SSA stages and reports

Each SSA consists of five stages...

The first three stages are research stages which build a picture of the current and future skills of the children's workforce. Stages four and five involve the development of a costed action plan detailing how we will develop the skills required for the future.

The final reports from the research stages are now available:

• CWDC sector skills agreement (SSA) - April 2008
  This is the final agreement in full.
• Delivering 'the big deal' - Stage 1-3 summary - December 2007
  This is a short and concise summary of the first three research stages.
• Stage 1: Skills needs assessment report
  This report provides an assessment of what future skills are required by the children's workforce.
• Stage 2: Understanding supply report
• This report looks a what training and qualifications are currently available across the children's workforce.
• Stage 3: Gap analysis report
  This report compares skills demand and supply and makes recommendations for the future.
• Sector challenges document

Sector skills agreement briefing sheets and other documents

Producing the sector skills agreement - October 2007
CWDC workforce skills & training survey results - May 2007
Big deal headline report - April 2007
SSA headline FE graphic - March 2007
SSA Briefing Doc 2 - October 2006
SSA Briefing Doc 1 - January 2006

Contacting the SSA team

If you would like any of these documents in a different format, or you have any queries or comments about the sector skills agreement, please contact our SSA team on ssa@cwdcouncil.org.uk with your request.