Kingston Health and Social Care Workforce Development Seminar

Join us on Thursday, 5th November, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM for the Kingston Health and Social Care Workforce Development Seminar. This interactive morning is designed to connect you with free, high-value local, regional, and national resources, tools, and partnerships to help your organization and service users thrive.

Help Transform Your Workforce: Free recruitment, training, retention support along with insights on the latest AI and digital skills Innovation to support Workforce development in Health & Social Care.

Who is this Seminar for? Are you an employer, health clinician, care worker, provider, employability or training practitioner, social prescriber, council colleague, JobCentre Work Coach, school or college careers adviser, or someone helping to promote recruitment into the health and social care sector?

This Seminar will connect you with free, high-value local, regional, and national resources, tools, frameworks and partnerships to help your organisation, colleagues, jobseekers and service users thrive.

We are thrilled to feature our keynote speaker James Freed, Head of the NHS Digital Academy who will talk and share on ‘Why do digital technologies disappoint?’ an organisation dedicated to empowering health and care teams to deliver greater value every day.

A former Chief Digital and Information Officer for Health Education England, James brings a rich background spanning Cancer Research, Change Management, and Standards Development. Voted one of the top 100 global influencers in Health IT (#HIT100), James is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a FedIP Accredited Leading Practitioner, a CHIME Chartered Health CIO, and the leader of the national FutureDotNow Essential Digital Skills Health & Social Care Sprints - a initiative Kingston Council is actively championing and contributing to regionally.

Beyond our keynote, you'll gain actionable insights from a stellar lineup of industry leaders, innovators, and academic experts:

• Beam will showcase "Magic Notes" and how AI productivity tools are driving change to support Adult Social Care and Children’s Services.
• Skills for Care will share strategic workforce development opportunities tailored for all social care providers.

• Kingston University will present their latest cutting-edge research on digital skills adoption and AI integration across the healthcare sector.
• Kingston College will showcase local talent pipelines and tailored training opportunities and their Health & Social Care Training suite.
• The South West London Social Care Workforce Hub and Aim Solutions will share regional support initiatives and best practices for international recruitment.
• Stay Nimble will highlight Career Allies our CPD-certified "Foundations in Careers and Skills Conversations" learning, insights on Ask Nim for RBK (Kingston's AI careers assistant), and Thrive Kingston professional career coaching.

Throughout the morning, you will also have access to the "Marketplace" in the Queen Anne Suite, where you can meet directly with speakers and partners to access all the support and tools showcased during the Seminar.

Secure your free place and help shape the future of health and social care in Kingston and South London.