ATech Skills for Social Care Commission - Parliamentary Evidence Session

Description

Invited to give evidence in Westminster for first parliamentary evidence session for the ATech Skills for Social Care Commission. The invite resulted from work with the Department for Education (DfE) on training for assistive technology, with the Commission interested to hear how the research and applied learning from our team could contribute to the development of similar programmes in Social Care.

The Commission is a project of Policy Connect’s ATech Policy Lab. The Commission runs alongside the Kent and Medway Digital Skills and Innovation in Health and Care (DSIHC) project, which is funded by the Local Skills Improvement Fund. The DSIHC aims to improve digital skills and the use of technology in the health and care sector by delivering training to both incoming and existing care professionals. This work includes the establishment of 6 ATech learning hubs in colleges in Kent and Medway. The Commission’s aims are:

1. To ensure the DSIHC project is informed by national policy developments; and is informed by the findings of concurrent and recent ATech initiatives across the UK.

2. To enable the DSIHC project to serve as a true national trailblazer – shaping local and national policy and ATech delivery, through its example of positive impact.

Period	21 Nov 2024
Degree of Recognition	National