Will changing training methods improve staff performance
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Background
This research project will be looking at different training methods and how these different methods may impact on staff performance. The business dictionary defines training as an: ‘Organised activity aimed at imparting information and/or instructions to improve the recipient 's performance or to help him or her attain a required level of knowledge or skill’ (2014). Therefore suggesting that there is not one set way to impart information, and recipients might attain the required level of knowledge or skill in different ways.
The organisation that the research will be aimed at is a charity within the health and social care sector. The training methods are aimed particularly at staff that support individuals (service users) with learning difficulties and autism to live independently in their own homes. The support ensures that these individuals live life to the maximum in all aspects of their lives. As the individuals being supported are vulnerable, the support provided is legislated under Protection of Vulnerable adults (POVA) and managed by Care and Social Standards Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW), therefore there are many elements of training that are mandatory. Currently the training provided is primarily made up of the more traditional ‘off the job’ classroom environment sessions.
Research aims
The aims of the research are to assess whether stakeholders will see any advantages to adapting or changing current training methods. Furthermore the aims will be to not only look at different
Background
This research project will be looking at different training methods and how these different methods may impact on staff performance. The business dictionary defines training as an: ‘Organised activity aimed at imparting information and/or instructions to improve the recipient 's performance or to help him or her attain a required level of knowledge or skill’ (2014). Therefore suggesting that there is not one set way to impart information, and recipients might attain the required level of knowledge or skill in different ways.
The organisation that the research will be aimed at is a charity within the health and social care sector. The training methods are aimed particularly at staff that support individuals (service users) with learning difficulties and autism to live independently in their own homes. The support ensures that these individuals live life to the maximum in all aspects of their lives. As the individuals being supported are vulnerable, the support provided is legislated under Protection of Vulnerable adults (POVA) and managed by Care and Social Standards Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW), therefore there are many elements of training that are mandatory. Currently the training provided is primarily made up of the more traditional ‘off the job’ classroom environment sessions.
Research aims
The aims of the research are to assess whether stakeholders will see any advantages to adapting or changing current training methods. Furthermore the aims will be to not only look at different
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