Our local skills project follows a consistent cycle for each local area to ensure the best possible results.
- Our process begins with the place.
- We identify relevant stakeholders like employers, active partnerships, the NHS trusts and integrated care systems, education providers, local authorities, and chambers of commerce.
- We then seek to understand the local economic and social objectives and how our sector can add value and impact.
- We identify the roles and skills needed to make successful interventions through the CIMSPA skills diagnostic survey.
- Following the diagnostic survey, we deliver skills improvement by working with providers to meet local skills needs in an efficient and cost-effective way.
- We then measure the impact, review improvements and repeat the cycle.
The CIMSPA Skills Diagnostic Survey
A skills diagnostic is a short survey conducted by a skills hub manager with the aim of capturing workforce data from around your county to create a true picture of the upcoming recruitment challenges (the skills diagnostic is not an assessment, rating or inspection process).
Your local skills hub manager will carry out the skills diagnostic survey with sport and physical activity employers across the county.
The survey audits the current skills within your workforce and identify gaps that need to be filled based upon the demand in your area, using the knowledge and skills criteria of each CIMSPA professional standard.
The skills diagnostic data will help inform decisions made by your county’s sport and physical activity local skills accountability board, who will be putting forward the case for what provision is needed in your area.