TARGET GROUP
Organisation: service management team or relevant governance group/meeting/committee.
WHEN TO APPLY
Quarterly, at relevant governance group/meeting.
AIM
To review the use of training budget allocations and monitor effectiveness in meeting service objectives. To monitor barriers to and issues with application of training and ensure that any training attended by participants fits service needs.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
Quarterly report that comprises training attended and service objectives the training is meeting. Ideally to include effectiveness of training in terms of application in workplace and also identify any gaps in key service objectives / risks that training has not been used to support.
TIME REQUIRED
Report creation: 1 to 2 hours, depending on number of staff and number of training sessions attended.
Review at relevant governance meeting: 1 hour every 3 months.
DESCRIPTION
A report summarising the training that has been attended (ideally as a result of individual budget allocations tool) would be discussed at a relevant management or governance meeting. This would review the effectiveness of the training and whether it – aggregately – supported service needs, gaps and risk management. It would also review barriers to staff delivering the benefits from the training in the workplace.
As a result of this strategic/aggregate review it would:
· obtain senior/organisational commitment
· identify repetitive barriers to implementation of learning
· influence organisational identification of future training required and organisational support needs for ensuring training provided benefit to the organisation.
11 September, 2015
