How to prepare for and receive national care planning training

These steps map the process a new organisation would need to complete to receive care planning training and develop local trainers.

Step 1- deciding to embark upon Year of Care (YOC)

• Expressions of interest to the Year of Care Partnerships 
  
• Information gathering (Word 91.5KB) for site “Self Assessment” and as preparation for initial site visit.
• First meeting between the Year of Care team and the site
• Sign up of site to care planning training and local site /  Preparation – completion of application form (Word 108KB)
• Practices recruited for ‘Preparing for Care Planning’ session

Step 2 – gaining interest and engaging practice teams

• ‘Preparing for Care Planning’ taster session delivered
  
• 2 hour session to recruit first wave practices
  

Step 3 - organising the delivery of first wave care planning training

• Practices confirmed for care planning training , including the presence of potential trainers
  

Step 4 - delivery of care planning training

• National team deliver one day and follow up half day training to local practice teams 
  

Step 5 - Training local trainer (only for those sites who choose to train local trainers)

• Recruiting and training local trainers - for Train the Trainers only
  
• Formal ‘recruitment’ of trainers that have been identified throughout the process
  
• Discussion with YOC Team: Review of local strategic plan
  
• Trainers attend “Train the trainers” course
  
• Trainers peer reviewed delivering co-deliver care planning training
  
• Trainers quality assured delivering care planning training
  

Core Training

Training consists of a one day session and then a half day delivered 6 weeks later. It is aimed at teams who deliver routine diabetes care in general practice and should be attended by those who have authority to change the structure of care within a practice.

Specialist teams (diabetes) who work closely with their local primary care community to delivery care planning as part of their local model of care (NICE quality standard 3 for adults with diabetes) have also been successfully involved in training and have incorporated  the YOC care planning model to use in their clinic settings.

The training not only focuses on the attitudes and consultation skills to deliver a collaborative care planning consultation, but also shares tools and resources and local expertise to aid the practical implementation of care planning. It includes the following:

• Discussion of the underpinning philosophy of using the approach
  
• Organisational aspects of “building the house”
  
• Care planning consultation skills
  
• Goal setting and action planning
  
• Follow up and community support of self management  action plan
  

The training also includes:

• Sharing of resources and care planning tools
  
• Modelling and observation of care planning
  
• Practising using new skills and developing own action plans to deliver this in practice