Developing capacity
If public targets are to be achieved all organisations must seek to raise understanding of health and wellbeing across their workforces. The professional public health workforce ranges from those who provide strategic leadership and development of policy leading to improvements in population health to those that work on the ground developing and delivering specific programmes and projects designed to improve and protect health and reduce inequalities. In addition, many in the workforce who would not refer to themselves as public health workers nevertheless make a substantial impact on health through their roles, whether working directly with families or communities or leading health and social care organisations.
How SPH can help
In order to achieve public health outcomes and targets the professional public health workforce needs to be competent and regulated. We develop and support implementation of national competency and assessment frameworks that ensure that public health professionals have the right skills and knowledge base. We advise on career opportunities and how to recruit and retain public health professionals.
What our service offers
- We will help you assess the level of public health skills and knowledge within your workforce by using our national competency frameworks and assessment tools.
- We can advise on gaps and development needs and provide tailored support and advice to individuals, teams, and organisations to enhance their public health capability.
- We provide team development through workshops and/or learning sets and 1-1 support.
- We provide advice on factors aiding the recruitment of a skilled and motivated workforce that delivers your organisations public health targets, as well as advising on career management.
- We will help you maximise your public health outcomes by reviewing resources, workforce and systems, within your own and other organisations.
The value we bring
We have extensive experience in facilitating workshops and running learning sets at national, regional and local levels, and in advising, supporting and working with individuals preparing for registration at specialist level with the UK Public Health Register. We have run numerous workshops on public health skills and capacity development across the health and social care sector linked to specific public health issues as well as general public health development. We work across local, regional, and national systems and workforces to give you the best expertise and access to multiple networks. We have over 10 years experience in developing public health workforce.
