Resources for managers
There is a wealth of resources for managers to help you provide support to AHP Support Worker. This page lists a few of the resources we think are important.
Guides
AHP support workforce – grow your own workforce strategies – This guide provides an overview of workforce strategies designed to attract, train and retain the allied health professions’ (AHP) support workforce.
AHP support workforce – A guide to embedding public health in practice – This guide provides a resource for support workers and their line managers to clarify the four domains of public health and describe how AHP support worker roles benefit the whole population’s health and wellbeing.
AHP support workforce – understanding education, qualifications and development – This guide provides a brief overview of the formal education and development opportunities that assist support worker learning, including Functional Skills and Technical levels (T levels).
Allied Health Profession (AHP) Support Worker Competency, Education and Career Development Framework – This framework provides guidance on training, education and competencies for AHP support workers and demonstrates a clear pathway for recruitment and progression, with common and transferrable skills across eight domains.
Developing career pathways for diagnostic imaging support worker roles: guidance on roles and responsibilities – This guidance sets out the roles and responsibilities that diagnostic imaging support workers, including assistant practitioners, can perform at four career levels.
Making learning work for AHP support workers – This guide provides employers and support workers with information, advice and guidance on how to create supportive learning cultures and processes in the workplace.
Supervision, accountability and delegation of activities to support workers – This paper has been developed by a working group of representatives from the professional bodies for the allied health professions and nursing.
Support worker learning and development roadmap – covers five key areas of career progression, wellbeing and resilience, functional skills, personal skills and technical skills.
Toolkits
Readiness Toolkit – This toolkit is designed to help develop high-quality, innovative training, education and careers for support workers across AHP services.
Videos
Introducing AHP careers – introductory videos about the different careers available in the allied health profressions and the supporting workforce
Virtual reality insights – provide an inspiring and vivid insight into 6 of the 14 AHP professions