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Modernising allied health professions (AHP) careers: a competence-based career framework

The Modernising Allied Health Professions Career (MAHPC) work is a workforce initiative to maximise the contribution AHPs can make to transforming health and social care.

There was a need to develop a flexible and responsive approach to allied health professions careers that reflects the diversity of the professions and the location and sectors they work in whilst, at the same time, maximising their potential to contribute to transforming patient care and promoting health and well-being.

The MAHPC project has three areas of delivery in order to facilitate the development of a flexible and responsive AHP workforce. These are to:

• develop national workforce competences and ensure they are relevant to the work of AHPs and their staff irrespective of grade or location or sector
• map AHP roles on to the career framework
  
• encourage the use of the learning design principles in any development of awards and qualifications for the work of AHPs and their staff.

 The web-based tools are not mandatory. However, they will be of value to:

• commissioners in redesigning services around the patient (focusing on what, rather than who)
• clinicians in planning more flexible career pathways to ensure their employability and also in supporting them in planning their CPD
• service managers in ensuring they have the right competences within their teams to deliver the care required.

This project commenced in 2005 and has been project managed by Skills for Health. MAHPC has been sponsored by the Chief Health Professions Officer for England (CHPO) on behalf of the four CHPOs in the devolved administrations.

• The web-based tools are available on the Skills for Health website (opens new window)
• Download Modernising allied health professions (AHP) careers: (PDF, 526K)
• Download impact assessment (PDF, 2109K)
• Download partial equality impact assessment (PDF, 114K)
• Download full equality impact assessment (PDF, 150K)