Active consultations

The Carer Skills Passport uses regular surveys and consultations to ensure that

  • Carer Skills Passport training standards are supported by consensus from recognised subject matter esxperts
  • The portfolio of Carer Skills Passport training meets the needs of children and young people with complex long term conditions

Developing carer skills passport training

The Carer Skills Passport team uses a comprehensive structured approach to develop individual competencies, design and pilot training

  1. Training needs assessment, repeated every 3 – 5 years is used to identify the required competencies
  2. Existing resources in adult and children’s services are scoped to identify any appropriate material
  3. Specialist Advisors (from both children’s and adult services) are identified to help develop the competencies, design and pilot training
  4. Expert Parent and Patient Advisors are identified to co-design and co-deliver training
  5. Outline competency specifications are prepared using a standard template including
    • Who requires the competency (Core/ additional/ specialist)
    • Key elements to include
    • Requirement for additional equipment specific or client specific training
    • Format of training for parents, paid and unpaid carers (one or more of online, classroom with or without manequins, simulation)
    • Format of assessment for parents, paid and unpaid carers including who signs off the carer as competent
    • Frequency of re-assessment and refresher training for parents, paid and unpaid carers
    • Frequency for reviewing and updating the competency itself and supporting materials
  6. A national panel is consulted for feedback regarding the draft competency specification
  7. The draft competency specification is amended as necessary following consultation and ratified by the Carer Skills Passport steering group
  8. Detailed training materials are developed by subject matter experts in partnership with expert patients and expert parents, based on the ratified competency specification
  9. Competency training is piloted
  10. The competency training is independently evaluated and modified accordingly
  11. The Carer Skills Passport steering group signs of the completed competency training package
  12. The ratified competency training is used to inform development of supporting train the trainers and expert parent/patient facilitators training and resource packs including
    • Format of training for trainers and expert parent/patient facilitators
    • Format of assessment for trainers and expert parent/patient facilitators
    • Frequency of re-assessment and refresher training for trainers and expert parent/patient facilitators

Developing standards for Carer Skills Passport training

The Carer Skills Passport uses Delphi surveys and Delphi conferences to develop our Carer Skills Passport training standards based on consensus from recognised subject matter experts

What is a Delphi Survey or a Delphi conference?

The Delphi survey builds consensus using the results of several rounds of questionnaires sent to a panel of experts. Best practice statements, based on research and current practice, are sent out to professionals with relevant expertise across the UK.  The experts are asked whether they agree or disagree with the statements.  If professionals disagree they are asked to explain why and suggest alternative statements.  At the end of each consultation round the answers are aggregated and shared with the group in the next round together with revised best practice statements.  If sufficient consensus is not achieved after two or three consultation rounds a Delphi conference is held to allow experts to explore and resolve areas of significant disagreement.

The Carer Skills Passport aims for 95% consensus across our carer skills competency specifications.  Where this is not possible we will report areas of significant disagreement and make recommendations regarding the most appropriate way for teams and services to proceed.

Active consultations

You can access our active consultations via the links below

Consultation on competency levels (round 3)

Who trains who on what survey

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