AHP Faculty Structure, Strategy and Governance

Management/Leadership

AHP Faculty Chair: Caroline Frascina

Sarah Hickey

AHP Faculty Lead: Sarah Hickey

Our Mission, Values and Behaviours

Mission

To do once, at scale and increase impact
To strengthen and promote the AHP community
To ensure that the AHP workforce of today and tomorrow has the right numbers, skills, values, and behaviours at the right time and in the right place
To care for those who care

Values

This is a true partnership
We have a shared purpose to meet the needs of the staff we work with and the people we serve
We value equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging
We recognise, support and value the people who provide care

Behaviours

Collaboration in all we do
Suspend egos in service of each other
We see diversity as strength
Support each other across organisational boundaries
Collaboration as an AHP Faculty
Representation from all organisations
Discussions are monitored by a shared purpose
Conceptual and critical thinking
Willingness to share work and exchange ideas and solutions
To champion diverse and inclusive leadership, improving representation from those with protected characteristics and all our different professions, by gathering the evidence and working with the system to realise the workforce’s potential
To actively tackle racism in all of its forms
To have empathy with staff and our people
To seek feedback and act on this
To co-produce workforce development with those who are implicated by this

Our governance

The AHP Faculty receives it governance via the North East and Yorkshire AHP Board and the West Yorkshire AHP Council alongside quarterly report to Health Education England AHP Regional Lead.

West Yorkshire AHP Faculty governance structure diagram

The West Yorkshire AHP Faculty has an AHP Faculty Steering Board and five sub-groups which meet the education and workforce priorities within the system.