support

PDA in

Occupational Therapy Support Healthcare: Facilitating Learning, Teaching and Assessment in the

Workplace

Data Protection: NES uses the personal data you provide for purposes associated with administering the AHP Careers Fellowship Scheme. NES will add your details to our database and share your work contact details with other participants in the Scheme through our newsletter, Alumni network or other channels as deemed appropriate. If you would prefer us not to share your contact details, please contact [email protected] For more information see http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/privacy-and-data-protection.aspx. Personal data will be retained in line with our records retention policies.


AHP Careers Fellowship

Winter 2015/2016 opening timescales

1. Applications open: Monday 16 November 2015.

2. All applications will be collated on close of the Fellowship scheme at 12.00pm

(noon) on Friday 15 January 2016.

3. Applications will then be forwarded to respective AHP Directors with a request

to review and support for return by 12.00pm (noon) on Friday 5 February 2016.

4. The AHP Careers Fellowship Review Panel will be sent all supported

applications on 9 February 2016 and will initially meet on Thursday 25 February 2016 to allocate funding to successful applications. However, if the

volume of applications is significantly higher than projected, there will be the

need to organise a second Panel Review meeting.

5. Communications detailing the Review Panel's decision will be sent within 14

days of the Review Panel meeting (by Thursday 10 March 2016).


CPD: AHP CAREERS FELLOWSHIP - FORM A

Form A should be completed collaboratively by the applicant and their line manager and then submitted to NES by the closing date stated above. Applications received beyond the closing date will not be accepted.

SECTION A – to be completed by the applicant

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1. APPLICANT DETAILS ( Page 4)

First Name: Surname:

Job Title:

Employer:

Work Address incl Postcode:

Tel No: Mobile No.

E-mail: Allied Health Profession you work within or most relevant:

2. APPLICATION DETAILS

2.1. Please supply your HCPC number if applicable ( Page 4) :

2.2 a. Is this a group / team application? ( Page 5) Yes No

b. If yes, please provide contact details for all other application participants on the following page. ( Page 5)


First Name

Surname

Job Title and Career Framework for Health level

Employer

HCPC Number

E-mail Line managers Name/contact details

2.3 What is your core area(s) of practice? ( Page 5)

Mental Health Outpatient *School Learning Disability Acute Hospital *Social Work Adult Health Health Centre *Voluntary Organisation Child Health Community *Other, please specify

*NB: if you are not an NHS employee your learning must clearly benefit NHS and be supported by one of the NHS AHP Directors/Leads.


2.4 What best describes your work settings? ( Page 5)

Remote Rural Urban

2.5 What stage of your career are you on the Career Framework for Health? ( Pages 5-7)

Level 1 Support Worker Level 5 Practitioner Level 2 Support Worker Level 6 Senior Practitioner Level 3 Senior Support Worker Level 7 Advanced Practitioner Level 4 Assistant Practitioner Level 8 Consultant Practitioner

Level 9 More Senior Staff

2.6 Please remember that the Fellowship scheme supports all your areas of practice and confirm if your learning aligns to one or more of the pillars of practice: ( Pages 7 and 8)

Leadership Clinical Practice Research and Audit Facilitating Learning

2.7 Also, if your learning aligns to one of more of the Scottish Government’s healthcare policies, strategies and HEAT targets, please supply details here: ( Pages 8 and 9)

2.8 If you are undertaking a learning opportunity with a university, college or other training organisation, please provide name and contact details of the provider ( Page 9-11) as well as the rationale for choosing this provider (especially if you have selected a provider outwith Scotland)

Course Name:

Course Provider

Name/Address:

Tel/E-mail:

Course start date:

Provider selection rationale:


2.9 Please identify your intended learning outcomes: ( Page 11)

2.10 How will you check you have achieved the intended outcome, i.e. how will your learning outcomes be assessed? ( Page 11)

2.11 Will the learning opportunity you describe promote person-centred values? Will you involve service users in your learning, e.g. identifying learning needs, content of learning, assessing your learning, evaluating your learning? ( Pages 11 and 12)

Yes No

2.12 Will your learning promote equality and diversity (e.g. will your knowledge/attitude of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion and belief be improved through this learning activity)? ( Page 12)

Yes No

2.13 Please confirm that the learning opportunity has been identified and agreed by your Line Manager via KSF and your PDP or equivalent personal development scheme. ( Page 12) (NB. Your line manager will be asked to supply details)

