Workforce development is the mechanism to equip volunteers (including trustees) and paid staff with skills and knowledge so that they can effectively deliver and improve services to children, young people and families. Workforce development can include: training; qualifications; induction; work shadowing; supervision; appraisals; reading and mentoring"
To ensure that children and young people achieve more, it is vital to have a children's workforce that is skilled, well led and supported by effective, shared systems and processes.
People in different parts of the workforce need to be able to work well together across institutional and professional boundaries, focused around the needs of the child and young person. Children and young people have a vital role to play in the development of their workforce.