Section 4 - how we're going to do it

A workforce strategy to support the delivery of the CYPP

Accountable Officer - Debbie Pritchard

Lead Officer - Julie Bannon

Reference Group - Children’s Trust Workforce Strategy Group

What’s the story?

Everyone who works with, and comes into contact with, children and young people will have an effect on them. Depending on circumstances this could be a brief moment, or an impact that could influence their whole lives.

There are national frameworks and targets to develop the workforce, including
volunteers. The number of people in Devon currently working with children and
young people is at least 35,000. This includes:

15,435 in maintained schools
2,000 engaged in education or training young people beyond the age of 16 such as staff in colleges of further education and at Connexions
4,000 working in early years and childcare services
6,000 in the voluntary sector - which includes some of those in early years and childcare
5,400 school and college governors
3,852 in Devon County Council’s Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS) Directorate
500 working in children’s services in Devon Primary Care Trust
30 specialising in work with young people in Devon & Cornwall Police.

There are also many people, such as other police officers and GPs, who will work with children and young people as part of their job; and we know that there will be many more volunteers than are captured in these groups.

All services are undergoing significant cultural and structural change to meet the
expectations of Every Child Matters. Every service, statutory, private or voluntary, will have specific workforce needs, as well as the needs organisations
have in common.