The Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) induction standards set out what new workers should know, understand and be able to do within six months of starting work.

The CWDC produced an Induction Workbook and guidance for managers and inductees - these can be downloaded from the CWDC Website here.

The 2020 Children and Young People's Workforce Strategy states "joint induction programmes which bring people from different parts of the workforce together can help to promote integrated working, build relations and develop shared understanding and language"

For more info on the Induction Standards - click here

The Children's Workforce Network (CWN) have a produced their Vision and Principles for Induction to the Children and Young People's Workforce. Their aim is that everyone who works with children, young people and families (the children and young people's workforce) should have a timely, planned and agreed induction into their role, based on the Common Core of Skills and Knowledge.

The CWN recognises that Induction covers a wide range of activities but state that certain principles are the same for all workers in all settings e.g. the induction should:

• Give people a sense of belonging to the children and young people's workforce
• Be based on the Common Core
• Prepare People to work in a multi-agency context
• Include a skills audit to identify individual training needs
• Be consistent with relevant frameworks that support career progression such as the Integrated Qualifications Framework