There are many influences on workforce development which need to be taken account of in partnership with providers, planners and managers of services and significant additional funding has been made available.The Education, Training and Development Working Group, as a sub group of the National Workforce Group, developed the draft Strategy for the Development of the Social Services Workforce which was issued for consultation on 17 December 2004 which sets out the development of the social service workforce over the next five years and beyond.The draft strategy identifies various action points including looking at how we can streamline and simplify diverse funding streams. Following...