Presentation given by Tara Dillon, CIMSPA interim chief operating officer, at the ukactive National Summit, 13 November 2014

1. Tara Dillon
Transitioning to Health
#ukactivesummit

2. Transitioning
to Health
Developing a workforce to tackle inactivity
13/11/2014

3. A sector on the rise?
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to tackle inactivity

4. A sector in demand?
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to tackle inactivity

5. A diversifying sector
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to tackle inactivity
Regularly providing
wellbeing solutions for
customers, not restricted
to members
Regularly providing mass
participation and boutique
activity classes and
interventions
Expanding into new local
areas such as theatres,
libraries culture and public
health services
Potentially part of the 60%
growth in the usage of
fitness applications
Delivering activity
counselling with General
Practice Surgeries as a
public health service
Delivering activity with schools
as part of the school sports
premium

6. Our career ladder needs repair
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to tackle inactivity
If we are important, in demand,
and growing then why is our
career pathway in need of
repair?
Without a career pathway we will
always struggle with attracting
and retaining talent.

7. 55% of managers feel that exercise professionals are
under-skilled to deliver psychological support to inactive
people
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to tackle inactivity
A third of employers
feel that exercise
professionals lack
communication skills
to work with inactive
people
There are circa 25,000 managers without
the minimum level of qualification for their
role
31% of exercise professionals state they
are not prepared to work with children
25% of managers call for qualifications to
have a greater emphasis on behavioural
change and motivational interviewing
13% of managers state that education
provision has become too “quick &
compact”

8. Now is the time to change
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Trailblazer
A successful Trailblazer
programme is now
operating across the
sector, this group is now
the route to review and
develop apprenticeship
standards
QCF
Removal of the QCF will
create significant upheaval
with no means of
managing variances of
delivery across AOs
Skills Gaps
Increasing
awareness that
exercise
professionals must
change if they are to
be sustainable
CIMSPA
CIMSPA is an increasingly
influential body, leading
the design of standards,
endorsement of CPD and
qualifications for
management
professionals
Employers
Employers are being
encouraged to take their
own SFA contract and take
“ownership of the skills
system” but are confused
as to how. Few are taking
training in-house (Fitness
First)
Business
Models
New business models are
being created in response to
key sector wide developments
such as transfer of public
health responsibility to local
authorities

9. We need to fundamentally change the way learners view
working in the sector, in order to achieve the same
credibility as other professions
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to tackle inactivity
Numerous different
areas require review,
but which first?
Assessment methods of exercise
professionals?
Competencies within our flagship exercise
roles?
Apprenticeship funding and future
mandatory cash contributions?
Employer design of qualifications?
Partnerships with fellow professions?