I confirm I do not confirm

2.14 Please indicate total costings required providing a breakdown and details of how costings will be used. ( Page 13)

Total costings

Breakdown of costings

2.15 Over what timescale will the costings be used? ( Page 13)


2.16 a. Please indicate monies required for activities to be undertaken in this financial year, i.e. before 31 March 2016 ( Page 13) Monies required this financial year

b. Please indicate monies required for financial year April 2016-March 2017 ( Page 13)

2.17 Please provide details of any additional sources of funding contributing to the overall costs ( Pages 13)

2.18 Support from your Line Manager and the Health Board AHP Director/Lead is a pre-requisite. Please indicate the statement below that applies to your application ( Pages 13-16)

a. I have contacted the AHP Director/Lead and gained support

b. My application aims to be of benefit across Scotland. I have asked the AHP Director/lead to discuss at an AHP Directors Scotland meeting

c. I have contacted the AHP Director/Lead but not yet received a response

d. I have not yet contacted AHP Director/Lead

2.19 a. Please note that if your application is successful, you will be required to provide a reflective learning report outlining your learning experience and outcomes, any barriers incurred and how these were overcome, and how you have or intend to share your learning. Do you agree to submit a report? ( Page 17)

I agree I do not agree

b. We publish some of the best examples of learning reports to assist future participants. Do you agree to your learning report being published? ( Page 17)

I agree I do not agree


CPD: AHP CAREERS FELLOWSHIP - FORM A

SECTION B – to be completed by the applicant’s Line Manager

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3. LINE MANAGER’S DETAILS ( Page 17)

First Name:

Surname:

Job Title:

Employer:

Work Address incl Postcode: Tel No: Mobile No.

E-mail:

Allied Health profession you work within:

4. APPLICATION DETAILS

4.1 I confirm that the learning opportunity has been identified and agreed via the applicant’s KSF and PDP. ( Page 18)

I confirm

4.2 Please include relevant extract from PDP ( Page 18)

4.3 Why do you support this application? ( Page 18)

If the identified learning opportunity relates to an HNC / HND, please complete questions 4.4 and 4.5. If not, please continue to question 4.6.


4.4 If the application is to support an HNC / HND, please provide the name of the appointed mentor. ( Page 18)

4.5 Please confirm that you will ensure that the mentor is available to participate in mentor support provided by the College (NB: 1-2 days of support and advice for HNC mentors will be provided by the College) ( Page 18)

I confirm

4.6 Please describe your commitment regarding time allocation for any study leave, assessment, classroom time in addition to reflective learning. ( Page 18)

4.7 Do you confirm that appropriate areas and tools for study will be made available to the applicant, e.g. rooms and access to computer/equipment (NB: For HNC applicants, a significant amount of taught time will be via virtual learning, access to broadband internet will therefore be essential) ( Page 18)

I confirm

4.8 Please describe your commitment regarding how you will make best use of the skills acquired over this learning opportunity. ( Page 18)

4.9 a. The applicant has described their learning outcomes. Please describe the impact you expect on your service and how you intend to measure this impact. ( Pages 18 and 19)

b. What data could you provide to demonstrate this impact? ( Pages 18 and 19)

4.10 Please confirm that you will provide feedback (if requested) in relation to the applicant’s learning. ( Page 19)

I confirm


4.11 Have you ensured that there is equality of opportunity for all applicants to apply in the following areas: ( Page 19)

Full and part-time staff Race Disability Gender Age Sexual orientation Religion and belief

4.12 If the application for funding is successful, you would be required to enter into an agreement and to its arrangements, undertakings and responsibilities as detailed in the answers to the criteria listed in this proforma. ( Page 19)

I confirm that I would be prepared to enter into an agreement as described above

5. WHAT NEXT?

Please save a copy of the completed application form for your own records.

E-mail the completed application form to [email protected] the closing date of 12.00pm (noon) on Friday 15 January 2016.

Please be aware that applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

The applicant and line manager will receive an e-mail confirming receipt of the funding application. NES will contact the AHP Director/Lead directly for their supporting comments. Please note that applicants are advised to have discussed their application with the AHP Director/Lead and sought their support. If your application aims to be for Scotland-wide benefit, the AHP Director/Lead should be asked to raise this at an ADSG meeting.


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